• 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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Heritage Auctions: FUN World Currency Signature Auction - Tampa - session 2

Auction Reports

Auction Name FUN World Currency Signature Auction - Tampa - session 2 Total Sales (USD) 282,990.20
Auction Date January 08, 2018 - January 08, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 261,635.00
Sale Number #4002b High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 367,360.00
Total Lots 964
Sold Lots 864 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 304,810.00
% of Lots Sold 89.63% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 428,210.00
Unsold Lots 100 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
29589

Turkey Central Bank of Turkey 10 Lira L.1930 (15.1.1942) Pick 141.

1930 USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 9,600.00
28836

Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank 100 Leva 1925 Pick 46s Specimen.

1925 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,560.00
28837

Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank 500 Leva 1925 Pick 47s Specimen.

1925 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 4,560.00
28843

Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank 1000 Leva 1938 Pick 56s1 Specimen.

1938 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,080.00
28834

Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank 50 Leva 1925 Pick 45s Specimen.

1925 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 3,960.00
29439

Romania Banca Nationale a Romaniei 5000 Lei 31.3.1931 Pick 35 / 48 Test Pieces.

1931 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 3,360.00
28827

Bulgaria Bulgarian National Bank 5 Leva Srebro ND (1904) Pick 1a.

1904 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,880.00
29434

Romania Banca Nationala A Romaniei 100 Lei 14.1.1910 Pick 21s Specimen.

1910 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,880.00
28776

Brazil Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil - Thesouro Nacional 20 Mil Reis ND (1923) Pick 47s Specimen.

1923 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,800.00
29028

East Caribbean States East Caribbean Currency Authority $100 ND (1965) Pick 16s Specimen.

1965 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,800.00
28773

Brazil Thesouro Nacional 10 Mil Reis ND (1907) Pick 32s Specimen.

1907 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,740.00
29004

Curacao Da Curacaosche Bank 25 Gulden 1943 Pick 27.

1943 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,680.00
29564

Tannu Tuva Treasury 10 Aksha 1940 Pick 18.

1940 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,560.00
28807

British Honduras Government of British Honduras $10 30.1.1947 Pick 27a.

1947 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,440.00
28778

Brazil Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil - Thesouro Nacional 100 Mil Reis ND (1915) Pick 67s Specimen.

1915 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,200.00
29158

Greece National Bank of Greece 25 Drachmai 8.10.1914 Pick 52s Specimen.

1914 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,200.00
28779

Brazil Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil - Thesouro Nacional 100 Mil Reis ND (1936) Pick 71s Specimen.

1936 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,140.00
29042

Egypt National Bank of Egypt 25 Piastres 15.6.1950 Pick 10d, Two Consecutive Examples with Serial Numbers 899999 and 900000.

1950 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,140.00
29051

Egypt Egyptian Government Currency Note 5 Piastres L. 1940 Pick 163.

1940 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,140.00
29597

Uruguay Departamento de Emision 50 Pesos 2.1.1939 Pick 38s Specimen. Venezuela Banco Central 20 Bolivares ND (1960-66) Pick 43s1 Specimen.

1939 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,080.00
28770

Brazil Thesouro Nacional 5 Mil Reis ND (1918) Pick 25s Specimen.

1918 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,020.00
28780

Brazil Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil Thesouro Nacional 200 Mil Reis ND (1908) Pick 75.

1908 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,020.00
28788

Brazil Caixa de Estabilizacao 100 Mil Reis 1926 Pick 106s Specimen.

1926 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,020.00
29454

Russia State Currency Note 500 Rubles 1923 Pick 169s Face and Back Specimens.

1923 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,020.00
28966

Congo Republic Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale 10000 Francs ND (1978-81) Pick 5b.

1978-81 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 960.00
  • 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
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