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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Western Americana Signature Sale (Session 2: Minerals, Mining, Railroad, Philatelic)

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Auction Name Western Americana Signature Sale (Session 2: Minerals, Mining, Railroad, Philatelic) Total Sales (USD) 52,068.75
Auction Date May 14, 2021 - May 14, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 57,870.00
Sale Number #73119 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 105,205.00
Total Lots 355
Sold Lots 263 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 87,500.00
% of Lots Sold 74.08% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 161,920.00
Unsold Lots 92 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 32.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2168

Construction Photo Album of the McGill Concentrator and Smelter [132997]

 1907-08 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,250.00
2306

Kaslo & Slocan Railway Annual Pass (Canadian Mining RR) [134084]

 1898 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,500.00
2177

Tonopah Mining District Map - Pristine [125060]

 1912 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,250.00
2365

Maritime Publications (2) [132311]

 USD 160.00 - 250.00 USD 1,125.00
2162

Map of Goldfield, Nevada - Pristine [125062]

 1907 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,062.50
2172

Earliest Known Pioche, Nevada Area Mining Document [130102]

 1864 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
2530

Large collection Scott National Postal Album 1977 [131598]

 1977 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 937.50
2145

Archive of the Belshazzar Mine, Idaho Gold Mining Company, Placerville Idaho, 1920s. [132775]

 1920s. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 812.50
2153

Butte & Vicinity, Montana Mining Claims Map [132307]

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 812.50
2158

“Ely and Her Mines”, 1907, Rare [130068]

 1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
2466

Five Fabulous Ely, Nevada Black & White RPC Circus Postcards [130036]

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 687.50
2327

Illinois and Pennsylvania Railroad Pass Group [134100]

 1881-1915 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 593.75
2128

Geology & Gold Deposits of the Cripple Creek District [132349]

 1906 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
2161

Downer Bros. Assayers and Mine Engineers Archive [118167]

 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 562.50
2436

Portola Festival Postcard Collection [125843]

 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 562.50
2088

Map of the Yukon District in the North West Territory 1898 [121154]

 1898 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
2156

Bluestone, Nevada Copper Concentrating Plant and Furnace Panorama, 2 Feet Long [130120]

 c1917 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
2091

Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co. Ephemera [103122]

 c1910-1920 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 500.00
2100

Gold Dredges Booklet [132351]

 1927 USD 240.00 - 350.00 USD 500.00
2111

Pelton Water Wheel Company Catalog Collection [135344]

 1898-1915 USD 750.00 - 2,000.00 USD 468.75
2339

Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR Photos & Ephemera [122852]

 1900's USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
2409

Postal History Archive Collection [121698]

 1900's USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
2320

Detroit & Mackinac Railway Pass [134082]

 1905 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 437.50
2424

Hanford Postcard Collection [125912]

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
2098

The Bodie Miner Newspaper [133792]

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
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    Saturday, April 27, 2024
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
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    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.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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