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Auction Name A Western Gentleman's Collection of Obsolete Banknotes Special Monthly Total Sales (USD) 122,493.40
Auction Date January 24, 2021 - January 24, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 97,440.00
Sale Number #62165 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 133,280.00
Total Lots 529
Sold Lots 526 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 98,815.00
% of Lots Sold 99.43% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 134,955.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
95211

Boston, MA- Continental Bank $3 Oct. __ 18__ Remainder G6a PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

18__ USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,600.00
95477

Austin, TX- Republic of Texas $10 Jan. 15, 1841 Cr. A5 Medlar 25 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

1841 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,740.00
95240

St. Paul, MN- Treasurer of Ramsey County $3 18__ Remainder Hewitt C320-D3-2 PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,080.00
95241

St. Paul, MN- Treasurer of Ramsey County $5 18__ Remainder Hewitt C320-D5-2 PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,050.00
95257

Helena, MT- Peoples National Bank of Helena, MT $20 Certificate of Deposit ND Remainder PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

NDRemainder USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
95481

Salt Lake City, UT- Drovers' Bank $1 July 1, 1856 G2a Rust 83 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1856 USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
95021

Hartford, CT- Hartford Bank $1 18__ as G72b Proof PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

18__ USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
95157

New Orleans, LA- Citizens' Bank of Louisiana $10 186_ Remainder G26a PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

186_ USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 840.00
95239

St. Paul, MN- Treasurer of Ramsey County $2 18__ Remainder Hewitt C320-D2-2 PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 840.00
95333

New York, NY- Merchants Bank in the City of New York $1 Nov. 1, 1862 G130a PMG Very Fine 25.

1862 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 840.00
95395

Philadelphia, PA- Bank of the United States (PA Charter), Payable in New York $2000 Post Note Dec. 15, 1840 PMG About Uncirculated 53 EPQ.

1840 USD 450.00 - 600.00 USD 840.00
95356

Troy, OH- State Bank of Ohio, Miami County Branch $1 May 22, 1862 Wolka 2590-09 PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1862 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 720.00
95106

Coeur D'Alene, Idaho Territory - Coeur D'Alene Water Supply Company $5 April 8, 1885 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1885 USD 400.00 - 650.00 USD 660.00
95372

Hollidaysburg, PA- Central Bank of Pennsylvania $5 18__ G8a Hoober 159-1 Proof PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 800.00 - 900.00 USD 660.00
95508

Olympia, WA- Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition Commissioners $2 May 1, 1898 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

1898 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 660.00
95528

Set of Ten Admission Tickets with Original After-Event Envelope from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. As-Issued Condition.

1893 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 660.00
95162

New Orleans, LA- Insurance Bank of W.B. Partee 50¢ July 1, 1851 Remainder PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.

1851 USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 630.00
95446

Columbia, SC- Mechanics & Farmers Building & Loan Association of Richland County $1 Certificate of Deposit Aug. 1,1873 Remainder Sheheen 943 PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1873 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 630.00
95483

Brattleboro, VT- Windham County Bank $3 Mar. __ 18__ Remainder G6a PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 630.00
95003

Montgomery, AL- Alabama Savings Bank $2 Certificate of Deposit Jan. 1, 1873 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1873 USD 350.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
95210

Boston, MA- Continental Bank $2 Oct.__ 18__ Remainder G4a PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 300.00 - 450.00 USD 600.00
95348

Wilmington, NC- Bank of Cape Fear $10 18__ as Design 10F Proof PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 600.00 - 675.00 USD 600.00
95414

Alton, RI- Richmond Bank $1 Aug. 12, 185_ G2 Durand 1 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

185_ USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 600.00
95449

Columbia, SC- Mechanics & Farmers Building & Loan Association of Richland County $5 Certificate of Deposit Aug. 1,1873 Remainder Sheheen 946 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1873 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 600.00
95334

New York, NY- North River Bank in the City of New York $100 18__ as G58 Proof PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

18__ USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 576.00
  • 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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    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.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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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