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Auction Name Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction Total Sales (USD) 70,600.60
Auction Date December 30, 2025 - December 30, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #282552 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 166
Sold Lots 166.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90158

Straits Settlements Government of the Straits Settlements 1 Dollar 1.1.1925 Pick 9a KNB17a-c PMG Choice About Unc 58.

1925 Not Available USD 1,620.00
90160

Suriname Centrale Bank 25,000 Gulden 1.1.2000 Pick 154a PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

2000 Not Available USD 1,560.00
90065

Cuba Republica de Cuba 50 Pesos 21.2.1936 Pick 73b PMG Very Fine 25.

1936 Not Available USD 1,440.00
90045

Matching Serial Number 102 Cayman Islands Currency Board 1; 5; 10; 25 Dollar/s 1971 (ND 1972) Pick 1a; 2a; 3; 4 Four Examples PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ; Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ (2); Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.

1971(ND1972) Not Available USD 1,200.00
90085

French Somaliland Banque de l'Indochine, Djibouti 1000 Francs ND (1946) Pick 20s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1946) Not Available USD 960.00
90066

Cuba Republica de Cuba 100 Pesos 1943 Pick 74c PMG Very Fine 25.

1943 Not Available USD 870.00
90138

Portugal Banco de Portugal 5 Escudos 25.6.1920 Pick 114s Specimen PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1920 Not Available USD 870.00
90156

Southwest Africa Barclays Bank D.C.O. 10 Shillings 29.11.1958 Pick 4b PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1958 Not Available USD 840.00
90015

Bahamas Group of 7 Issued Notes Very Fine.

Not Available USD 780.00
90033

Brazil Thesouro Nacional 2 Mil Reis ND (1900) Pick 11s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND(1900) Not Available USD 780.00
90058

China People's Bank of China 1 Jiao 1960 Pick 873 PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1960 Not Available USD 780.00
90118

Mexico Banco del Estado de Chihuahua, Banco de Durango 20; 100 Pesos (1913-14) Pick S136a; S275c Two Examples PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45; Very Fine 30.

(1913-14) Not Available USD 780.00
90140

Portugal Banco de Portugal 1000 Escudos 17.6.1938 Pick 152 PMG About Uncirculated 53.

1938 Not Available USD 780.00
90037

Brazil Thesouro Nacional 500 Mil Reis ND (1931) Pick 92s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1931) Not Available USD 720.00
90044

Cape Verde Banco Nacional Ultramarino 50 Escudos 1.8.1941 Pick 39s Specimen PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1941 Not Available USD 720.00
90053

China National Industrial Bank of China 1 Yuan 1931 Pick 531p1; 531p2 Front and Back Proof PMG Choice uncirculated 63; Choice Uncirculated 64.

1931 Not Available USD 720.00
90100

Ireland - Northern Northern Bank Limited 50 Pounds 1.11.1990 Pick 196a PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

1990 Not Available USD 720.00
90115

Malta Group of 29 Examples Fine-Very Fine.

Not Available USD 720.00
90121

Mexico Banco de Londres y Mexico 50; 100 Pesos (1902-13) Pick S236g; S237d Two Examples PMG Very Fine 30; Very Fine 25.

Not Available USD 720.00
90018

Belgian Congo Banque du Congo Belge 50 Francs 1949 Pick 16s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1949 Not Available USD 690.00
90087

Gibraltar Government of Gibraltar 20 Pounds 15.9.1979 Pick 23b PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1979 Not Available USD 690.00
90108

Jamaica Group of 12 Issued Notes Very Fine-About Uncirculated.

Not Available USD 690.00
90061

China Asia Banking Corporation 20 Dollars 1918 Pick S114s5 S/M#Y35 Specimen PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ.

1918 Not Available USD 660.00
90110

Luxembourg Grand Duche de Luxembourg 50 Francs ND (1944) Pick 46a PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

ND(1944) Not Available USD 660.00
90024

Belize Group of 18 Issued Notes Crisp Uncirculated.

Not Available USD 630.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
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