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Auction Name World Currency Weekly - bidstart 5/24 Total Sales (USD) 63,326.40
Auction Date May 31, 2022 - May 31, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 37,380.00
Sale Number #282222 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 56,070.00
Total Lots 177
Sold Lots 177 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 37,380.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 56,070.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 112.94%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90107

Ireland Bank of Ireland 1 Pound 18.7.1925 Pick 95d PMG Choice About Unc 58.

1925 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,560.00
90119

Mexico Banco de Mexico 500 Pesos ND (1925-34) Pick 26s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

ND(1925-34) USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,500.00
90172

Syria Banque Centrale de Syrie 100 Livres 1958 Pick 85cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1958 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 1,320.00
90004

Belgian Congo Banque Centrale du Congo Belge 100 Francs 1.10.1956 Pick 33a PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1956 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 1,200.00
90171

Syria Banque Centrale de Syrie 50 Livres 1958 Pick 84cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1958 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 1,020.00
90106

Iraq Central Bank of Iraq 1 Dinar ND (1973) Pick 63as Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1973) USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 960.00
90150

Singapore Board of Commissioners of Currency 500 Dollars ND (1988) Pick 24a TAN#S-7a PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

ND(1988) USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 960.00
90076

Hong Kong Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. 20 Dollars 1.1.1986 Pick 192a* KNB79 Replacement PMG Superb Gem Unc 68 EPQ.

1986 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 930.00
90170

Syria Banque Centrale de Syrie 5 Livres 1957 Pick 80cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1957 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 930.00
90055

East Africa East African Currency Board 20 Shillings ND (1961-63) Pick 43as Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

ND(1961-63) USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 900.00
90138

Portugal Banco de Portugal 50 Escudos ND (1941-49) Pick 154cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1941-49) USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 840.00
90064

French West Africa Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale 50 Francs 11.9.1919 Pick 9Ba PMG About Uncirculated 53.

1919 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 810.00
90164

Spain Banco de Espana 1000 Pesetas 31.12.1951 (ND 1953) Pick 143s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1951 USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 780.00
90031

China Central Bank of China 5 Yuan 1945 (ND 1948) Pick 388 S/M#C302-2 PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1945(ND1948) USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 750.00
90059

Equatorial African States Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale 100 Francs ND (1963) Pick 3b PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

ND(1963) USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 750.00
90025

China Central Bank of China 2000 Yuan 1946 Pick 307 S/M#C300-290 Two Consecutive Examples PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ (2).

1946 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 726.00
90018

China Bank of China 10 Cents 1941 Pick 89fs; 89bs Front and Back Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ (2).

1941 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 720.00
90026

China Central Bank of China 2000 Yuan 1946 Pick 307 S/M#C300-290 Two Consecutive Examples PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ (2).

1946 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 720.00
90029

China Central Bank of China 5 Yuan 1945 (ND 1948) Pick 388 S/M#C302-2 PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1945(ND1948) USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 720.00
90030

China Central Bank of China 5 Yuan 1945 (ND 1948) Pick 388 S/M#C302-2 PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1945(ND1948) USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 720.00
90032

China Central Bank of China 5 Yuan 1945 (ND 1948) Pick 388 S/M#C302-2 PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1945(ND1948) USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 720.00
90068

Hong Kong Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. 500 Dollars 1.1.1977 Pick 72d PMG About Uncirculated 50.

1977 USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 690.00
90015

Ceylon Central Bank of Ceylon 10 Rupees 16.10.1954 Pick 55 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1954 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
90169

Syria Banque Centrale de Syrie 1 Livre 1957 Pick 79cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1957 USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 660.00
90073

Hong Kong Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. 10 Dollars ND (1959-83) Pick 182pp Progressive Proof PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

ND(1959-83) USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 630.00
  • 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.
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