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Auction Name GACC US Currency Signature Auction Total Sales (USD) 11,629,098.20
Auction Date October 07, 2025 - October 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,218,720.00
Sale Number #3599 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 13,828,080.00
Total Lots 2191
Sold Lots 2131.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,676,760.00
% of Lots Sold 97.26% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 14,515,140.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 80.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
22324

Fr. 2220-G $5,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PCGS Banknote Choice Unc 64 PPQ.

1928 USD 320,000.00 - 480,000.00 USD 360,000.00
22327

Fr. 2221-K $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1934 USD 240,000.00 - 360,000.00 USD 300,000.00
22326

Fr. 2221-E $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PCGS Banknote Choice Unc 64 PPQ.

1934 USD 240,000.00 - 360,000.00 USD 264,000.00
22325

Fr. 2221-B $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

1934 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 204,000.00
20210

Tucson, AZ - $5 1875 Fr. 405 The First National Bank Ch. # 2639 PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.

1875 USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 USD 192,000.00
22175

Serial Number 1 Fr. 1083a $100 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1914 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 186,000.00
20276

Petaluma, CA - $100 1874 Fr. 1165 The First National Gold Bank Ch. # 2193 PMG Very Good 10.

1874 USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 USD 120,000.00
22337

Fr. 2407 $500 1928 Gold Certificate. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1928 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 93,000.00
22173

Serial Number 1 Fr. 963a $20 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1914 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 84,000.00
22174

Serial Number 1 Fr. 1023a $50 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

1914 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 84,000.00
22172

Serial Number 1 Fr. 903a $10 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1914 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 78,000.00
20303

Serial Number 1 San Francisco, CA - $5 1902 Red Seal Fr. 589 The Crocker National Bank Ch. # (P)3555 Uncut Sheet PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1902 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 72,000.00
20238

Covina, CA - $5 1882 Brown Back Fr. 477 The First National Bank Ch. # (P)5830 Uncut Sheet PMG About Uncirculated 53 EPQ.

1882 USD 64,000.00 - 96,000.00 USD 60,000.00
22171

Serial Number 1 Fr. 843a $5 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1914 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 60,000.00
22194

Fr. 1072a $100 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1914 USD 32,000.00 - 48,000.00 USD 58,800.00
20333

South San Francisco, CA - $5 1902 Plain Back Fr. 609 The Citizens National Bank Ch. # 12364 PCGS Extremely Fine 45.

1902 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 55,200.00
20878

Serial Number 1 Galveston, TX - $5 Original Fr. 397a The First National Bank Ch. # 1566 PMG Very Fine 20.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 55,200.00
22247

Fr. 1381 50C/ Fifth Issue Original Bundle of 200 - 10 Full Packs Choice About New.

USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 55,200.00
20890

Houston, TX - $2 1875 Fr. 390 The National Exchange Bank Ch. # 2092 PMG Very Good 8.

1875 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 48,000.00
21063

Shoshoni, WY - $10 1902 Red Seal Fr. 614 The First National Bank Ch. # (W)7978 PMG Extremely Fine 40.

1902 USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 USD 48,000.00
22123

Fr. 310 $20 1880 Silver Certificate PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1880 USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 45,600.00
22246

Fr. 1381 50C/ Fifth Issue Original Bundle of 200 - 10 Full Packs Choice About New.

USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 43,200.00
22063

Fr. 167b $100 1863 Legal Tender PCGS Banknote Choice Fine 15 Details.

1863 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,800.00
22244

Fr. 1309 25C/ Fifth Issue Original Bundle of 200 Choice About New.

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,800.00
22245

Fr. 1309 25C/ Fifth Issue Original Bundle of 200 Choice About New.

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,800.00
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  • <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, <i>Americae pars Borealis,</i> double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, <i>Map of the United States,</i> London and Liverpool, 1827. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Typus Orbis Terrarum,</i> hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, <i>Chart of the World,</i> oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800). <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, <i>A General Atlas,</i> 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 240: Anthony Finley, <i>A New American Atlas,</i> 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 263: John Bachmann, <i>Panorama of the Seat of War,</i> portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, <i>Cosmographei,</i> Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, <i>Epitome Theatri Orteliani,</i> Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601. <center><b>Swann<br>Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books<br>December 9, 2025</b></center> <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, <i>Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae,</i> Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, <i>Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt,</i> 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623. <b>Swann, Dec. 9:</b> Lot 341: John James Audubon, <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26,</i> London, 1827.
    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.
  • <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY! <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911. <b><center>SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions<br>The Odfjell Collection<br>Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books<br>Ending December 4th</center></b> <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ]. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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. <b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    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.