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Heritage Auctions: Winter Colonial Currency Showcase Auction

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Auction Name	Winter Colonial Currency Showcase Auction	Total Sales (USD)	255,068.12
Auction Date	March 08, 2026 - March 08, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	126,100.00
Sale Number	#62427	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	189,150.00
Total Lots	459
Sold Lots	459.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	126,100.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	189,150.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	134.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
95064	Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $4 PCGS Banknote About Unc 50.	1778	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 10,980.00
95283	Pennsylvania June 18, 1764 3d PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.	1764	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 9,150.00
95178	Massachusetts October 16, 1778 3d PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.	1778	USD 560.00 - 840.00	USD 5,124.00
95179	Massachusetts 1779 4s 6d PMG About Uncirculated 50 EPQ.	1779	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 4,392.00
95021	Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $2/3 PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.	1776	USD 2,800.00 - 4,200.00	USD 3,294.00
95190	New Hampshire April 29, 1780 $8 PMG Very Fine 25.	1780	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 2,928.00
95181	Massachusetts 1779 5s PMG Choice Fine 15.	1779	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 2,684.00
95280	Pennsylvania April 25, 1759 PS5 PCGS Banknote Very Fine 25 Details.	1759	USD 560.00 - 840.00	USD 2,684.00
95016	Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/6 PMG About Uncirculated 53.	1776	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 2,440.00
95035	Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $7 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.	1776	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,440.00
95043	Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $4 PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.	1776	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 2,440.00
95038	Continental Currency May 9, 1776 $5 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.	1776	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,379.00
95384	South Carolina February 8, 1779 $50 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.	1779	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,318.00
95029	Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $4 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.	1776	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,135.00
95045	Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $30 PMG Extremely Fine 40.	1776	USD 320.00 - 480.00	USD 2,013.00
95171	Continental Loan Office in the State of Maryland Third Bill of Exchange for $24/120 Livres Tournois Payable at Paris October 12, 1780 PMG Very Fine 25 Net.	1780	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,891.00
95066	Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $7 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.	1778	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,830.00
95095	Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $40 PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.	1779	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,830.00
95180	Massachusetts 1779 4s 8d PMG Choice Very Fine 35.	1779	USD 280.00 - 420.00	USD 1,830.00
95001	Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $3 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.	1775	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,769.00
95099	Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $50 PMG Choice About Unc 58.	1779	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,708.00
95282	Pennsylvania May 1, 1760 20s PMG Very Fine 25.	1760	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,708.00
95103	Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $80 PCGS Banknote About Unc 50 PPQ.	1779	USD 560.00 - 840.00	USD 1,586.00
95285	Pennsylvania June 18, 1764 20s PCGS Banknote Very Fine 20.	1764	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,586.00
95009	Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $30 PMG About Uncirculated 50.	1775	USD 640.00 - 960.00	USD 1,464.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.