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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Western Americana Signature Auction: (Session 1: Art, Stocks & Bonds incl. Autographs)

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Auction Name Western Americana Signature Auction: (Session 1: Art, Stocks & Bonds incl. Autographs) Total Sales (USD) 161,400.00
Auction Date May 13, 2021 - May 13, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 182,065.00
Sale Number #73118 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 342,420.00
Total Lots 553
Sold Lots 392 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 273,035.00
% of Lots Sold 70.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 512,590.00
Unsold Lots 161 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 31.49%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1194 Cornelius Vanderbilt

"Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt Signature on Accessory Transit Company of Nicaragua Stock Cert.

 1856<br> USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,250.00
1188 Robert Morris

Robert Morris, Signer of Declaration, Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation Stock [132714]

 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,375.00
1189 Robert Morris

Robert Morris, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Stock Certificate Trio [132711]

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,375.00
1244 Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini signature as president of the Houdini Picture Corporation stock. [130174]

 1921 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,375.00
1323

Wells Fargo Company, Omaha Treaty Stock Certificate, 1870 issued to Wells [132710]

 1870 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,125.00
1192

Bank of Alexandria Stock Certificate to Friend of George Washington [132718]

 1793<br> USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,250.00
1249 Thomas Edison

La Compania Edison Hispano Americana Stock Signed by Thomas Edison [129654]

 1916 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,250.00
1268

Early American Express Stock Certificate, Period 1, Nov. 1853 [132741]

 1853 USD 8,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 2,250.00
1428

Chinese Companies' Stock Certificates (3) [127989]

 1918-1921 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 2,000.00
1223 John D. Rockefeller

Rockefeller Signature on Kansas, Missouri and Texas Railroad Stock [130212]

 1890 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,875.00
1246 Thomas Edison

Edison Portland Cement Co. Stock Issued to & Signed Twice by Thomas Edison [134059]

 1899 USD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,875.00
1247 Thomas Edison

Edison Manufacturing Co. Stock Signed by Thomas Edison [129657]

 1908 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,812.50
1248 Thomas Edison

Edison Storage Battery Co. Stock Signed by Thomas Edison [129659]

 1903 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,687.50
1270

American Express stock Certificate Signed by Wells and Fargo [132690]

 1854 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,687.50
1350

Pennsylvania Rail Road Bond [134111]

 1829 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,687.50
1358

War of 1812 Privateer Ship Stock Certificate [134116]

 1815<br> USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,562.50
1226 John D. Rockefeller

J. D. Rockefeller Jr. signature on Western Maryland Railroad Company Bond [130176]

 1917 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,500.00
1258 Thomas Edison

Unique Thomas Edison Signed Number 1 Edison Wood Products stock [130179]

 1927 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,500.00
1245 Thomas Edison

Canadian Edison Phonographs, Ltd., Stock Issued to & Signed by Thomas Edison [129658]

 1922 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,375.00
1256 Thos. A. Edison

Thos. A. Edison signature as President of Phonographs Limited Stock [130187]

 1924 USD 1,600.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,375.00
1545

Chinese Liberty Bonds, Five and Ten [132918]

 USD 300.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
1181 Robert Morris

Robert Morris Stock Certificate Pair [132760]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,312.50
1182 Robert Morris

Robert Morris Signature on North American Land Company Stock, Declaration of Independence Signer [1

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,312.50
1224 John D. Rockefeller

Rockefeller Signature on Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway Stock [130213]

 1893 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,250.00
1276 Butterfield Family

Butterfield Family Autographs on American Express Stock Certificates [132745]

 1859 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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