• Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • 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
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    Modern First Editions
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    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
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Heritage Auctions: World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/20

Auction Reports

Auction Name World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 7/20 Total Sales (USD) 46,254.00
Auction Date July 27, 2021 - July 27, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 23,960.00
Sale Number #282130 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 35,940.00
Total Lots 153
Sold Lots 153 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 23,960.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 35,940.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 128.70%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89081

India Government of India 1 Rupee 1935 Pick 14b Jhunjhunwalla-Razack 3.2.1A Crisp Uncirculated.

1935 USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 2,040.00
89134

Scotland Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1 Pound 1.7.1886 Pick S315acts Color Trial Specimen PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.

1886 USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 1,920.00
89087

Ireland Bank of Ireland 1 Pound 18.7.1925 Pick 95d PMG Choice About Unc 58.

18 USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 1,560.00
89145

Tunisia Banque de l'Algerie 500 Francs 29.2.1952 Pick 28 PMG About Uncirculated 50 EPQ.

1952 USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 1,200.00
89147

West African States Banque Centrale des Etats de L'Afrique de L'Ouest - Cote d'Ivoire 5000 Francs ND (1977) Pick 104Aj PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

ND(1977) USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 1,140.00
89018

Canada Bank of Canada $2 2.1.1937 Pick 59c BC-22c PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1937 USD 720.00 - 1,080.00 USD 906.00
89020

Canada Toronto, ON- Standard Bank of Canada $5 1.5.1891 Pick S1441d Ch.# 695-14-08 PMG Very Good 10.

1891 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 840.00
89052

European Union Central Bank, Germany 500 Euro 2002 Pick 14x PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

2002 USD 560.00 - 840.00 USD 840.00
89010

Bermuda Monetary Authority 2 Dollars 7.5.2007 Pick 50b PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

2007 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 810.00
89004

Commemorative Presentation Holder Bahamas Central Bank 1 Dollar 1974 (ND 1992) Pick 50 Two Uncut Pairs Crisp Uncirculated. Bahamas Group of 11 Examples Extremely Fine (1); About Uncirculated (1); Choice Uncirculated (5); Crisp Uncirculated (4)

1974 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 750.00
89065

France Banque de France 50 Francs 28.7.1913 Pick 64e PMG About Uncirculated 53.

1913 USD 320.00 - 480.00 USD 750.00
89041

East Caribbean States Central Bank, Antigua 100 Dollars ND (1998) Pick 36a PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1998) USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 660.00
89109

Malta Central Bank of Malta 1 Pound 1967 (ND 1969) Pick 29cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ S.

1967(ND1969) USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 660.00
89105

Maldives Maldivian State Government 10 Rufiyaa 1947 / AH1367 Pick 5a PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1947 USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 630.00
89088

Ireland - Northern Northern Bank Limited 50 Pounds 1.11.1990 Pick 196a PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1990 USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 600.00
89049

European Union Central Bank, Greece 200 Euro 2002 Pick 6y PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 588.00
89023

Cayman Islands Currency Board 100 Dollars 1974 (ND 1982) Pick 11 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1974(ND1982) USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 564.00
89019

Canada Bank of Canada $2 2.1.1937 Pick 59c BC-22c PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1937 USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 504.00
89009

Bermuda Bermuda Government 10 Shillings 1.10.1966 Pick 19c PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1966 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 492.00
89091

Ireland - Northern Ulster Bank Limited 100 Pounds 1.12.1990 Pick 334a PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1990 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 492.00
89126

Russia State Treasury Notes 3; 10; 100 Rubles 1918 Pick 87; 89; 92 Three Examples PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 (2); Choice Uncirculated 63.

1918 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 480.00
89128

Russia Rostov Branch Government Bank 50; 1000; 200; 10,000 Rubles 1919 Pick S416a; S418c; S423; S425a Four Examples PMG Choice Uncirculated 64; Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ (2); Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1919 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 468.00
89146

United Arab Emirates Currency Board 100 Dirhams ND (1973) Pick 5a PMG About Uncirculated 55.

ND(1973) USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 468.00
89085

Indonesia Bank Indonesia 1000 Rupiah 1952 Pick 48 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1952 USD 220.00 - 330.00 USD 444.00
89039

East Caribbean States Central Bank 5 Dollars ND (1986-88) Pick 18s Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

ND(1986-88) USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 432.00
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
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