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Auction Update Review

7 Auctions Archived, 21 More This Week

Only 7 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database this past week for technical reasons. We expect all those not included in this week's report will be added to the next 1-2 reports issued. We apologize for the delay.

 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 29th: $4,278,943 
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Currency on April 29th: $1,990,714 

0 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 



7 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 28th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 99.48% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 97.84% 
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 29th: 94.96% 
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Currency on April 29th: 94.68% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2220-F $5,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Very Fine 35. on April 29th Actual price: USD $156,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-E $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 55. on April 29th Actual price: USD $144,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2231-G $10,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 55. on April 29th Actual price: USD $114,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $72,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1220 $1,000 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Choice Very Fine 35 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $66,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Banque de Syrie 1920 First and Second Issue Specimen Book with 12 Different Denominations of Each Side. on April 29th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  7. Heritage Auctions Fr. 320 $20 1891 Silver Certificate PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $50,400.
  8. Heritage Auctions T12 $5 1861 PF-1 Cr. 46 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $48,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1217 $500 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Choice Very Fine 35 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $43,200.
  10. Heritage Auctions Fr. 127 $20 1869 Legal Tender PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $40,800.
  11. Heritage Auctions Fr. 151 $50 1869 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 20 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $38,400.
  12. Heritage Auctions T35 $5 1861 PF-1 Cr. 271 PCGS Very Fine 25. on April 29th Actual price: USD $38,400.
  13. Heritage Auctions Norfolk, VA - $5 1882 Brown Back Fr. 469 Norfolk NB Ch. # 3368 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ S. on April 29th Actual price: USD $38,400.
  14. Heritage Auctions Egypt National Bank of Egypt 1 Pound 5.1.1899 Pick 2b PCGS Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $37,200.
  15. Heritage Auctions Sterling, CO - $10 1902 Red Seal Fr. 614 The Logan County NB Ch. # (W)7973 PMG Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $36,000.
  16. Heritage Auctions Oakland, CA - $20 Original Fr. 1158 The First National Gold Bank Ch. # 2248 PMG Very Fine 25. on April 29th Actual price: USD $36,000.
  17. Heritage Auctions T1 $1,000 1861 PF-1 Cr. 1 PMG Very Fine 30 Net. on April 29th Actual price: USD $33,600.
  18. Heritage Auctions T2 $500 1861 PF-1 Cr. 2 PMG Choice Very Fine 35. on April 29th Actual price: USD $32,400.
  19. Heritage Auctions DC-20S $1000 1911 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. on April 29th Actual price: USD $31,200.
  20. Heritage Auctions Fr. 6 $10 1861 Demand Note PCGS Very Fine 35. on April 29th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  21. Heritage Auctions T2 $500 1861 PF-1 Cr. 2A PMG Very Fine 20. on April 29th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  22. Heritage Auctions Fayetteville, NC - $1 1875 Fr. 383 The Fayetteville NB Ch. # 1756 PCGS Apparent Very Fine 30. on April 29th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  23. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2405 $100 1928 Gold Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $27,600.
  24. Heritage Auctions St. John, NB- Bank of New Brunswick $10 1.9.1903 Ch.# 515-18-08 PMG Extremely Fine 40 EPQ. on April 29th Actual price: USD $26,400.
  25. Heritage Auctions St. Stephen, NB- St. Stephens Bank $3 1.2.1886 Ch.# 675-20-04-18 PMG Choice About Unc 58. on April 29th Actual price: USD $26,400.




7 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/23 on April 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 97.84%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 99.48%
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Currency on April 29th: 94.68%
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 29th: 94.96%


For the week ahead 21 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 6th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 50 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 76 lots

Tue. May. 7th
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Prints and Multiples. 196 lots
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Leiden. Books. 1272 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTS, ANTIQUE AND CONTEMPORARY BOOKS. 207 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/30. 461 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/30. 182 lots

Wed. May. 8th
Freemans. Philadelphia. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 59 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Featuring John F. Kennedy - Internet bidstart 4/19. 749 lots

Thu. May. 9th
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Posters. 249 lots
Zisska and Lacher. Munich. Books. 2072 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Photographs. 99 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration, Featuring the Armstrong Family Collection. 1583 lots

Fri. May. 10th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Book Auction. 463 lots
Skinner. Boston. Fine Prints and Multiples, Fine Photographs. 143 lots

Sat. May. 11th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 48 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 173 lots

Sun. May. 12th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/14. 195 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/5.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/5.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Michael Stillman

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.