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Auction Name Central States World Currency Total Sales (USD) 1,990,713.60
Auction Date April 24, 2019 - April 29, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,594,150.00
Sale Number #4012 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,219,500.00
Total Lots 1147
Sold Lots 1086 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,681,200.00
% of Lots Sold 94.68% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,337,950.00
Unsold Lots 61 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 85.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
28817

Banque de Syrie 1920 First and Second Issue Specimen Book with 12 Different Denominations of Each Side.

1920 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 60,000.00
28688

Egypt National Bank of Egypt 1 Pound 5.1.1899 Pick 2b PCGS Very Fine 30.

1899 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 37,200.00
28554

DC-20S $1000 1911 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1911 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 31,200.00
28541

DC-3d $2 1.7.1870 Payable at Halifax PMG Very Fine 20.

1870 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,400.00
28629

St. Stephen, NB- St. Stephens Bank $3 1.2.1886 Ch.# 675-20-04-18 PMG Choice About Unc 58.

1886 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,400.00
28632

St. John, NB- Bank of New Brunswick $10 1.9.1903 Ch.# 515-18-08 PMG Extremely Fine 40 EPQ.

1903 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,400.00
28680

Curacao De Curacaosche Bank 500 Gulden 25.11.1954 Pick 44 PMG Very Fine 30.

1954 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 24,000.00
28631

St. John, NB- Bank of New Brunswick $5 1.9.1868 Ch.# 515-14-26 PMG Very Fine 20.

1868 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 20,400.00
28643

Toronto, ON- Home Bank of Canada $5 1.3.1920 Ch.# 365-10-08 PMG Choice Fine 15.

1920 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,400.00
28594

Kingston, Jamaica- Canadian Bank of Commerce 5 Pounds 1.3.1921 Ch.# 75-24-04 Pick Jamaica S152a PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.

1921 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,200.00
28712

Hawaii Republic of Hawaii 20 Dollars 1895 (ND 1899) Pick 8s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1895 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 19,200.00
28684

Curacao De Curacaosche Bank 100 Gulden 1960 Pick 55 PMG Extremely Fine 40.

1960 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 18,000.00
28596

Liverpool, NS- Bank of Liverpool 5 Dollars 1.12.1871 Ch.# 400-10-04 PMG Very Fine 30.

1871 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 16,800.00
28201

Portuguese India Banco Nacional Ultramarino 500 Rupias 1.1.1924 Pick 30s Jhunjhunwalla-Razack 12.20.1 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 Net.

1924 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,600.00
28595

Liverpool, NS- Bank of Acadia $5 2.12.1872 Ch.# 5-10-04 Serial Number 20 PMG Choice Fine 15.

1872 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 15,600.00
28638

Toronto, ON- Crown Bank of Canada $5 1.6.1904 Ch.# 215-10-02 PMG Very Fine 25.

1904 USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 15,600.00
28648

Toronto, ON- The Sovereign Bank of Canada $5 May 1, 1905 Ch. # 685-10-04 PMG Very Fine 20.

1905 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,600.00
28108

India Government of India, Calcutta 50 Rupees ND (1930) Pick 9d Jhunjhunwalla-Razack 3.9 PCGS Extremely Fine 45.

ND(1930) USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 14,400.00
28808

Singapore Board of Commissioners of Currency 10,000 Dollars ND (1987) Pick 26 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

ND(1987) USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,200.00
28547

DC-16 $4 2.7.1900 PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1900 USD 12,500.00 - 17,500.00 USD 12,000.00
28679

Curacao De Curacaosche Bank 250 Gulden 25.11.1954 Pick 43 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1954 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,000.00
28681

Curacao De Curacaosche Bank 250 Gulden 1958 Pick 50 PMG Extremely Fine 40 EPQ.

1958 USD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 USD 12,000.00
28707

France Banque de France 50,000 Francs ND (1958) Pick UNL Specimen Proof PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1958) USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,000.00
28807

Singapore Board of Commissioners of Currency 10,000 Dollars ND (1980) Pick 17a PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.

ND(1980) USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 12,000.00
28793

Philippines Treasury Certificate 500 Pesos 1918 Pick 67 PCGS Very Fine 20.

1918 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,700.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
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    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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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