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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Pioneers & Patriots Auction: Americana, Militaria, Mining, & More

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Auction Name	Pioneers & Patriots Auction: Americana, Militaria, Mining, & More	Total Sales (USD)	37,890.38
Auction Date	March 02, 2025 - March 02, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	60,055.00
Sale Number	#105889	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	106,160.00
Total Lots	278
Sold Lots	133	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	169,640.00
% of Lots Sold	47.84%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	311,760.00
Unsold Lots	145	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	12.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2217	Tombstone Daily Nugget, OK Corral Gunfight Details, 1881	1881	USD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 5,000.00
2470	$1000 1934 Federal Reserve Note San Francisco	1934	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 2,750.00
2024	Art Nouveau - Martini Postcards 1890s-1940s (12)	1890s-1940s	USD 1,700.00 - 3,500.00	USD 1,500.00
2226	Outlaw Frank James Reward Letter & Receipt 1908	1908	USD 2,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 1,187.50
2115	My Camera in the National Parks by Ansel Adams, 1950	1950	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,000.00
2287	General Santa Anna Signed Bond Certificate		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,000.00
2138	Van Gogh Visage, Embellished Giclee on Canvas		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 593.75
2204	Custer: Crow King Photograph by Barry		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 562.50
2289	Mexican Revolution: President Modero Signed Doc 1912	1912	USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	USD 562.50
2013	Art Nouveau - Collection (20) 1900s	1900s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 531.25
2025	Art Nouveau - Misc. Postcards 1900s (12)	1900s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 531.25
2120	Salvador Dali: Avaricious and the Prodigal, Inferno #07		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 531.25
2201	Cheyenne Daily Leader, Black Hills Gold Rush & Clashes with Native Americans, 1875	1875	USD 800.00 - 900.00	USD 531.25
2309	Civil War- Repatriation & Safe Passage Pass Shreveport, Louisiana c. 1865 (3)	c.1865	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 500.00
2472	$2 Bills: Crisp Uncirculated Pack (100)		USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 500.00
2004	Art Nouveau - Advertising Postcards, Byrrh c1910s (17)	c1910s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 468.75
2222	Sioux City Journal, Pat Garrett Slain Article, 1908	1908	USD 500.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75
2471	Crisp Uncirculated $1 Bills		USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 437.50
2473	U.S. Currency: Silver Certificates/Two Dollar Bills		USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 437.50
2006	Art Nouveau - Belle Jardiniere Postcards (6) XRARE!		USD 700.00 - 1,100.00	USD 406.25
2117	Salvador Dali: Divine Comedy Series Cosmic Horseman Giclee		USD 800.00 - 1,600.00	USD 406.25
2469	$100 1929 National Bank Note Brown Seal	1929	USD 300.00 - 600.00	USD 391.63
2116	Photographs of Ansel Adams with Ed Weston		USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 375.00
2205	Custer: Henry Bullhead Cabinet Card Photo c.1890	c.1890	USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 375.00
2206	Custer: Gall Photograph from Barry		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 375.00

Fonsie Mealy’s
Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
April 30th & May 1st

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.

Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 155
Saturday April 26, 2025

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR

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