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Auction Name Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction Total Sales (USD) 87,398.64
Auction Date July 07, 2026 - July 07, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #282627 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 155
Sold Lots 155.0 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

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
86050

El Salvador Banco Occidental 2 Pesos 1.6.1918 Pick S174a PMG Very Fine 20.

1918 Not Available USD 4,880.00
86145

South Vietnam National Bank of Viet Nam 200 Dong ND (1955) Pick 14As1a; 14As2b Front and Back Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ; Superb Gem Unc 68 EPQ.

ND (1955) Not Available USD 3,660.00
86035

China Tung Pei Bank of China 500 Yuan 1947 Pick S3754 S/M#T213-43 PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1947 Not Available USD 2,562.00
86106

Mexico Banco de Mexico 50 Pesos 21.4.1937 Pick 37a M4627a PMG Very Fine 30.

1937 Not Available USD 1,708.00
86077

Iran Bank Melli 10 Rials ND (1954) / SH1333 Pick 64cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

ND (1954) Not Available USD 1,587.22
86029

China Russo-Asiatic Bank, Harbin 10 Rubles 1917 Pick S476s S/M#05-103 Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1917 Not Available USD 1,586.00
86114

Netherlands Indies Javasche Bank 20 Gulden 1.11.1919 Pick 66a PMG Choice Fine 15 Net.

1919 Not Available USD 1,586.00
86025

China People's Bank of China 3 Yuan 1953 Pick 868 S/M#C283-12 PMG Very Fine 30.

1953 Not Available USD 1,465.22
86011

Brazil Thesouro Nacional 10 Mil Reis ND (1912) Pick 34s Specimen About Uncirculated.

ND (1912) Not Available USD 1,342.00
86047

Egypt National Bank of Egypt 5 Pounds 3.3.1918 Pick 13 PMG Very Fine 25.

1918 Not Available USD 1,342.00
86002

Aruba Centrale Bank 500 Florin 16.7.1993 Pick 15 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1993 Not Available USD 1,281.00
86071

Iran Bank Melli 20 Rials ND (1934) / AH1313 Pick 26as Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND (1934) Not Available USD 1,220.00
86072

Iran Bank Melli 50 Rials ND (1938) / AH1317 Pick 35Aa PMG About Uncirculated 55.

ND (1938) Not Available USD 1,159.00
86032

China Provincial Bank of Kwangtung Province, Canton 1 Dollar 1.1.1918 Pick S2401s S/M#K55-20 Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1918 Not Available USD 1,128.50
86132

Saar Treasury 2 Mark 1947 Pick 4 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

1947 Not Available USD 1,128.50
86034

China Provincial Bank of Kwangtung Province, Canton 100 Dollars 1.1.1918 Pick S2405s S/M#K55-24 Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

1918 Not Available USD 1,098.00
86107

Mexico Banco de Guanajuato 50 Pesos 3.5.1912 Pick S292b M353b PMG Very Fine 30.

1912 Not Available USD 1,098.00
86110

Mexico Banco Oriental 2 Pesos ND (ca. 1914) Pick S380s M459s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

ND (ca. 1914) Not Available USD 1,037.00
86149

Tannu-Tuva Republic 3 Aksha 1940 Pick 16 PMG Very Fine 25 Net.

1940 Not Available USD 1,037.00
86073

Iran Bank Melli 1000 Rials ND (1938) / AH1317 Pick 38Aa PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

ND (1938) Not Available USD 976.00
86018

Brunei Government of Brunei 500 Ringgit 1979 Pick 11a KNB11a PMG Choice About Unc 58.

1979 Not Available USD 945.50
86079

Iran Bank Markazi 200 Rials ND (1971-73) Pick 92s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND (1971-73) Not Available USD 945.50
86140

Singapore Board of Commissioners of Currency 500 Dollars ND (1977) Pick 15a KNB19a-b PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ.

ND (1977) Not Available USD 945.50
86027

China Bank of Taiwan Limited 10 Yen ND (1944) Pick 1930s1 S/M#T70 Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 Net.

ND (1944) Not Available USD 915.00
86070

Iran Bank Melli 5 Rials ND (1933) / AH1312 Pick 24s Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND (1933) Not Available USD 915.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000