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Auction Name FUN Currency Signature Auction Total Sales (USD) 12,081,560.40
Auction Date January 11, 2023 - January 13, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 7,834,520.00
Sale Number #3591 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 11,751,780.00
Total Lots 1663
Sold Lots 1596 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 8,128,920.00
% of Lots Sold 95.97% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 12,193,380.00
Unsold Lots 67 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 99.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
21469

Fr. 187j $1,000 1880 Legal Tender PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1880 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 360,000.00
21529

Fr. 377 $100 1890 Treasury Note PMG Very Fine 30.

1890 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 336,000.00
21496

Fr. 284 $10 1878 Silver Certificate PMG Very Fine 30.

1878 USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 USD 312,000.00
21468

Fr. 185d $500 1878 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 25.

1878 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 240,000.00
21460

Fr. 167a $100 1863 Legal Tender PMG About Uncirculated 53.

1863 USD 140,000.00 - 210,000.00 USD 204,000.00
21606

Fr. 2221-H $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 53.

1934 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 204,000.00
20272

San Francisco, CA - $50 1870 Fr. 1160 The First National Gold Bank Ch. # 1741 PMG Very Good 10.

1870 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 192,000.00
21563

Fr. 1218f $1,000 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS Very Fine 25.

1882 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 180,000.00
20978

Walla Walla, Washington Territory - $5 1875 Fr. 403 The First National Bank Ch. # 2380 PMG Very Fine 30 EPQ.

1875 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 168,000.00
21530

Fr. 378 $100 1891 Treasury Note PMG Very Fine 25.

1891 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 168,000.00
20755

Philadelphia, PA - $100 1875 Fr. 457 The First National Bank Ch. # 1 PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1875 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 144,000.00
20805

San Juan, Porto Rico - $10 1902 Date Back Fr. 616 The First National Bank of Porto Rico Ch. # (S)6484 PMG Fine 12.

1902 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 144,000.00
20273

San Francisco, CA - $100 1870 Fr. 1162 The First National Gold Bank Ch. # 1741 PMG Fine 12.

1870 USD 160,000.00 - 240,000.00 USD 132,000.00
21617

Fr. 2408 $1,000 1928 Gold Certificate. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

1928 USD 36,000.00 - 54,000.00 USD 132,000.00
21452

Fr. 151 $50 1869 Legal Tender PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1869 USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 USD 117,000.00
21614

Fr. 2407 $500 1928 Gold Certificate. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1928 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 114,000.00
21528

Fr. 376 $50 1891 Treasury Note PMG Very Fine 20.

1891 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 108,000.00
20914

Serial Number 1 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory - $2 Original Fr. 389 The Deseret National Bank Ch. # 2059 PMG Choice Fine 15 Net.

2059 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 78,000.00
21545

Fr. 1177 $20 1882 Gold Certificate PMG About Uncirculated 53.

1882 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 78,000.00
20670

Dayton, OH - $50 1882 Value Back Fr. 586 The Winters National Bank Ch. # (M)2604 PMG Choice Fine 15.

1882 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 72,000.00
20997

Laramie City, Wyoming Territory - $1 Original Fr. 382a The Wyoming National Bank Ch. # 2110 PMG Choice Fine 15.

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 69,000.00
21417

Fr. 12 $20 1861 Demand Note PMG Very Fine 25 Net.

1861 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 66,000.00
21461

Fr. 168 $100 1869 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 25.

1869 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 66,000.00
21497

Fr. 286 $10 1880 Silver Certificate PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45.

1880 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 66,000.00
21557

Fr. 1201 $100 1882 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 20.

1882 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 66,000.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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