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Auction Name
HKINF World Paper Money Signature Auction
Auction Date
12/05/2025 - 12/09/2025
Sale Number
#4057
Total Lots
480
Sold Lots
479.0
Lots Sold
99.79%
Unsold Lots
1
Total Sales (USD)
2,617,440.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,197,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,795,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,198,440.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,797,660.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
145.60%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
22417

Malaya and British Borneo Board of Commissioners of Currency 1000 Dollars 21.3.1953 Pick 6a B106 KNB6a PMG About Uncirculated 50 EPQ.

21.3.1953 USD 64,000.00 - 96,000.00 USD 204,000.00
22334

China Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, Shanghai 20 Taels 1.3.1907 Pick S292 S/M#T101-13c PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1.3.1907 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 78,000.00
22382

China Yunnan Official Currency Bureau 7 Mace 2 Candareens=1 Dollar 1907 Pick UNL PMG Very Fine 25.

1907 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 78,000.00
22442

Straits Settlements Asiatic Banking Corporation, Singapore 500 Dollars ND (ca. 1860s) Pick S79r KNB5 Remainder PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND ca. 1860s USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 66,000.00
22326

China People's Bank of China 10,000 Yuan 1951 Pick 858a S/M#C282 PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1951 USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 57,600.00
22314

China Bank of China 1 Dollar ND (1912) Pick UNL S/M#C294 Commemorative Front and Back Proof PMG About Uncirculated 50; Uncirculated 62 Net.

ND 1912 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 50,400.00
22379

China Shensi Official Currency Bureau 10 Taels (1911-12) Pick UNL S/M#S22 PMG Very Fine 30.

1911-12 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 50,400.00
22354

China Kiangse Government Bank 2 Taels 1907 Pick UNL S/M#C95 PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.

1907 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 50,400.00
22441

Straits Settlements Asiatic Banking Corporation, Singapore 100 Dollars ND (ca. 1860s) Pick S78r KNB4 Remainder PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND ca. 1860s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 45,600.00
22367

China ILi Official Currency Bureau 2000 Cash 1909 Pick S2150 S/M#I22-2 PMG Very Fine 25.

1909 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 43,200.00
22407

Malaya Board of Commissioners of Currency 10,000 Dollars ND (1942) Pick 17s KNB17S Specimen PMG About Uncirculated 55.

ND 1942 USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 USD 43,200.00
22439

Straits Settlements Asiatic Banking Corporation, Singapore 25 Dollars ND (ca. 1860s) Pick S76r KNB2 Remainder PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND ca. 1860s USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 43,200.00
22438

Straits Settlements Asiatic Banking Corporation, Singapore 10 Dollars ND (ca. 1860s) Pick S75r KNB1 Remainder PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND ca. 1860s USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 38,400.00
22440

Straits Settlements Asiatic Banking Corporation, Singapore 50 Dollars ND (ca. 1860s) Pick S77r KNB3 Remainder PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND ca. 1860s USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,400.00
22013

China China Empire Yuan Dynasty 2 Kuan (1264-1341) Pick UNL S/M#C167-1 PMG Choice Fine 15 Net.

1264-1341 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 31,200.00
22356

China Kiangsi Railway Bank 100 Coppers (1909-11) Pick UNL PMG Fine 12.

1909-11 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 31,200.00
22353

China Kiangse Government Bank 100 Taels 1907 Pick S1085H S/M#C94-15 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1907 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 28,800.00
22372

China Kwangtung Currency Bureau 10 Dollars 1907 Pick S2391 S/M#K51 PMG Very Fine 25.

1907 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 28,800.00
22328

China People's Bank of China 10 Yuan 1953 Pick 870 S/M#C283-14 PMG Choice Very Fine 35 EPQ.

1953 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 28,800.00
22366

China ILi Official Currency Bureau 1000 Cash 1909 Pick S2149 S/M#I22-1 PMG Very Fine 25.

1909 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 27,600.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
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    Rare Books Signature Auction
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    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    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.