• 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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    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
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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.
  • 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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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Heritage Auctions: Long Beach Expo U.S. Currency - Sessions 1-4

Auction Reports

Auction Name Long Beach Expo U.S. Currency - Sessions 1-4 Total Sales (USD) 3,728,396.40
Auction Date September 04, 2019 - September 06, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,381,600.00
Sale Number #3574 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,844,350.00
Total Lots 1173
Sold Lots 1104 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,706,870.00
% of Lots Sold 94.12% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 5,300,880.00
Unsold Lots 69 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20818

Fr. 2404* $50 1928 Gold Certificate. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

1928 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 90,000.00
20379

San Francisco, CA - $10 Original National Gold Bank Note Fr. 1143 The National Gold Bank & Trust Company Ch. # 1994 PMG Very Fine 25.

1994 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 43,200.00
20207

T15 $50 1861 PF-1 Cr. 79 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1861 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 38,400.00
20884

Fr. 9 $10 1861 Demand Note PMG Very Fine 25.

1861 USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 USD 36,000.00
20302

Dinuba, CA - $20 1902 Plain Back Fr. 652 The First NB Ch. # (P)9158 PMG Very Fine 20.

1902 USD 17,500.00 - 32,500.00 USD 33,600.00
20321

Lindsay, CA - $10 1902 Plain Back Fr. 627 The Lindsay NB Ch. # (P)9710 PMG Very Fine 25.

1902 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 33,600.00
20187

T1 $1,000 1861 PF-1 Cr. 1 PMG Extremely Fine 40.

1861 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 31,200.00
20587

Salem, NC - $5 Original Fr. 397a The First NB Ch. # 1659 PMG Very Fine 25.

USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 30,000.00
20317

Kingsburg, CA - $50 1902 Date Back Fr. 669 The First NB Ch. # (P)8409 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1902 USD 17,500.00 - 32,500.00 USD 28,800.00
20188

T2 $500 1861 PF-1 Cr. 2 PMG Very Fine 30.

1861 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 26,400.00
20399

Upland, CA - $10 1902 Red Seal Fr. 614 The First NB Ch. # (P)8266 PMG Very Fine 30.

1902 USD 12,500.00 - 17,500.00 USD 26,400.00
20320

Lindsay, CA - $10 1902 Plain Back Fr. 625 The First NB Ch. # (P)7965 PMG Very Fine 30

1902 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 22,800.00
20945

Fr. 123 $10 1923 Legal Tender PCGS Superb Gem New 67PPQ.

1923 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 22,800.00
20948

Fr. 127 $20 1869 Legal Tender PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1869 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 22,206.00
20416

Denver, CO - $5 1875 Fr. 401 The Colorado NB Ch. # 1651 PCGS Very Fine 20PPQ.

1875 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,200.00
20722

Serial Number 1 Fr. 1937-L* $2 2003 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

2003 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 21,600.00
20575

Hendersonville, NC - $5 1902 Date Back Fr. 592 The Peoples NB Ch. # (S)9571 PMG Fine 12.

1902 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,400.00
21068

Fr. 344 $100 1891 Silver Certificate PCGS Very Fine 25.

1891 USD 20,800.00 - 31,200.00 USD 20,400.00
21141

Fr. 1180 $20 1905 Gold Certificate PCGS About New 53PPQ.

1905 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 19,800.00
20866

Cincinnati, OH - $20/$10 Double Denomination 1882 Date Back Fr. 555 The German NB Ch. # (M)2524 PCGS Very Fine 20.

1882 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 19,200.00
20337

Pomona, CA - $5 1882 Brown Back Fr. 469 The First NB Ch. # 3518 PMG Extremely Fine 40 Net.

1882 USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 18,600.00
20190

T3 $100 1861 PF-2 Cr. 3 PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.

1861 USD 17,500.00 - 22,500.00 USD 17,400.00
20543

Binghamton, NY - $2 Original Fr. 387a The City NB Ch. # 1189 PMG Uncirculated 62 EPQ.

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,400.00
20585

Raleigh, NC - $2 1875 Fr. 391 The Raleigh NB of North Carolina Ch. # 1557 PCGS Good 6.

1875 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 16,800.00
21080

Fr. 367 $10 1890 Treasury Note PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

1890 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 16,800.00
  • 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
    Catalogue 198 just published
    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
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