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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Spring Americana Auction - Session 5: Bargains and Dealer Specials

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Auction Name Spring Americana Auction - Session 5: Bargains and Dealer Specials Total Sales (USD) 29,911.48
Auction Date May 20, 2019 - May 20, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 41,545.00
Sale Number #58586 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 87,290.00
Total Lots 817
Sold Lots 612 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 56,325.00
% of Lots Sold 74.91% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 113,285.00
Unsold Lots 205 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5796

Durant Motors Collection (91993)

 1920's USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,000.00
5532

Michigan Copper Mining Company Stock Certificate (102215)

 1936 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 500.00
5526

Hancock Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate (102233)

 1926 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 468.75
5756

Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad Co (101302)

 1860's USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
5468

Pacific American Fisheries, Inc. Stock Collection (101442)

 1929-1940 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
5529

Mohawk Mining Company Stock Certificates (17) (102484)

 1919-28 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
5454

Alaska United Gold Mining Company Blue Stock Collection (101440)

 1895 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
5437

US 1st Flight (100410)

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 274.50
5528

Mohawk Mining Company Stock Certificates (10) (102224)

 1919-1929 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
5459

Nome Exploration Company Collection (101441)

 190- USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 237.50
5537

Michigan Mining Stock Group (102206)

 1919-1927 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 225.00
5697

Marietta, Columbus and Northern Railroad Co. (101383)

 1887 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 200.00
5814

Motor Car Companies (#1) (91987)

 c1920 USD 50.00 - 150.00 USD 187.50
5815

Motor Car Companies (#2) (91988)

 c1920 USD 50.00 - 150.00 USD 187.50
5113

Illustrated Envelope and Letterhead for the San Francisco Bridge Company (99736)

 1897 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 162.50
5351

Leather Theme Postcards (91222)

 c1906 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 162.50
5728

Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Co bond (102460)

 1875 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 162.50
5774

Detroit Aircraft Engine Corp. Stock Certificate to Eddie Rickenbacker (103404)

 1927 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 162.50
5817

Nash Motors Company Stock Certificates (103468)

 1917-1937 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 162.50
5379

Dealer Special Ephemera Lot (103172)

 USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 150.00
5479

Oatman Mining Stock Collection (91689)

 c1920 USD 130.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
5676

Central U.S. (9) (101252)

 1800-1900's USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 150.00
5017

Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company Group (101436)

 1930 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 137.50
5531

Algomah Mining Company Stock Certificate (102214)

 1924 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 137.50
5732

Railroad History, Pullman Standard Library, Passenger Car Library, 8 Volumes (49916)

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 137.50
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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