• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000

Heritage Auctions: Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction, 282537, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025
Page Size: 137 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
88051

China Central Bank of China 1; 10 Dollar/s (1926-34) Pick 184b; 205Aa; 205Ab Three Examples PCGS Fine 12 (2); Very Fine 20.

(1926-34) Not Available USD 276.00
88052

China Federal Reserve Bank of China 500 Yuan ND (1945) Pick J89a S/M#C286-92 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ. Malta Government of Malta 10 Shillings ND (1940) Pick 19 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Nepal Central Bank of Nepal 1000 Rupees ND (1972) Pick 21 PMG

ND(1945) Not Available USD 504.00
88053

Congo Democratic Republic Banque Nationale du Congo 50 Francs 1.9.1961 Pick 5a PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. French Somaliland Tresor Public, Cote Francaise des Somalis 100 Francs ND (1952) Pick 26 PMG About Uncirculated 50. French West Africa Banque de l

1961 Not Available USD 169.00
88054

Congo Democratic Republic and Sudan Group of 5 Graded Notes PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 (2); Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ; Choice Very Fine 35; Choice Uncirculated 63.

Not Available USD 192.00
88055

Costa Rica Graded Group of 2 Specimen / 7 Issued Notes PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ (8); Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

Not Available USD 456.00
88056

Curacao Curacaosche Bank 25 Gulden 1930 Pick 17 PMG Choice Fine 15 Net.

1930 Not Available USD 149.00
88057

Cyprus Central Bank of Cyprus 1 Pound ND (1966-78) Pick 43s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Malta Bank Centrali ta' Malta 1; 5 Lira/i 1967 (ND 1973-94) Pick 31d; 46a Two Examples PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ; Superb Gem Uncirculated 67 EPQ.

ND(1966-78) Not Available USD 228.00
88058

East Africa East African Currency Board 5; 20 Shillings (1933-51) Pick 20; 30b Two Examples PMG Choice Very Fine 35; Very Fine 30.

(1933-51) Not Available USD 504.00
88059

East Africa East African Currency Board 10; 20 Shillings (1939-53) Pick 29b; 30a; 34; 35 Four Examples PMG Very Fine 25 (2); Very Fine 25 Net (2).

(1939-53) Not Available USD 312.00
88060

East Africa East African Currency Board 20 Shillings = 1 Pound 1.9.1943 Pick 30s Specimen PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1943 Not Available USD 432.00
88061

East Caribbean States and Trinidad & Tobago Group of 8 Graded Notes PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ (2); Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ; Choice About Unc 58 EPQ (2); Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ; Choice Uncirculated 64 (2).

Not Available USD 456.00
88062

Egypt National Bank of Egypt 50 Pounds 15.11.1919 Pick 15b PMG Choice Fine 15.

1919 Not Available USD 552.00
88063

Egypt National Bank of Egypt 5 Pounds 14.7.1942 Pick 19cs Specimen PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1942 Not Available USD 600.00
88064

Finland Finlands Bank 100 Markkaa 1898 Pick 7c PMG Choice Very Fine 35 EPQ.

1898 Not Available USD 504.00
88065

France and Spain Group of 5 Graded Examples PMG Very Fine 30 (2); Very Fine 30 EPQ; About Uncirculated 55; Choice Very Fine 35.

Not Available USD 240.00
88066

France Banque de France 5000 Francs 13.10.1938 Pick 91 PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1938 Not Available USD 228.00
88067

France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, and Scotland Group of 6 Graded Notes PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ; Choice Uncirculated 64 (2); Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ (3).

Not Available USD 264.00
88068

France, Germany, Ireland, and Scotland Group of 6 Graded Notes PMG Choice Very Fine 35; Choice About Uncirculated 58; Choice Uncirculated 64; Choice Uncirculated 63; About Uncirculated 55; Very Fine 30.

Not Available USD 183.60
88069

French Indochina Banque de l'Indo-Chine 100 Piastres ND (1946) Pick 79s Specimen PMG About Uncirculated 55 Net.

ND(1946) Not Available USD 432.00
88070

French Somaliland Banque de l'Indochine, Djibouti 100 Francs ND (1928-38) Pick 8s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

ND(1928-38) Not Available USD 660.00
88071

French Somaliland Banque de l'Indochine, Djibouti 500 Francs 20.7.1927 Pick 9a PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 Net.

1927 Not Available USD 900.00
88072

Gibraltar Group of 6 Issued Notes / 4 Specimen Crisp Uncirculated.

Not Available USD 336.00
88073

Great Britain Bank of England 1 Pound 22.6.1816 Pick 190c PCGS Apparent Very Fine 30.

1816 Not Available USD 600.00
88074

Great Britain Bank of England 10 Pounds 3.10.1855 Pick 242c Contemporary Counterfeit PCGS Very Fine 30.

1855 Not Available USD 372.00
88075

Great Britain Bank of England 20 Pounds 15.12.1931 Pick 330B "Operation Bernhard" PMG Very Fine 25 NET.

1931 Not Available USD 600.00
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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic