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Auction Name World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 1/26 Total Sales (USD) 61,894.00
Auction Date February 02, 2021 - February 02, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 40,400.00
Sale Number #282105 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 60,600.00
Total Lots 212
Sold Lots 211 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 40,480.00
% of Lots Sold 99.53% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 60,720.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 101.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81099

Fiji Government of Fiji 5 Shillings 1934 Pick 31a Front and Back Progressive Proof Set of 5 Examples PMG Uncirculated 62; Choice Uncirculated 63 (3); Choice Uncirculated 64.

1934 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,040.00
81142

Malaya Japanese Government 10 Dollars ND (1942-44) Pick M7bs Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1942-44) USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 1,320.00
81040

Canada Clifton, CW- Bank of Western Canada $4 20.9.1859 Ch.# 795-10-12 PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.

1859 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,260.00
81063

China Hunan Bank 100 Coppers 15.4.1915 Pick S2050 S/M#H167-44 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1915 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,260.00
81045

Canada Quebec City, PQ- Banque Nationale $10 2.1.1897 Ch.# 510-20-06 PMG Very Fine 25 EPQ.

1897 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,020.00
81151

Mauritius Bank of Mauritius 5; 10; 25; 50 Rupees ND (1967) Pick 30a; 31a; 32a; 33a Four Matching Serial Number Examples PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ; Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ (2); Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

ND(1967) USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,020.00
81029

Brunei Government of Brunei 100 Ringgit ND (1972-88) Pick 10s KNB10S Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

ND(1972-88) USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 900.00
81058

China People's Bank of China 1 Jiao 1960 Pick 873 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1960 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 870.00
81028

Brunei Government of Brunei 50 Ringgit ND (1973-86) Pick 9s KNB9S Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1973-86) USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 780.00
81042

Canada Montreal, PQ- Royal Bank of Canada $5 2.1.1909 Ch.# 630-10-04-02 PMG Fine 12.

1909 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
81101

Fiji Government of Fiji 5 Pounds ND (1941-51) Pick 41pp1 Front Progressive Proof PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND(1941-51) USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 780.00
81155

Mexico Banco Central Mexicano 100 Peso 1908 Pick UNL PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1908 USD 280.00 - 420.00 USD 780.00
81060

China Federal Reserve Bank of China 1 Yuan 1938 Pick J61a S/M#C286-12 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1938 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 660.00
81150

Mauritius Government of Mauritius 5 Rupees ND (1930) Pick 20 PCGS Very Fine 25.

ND(1930) USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 660.00
81059

China People's Bank of China 2 Yuan 1960 Pick 875a2 PMG Superb Gem Unc 68 EPQ.

1960 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 630.00
81100

Fiji Government of Fiji 10 Shillings 1.6.1951 Pick 38k PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.

1951 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 630.00
81039

Canada Charlotte Town, PEI- Bank of Prince Edward Island $5 1.1.1877 Ch.# 600-12-12 PMG Choice Fine 15.

1877 USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 600.00
81107

French Indochina Institut d'Emission des Etats, Cambodia 100 Piastres = 100 Riels ND (1954) Pick 97s Specimen PCGS Very Choice New 64.

ND(1954) USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 600.00
81210

Yemen Arab Republic Currency Board 50 Rials ND (1971) Pick 10cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

ND(1971) USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 540.00
81010

Belgian Congo Banque Centrale du Congo Belge 500 Francs 1.9.1957 Pick 34s Specimen PMG Uncirculated 62.

1957 USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 528.00
81084

Egypt Egyptian Government 10 Piastres 1940 Pick 167b PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1940 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 516.00
81015

Bermuda Bermuda Government 5 Shillings 12.5.1937 Pick 8b PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1937 USD 300.00 - 450.00 USD 504.00
81047

Canada Toronto, ON- Canadian Bank of Commerce $10 2.1.1917 Ch.# 75-16-02-06P1 Two Front Proofs PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ; Uncirculated 62.

1917 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 504.00
81134

Japan Bank of Japan 10 Yen ND (1944-45) Pick 56s2 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

ND(1944-45) USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 504.00
81153

Mexico Banco de Londres y Mexico 1000 Pesos ND (1889-1913) Pick S239p1; S239p2 Front and Back Proofs PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ; Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND(1889-1913) USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 504.00
  • 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
    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: 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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