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Heritage Auctions: World Paper Money Signature Auction

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Auction Name	World Paper Money Signature Auction	Total Sales (USD)	2,083,801.20
Auction Date	October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	1,019,440.00
Sale Number	#4056	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	1,529,160.00
Total Lots	500
Sold Lots	494.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,040,240.00
% of Lots Sold	98.80%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	1,560,360.00
Unsold Lots	6	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	133.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
24111	Egypt National Bank of Egypt 1 Pound 5.1.1899 Pick 2b PMG Choice Very Fine 35.	1899	USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00	USD 66,000.00
24500	Zanzibar Zanzibar Government 10 Rupees 1.1.1908 Pick 3 PMG Very Fine 20 Net.	1908	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 38,400.00
24404	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 10 Pounds 1.2.1961 Pick 23b PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.	1961	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 31,200.00
24407	Romania Banca Nationala 1000 Lei 1929 (ND 1941) Pick UNL Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.	1929 (ND 1941)	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 31,200.00
24332	Netherlands Indies Javasche Bank 300 Gulden 30.4.1901 Pick 58bs PLNI18.7s.a.1 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.	1901	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 28,800.00
24345	Netherlands Indies United East India Company, Amboina 20 Rijksdaalders 29.3.1809 Pick S128 PLNI1.4a PMG Very Fine 30.	1809	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 28,800.00
24274	Lebanon Banque de Syrie et du Liban 100 Livres 1945 Pick 53s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.	1945	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 27,600.00
24337	Netherlands Indies United East India Company, Batavia 1 Rijksdaalder 2.4.1799 Pick S60 PLNI2.1d PMG Very Fine 30.	1799	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 26,400.00
24383	Panama Banco Central de Emision 20 Balboas 1941 Pick 25s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.	1941	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 26,400.00
24100	Curacao Curacaosche Bank 500 Gulden 25.11.1954 Pick 44 PLNA15.7 PMG Very Fine 30.	1954	USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 25,200.00
24306	Netherlands State Note 10 Gulden 15.10.1849 Pick A16 PL25a PMG Very Fine 25.	1849	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 22,800.00
24320	Netherlands Netherlands Bank 300 Gulden 3.9.1917 Pick 26 PL112h PMG Very Fine 25.	1917	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 20,400.00
24090	China Netherlands Trading Society, Shanghai 100 Dollars 1.1.1922 Pick S461s S/M#S51 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.	1922	USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00	USD 19,200.00
24428	Singapore Board of Commissioners of Currency 10,000 Dollars ND (1980) Pick 17a TAN#B-9a PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.	ND (1980)	USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 18,000.00
24382	Panama Banco Central de Emision 10 Balboas 1941 Pick 24s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.	1941	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 17,400.00
24078	Ceylon / Netherlands Indies United East India Company 5 Rijksdaalders, Kolumbo 17.9.1795 Pick UNL PLCE2.1.a4 PMG Very Fine 30 Net.	1795	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 16,800.00
24099	Curacao Curacaosche Bank 250 Gulden 25.11.1954 Pick 43 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.	1954	USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	USD 16,800.00
24209	Hawaii Republic of Hawaii 10 Dollars 1895 (ND 1897) Pick 12s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.	1895 (ND 1897)	USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	USD 16,800.00
24333	Netherlands Indies Javasche Bank 500 Gulden 5.7.1919 Pick 59bs PLNI18.8s.b1a Specimen PMG Uncirculated 62.	1919	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 16,800.00
24459	Suriname Surinaamsche Bank 50 Gulden 1.7.1901 (1903) Pick 55g PMG Very Fine 30.	1901 (1903)	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 16,800.00
24429	Singapore Board of Commissioners of Currency 10,000 Dollars ND (1980) Pick 17a TAN#B-9a PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.	ND (1980)	USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 16,200.00
24450	Suriname General Netherlands Society 1/2 Gulden 1.10.1826 Pick 1 PLS3.1a PMG About Uncirculated 50.	1826	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 15,600.00
24151	Finland Bank of Finland 25 Rubles 1841 Pick A32a PMG About Uncirculated 50.	1841	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 14,400.00
24402	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 5 Pounds 1.2.1961 Pick 22b PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.	1961	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 14,400.00
24024	Belgian Congo Banque du Congo Belge, Kinshasa 1000 Francs 3.11.1920 Pick 12b PMG Extremely Fine 40.	1920	USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 13,800.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.