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Holabird Western Americana Collections: The Desert Riches Auction - Session 2

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Auction Name	The Desert Riches Auction - Session 2	Total Sales (USD)	56,617.50
Auction Date	February 01, 2025 - February 01, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	39,480.00
Sale Number	#105182	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	79,380.00
Total Lots	309
Sold Lots	170	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	71,010.00
% of Lots Sold	55.02%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	134,100.00
Unsold Lots	139	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	42.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2265	Sam L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Signature on Nevada Territory Document	2024	USD 3,000.00 - 7,500.00	USD 23,125.00
2484	Appomattox Court House Paroled Prisoner Pass Dated April 10, 1865	1865	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 4,687.50
2266	Virginia City Pony Express Cover, Sept. 1862--Samuel Clemens Arrival	1862	USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,875.00
2178	Goldwater Store Posse, March, 1881, Original Photograph	1881	USD 2,500.00 - 7,500.00	USD 2,750.00
2298	Photos of Egypt by Beato, Antonio - Signed, Framed (15)		USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,875.00
2288	Abolitionist John Brown Family Photo Album c.1912-1920	1912-1920	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,250.00
2040	Trona Railroad Photo Archive, 40, 8x10's		USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 937.50
2295	Elvis Autograph and More	1987	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
2481	Ohio "Squirrel Hunters" Discharge Cert. and Letter, 1862	1862	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 687.50
2485	Civil War Letter & Kentucky Rifle from Soldier, Robert G. Norton 1863	1863	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 625.00
2479	Civil War Daguerreotype Photograph Kentucky Union Officer		USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 531.25
2059	T&T railroad & Death Valley Photos (55)		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 500.00
2488	Civil War Photos in Slides from The Library of Congress c. 1861-1865	1861- 1865	USD 200.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75
2058	Tonopah & Tidewater RR Ephemera (12)		USD 600.00 - 1,000.00	USD 437.50
2478	Joseph Hooker Ephemera Group w/ Brady Photo		USD 300.00 - 700.00	USD 406.25
2480	Letters of Confederate Prisoner, Johnson's Island	1862	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 375.00
2486	George Simons, Union Soldier Letters & Docs Collection	1862 to the 1910s	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 375.00
2028	Oregon & Washington Territory RR pass, 1891	1891	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 312.50
2063	Virginia & Truckee RR Company Bond, 1874, Signed by William Sharon	1874	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 312.50
2057	Tonopah & Tidewater RR Photos (17)		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
2195	The Homer Mining Index 1880 Newspaper	1880	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 250.00
2493	WWI War Savings Stamps Posters		USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 225.00
2200	Hotel Green Promo Booklet, c1890 w Map	c1890	USD 120.00 - 200.00	USD 212.50
2369	Large US Check Group, Mostly 19th century	19th century	USD 150.00 - 200.00	USD 200.00
2413	Gans vs Herman Fight Tonopah Announcement Post Card	1907	USD 150.00 - 400.00	USD 200.00

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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