• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
  • Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy

Auction Reports

Heritage Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Tuesday US Currency Select Auction
Auction Date
11/05/2024 - 11/05/2024
Sale Number
#142445
Total Lots
463
Sold Lots
462
Lots Sold
99.78%
Unsold Lots
1
Total Sales (USD)
170,736.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
124,504.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
186,756.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
124,984.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
187,476.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
91.07%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81403

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1901 USD 1,800.00 - 2,700.00 USD 2,880.00
81338

Descending Ladder Serial Number 76543210 Fr. 1918-F $1 1993 Mule Federal Reserve Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

1993 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,400.00
81381

Fr. 2201-G $500 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Extremely Fine 40.

1934 USD 1,400.00 - 2,100.00 USD 2,280.00
81421

Fr. 278 $5 1899 Silver Certificate PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1899 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,280.00
81301

Knoxville, TN - $5 1902 Plain Back Fr. 604 The Union National Bank Ch. # (S)10401 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1902 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 2,160.00
81275

New England, ND - $10 1929 Ty. 1 The First National Bank Ch. # 9776 PMG Very Fine 20.

1929 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,160.00
81427

Fr. 321 $20 1891 Silver Certificate PMG Very Fine 25.

1891 USD 1,400.00 - 2,100.00 USD 1,980.00
81463

Fr. 1214 $100 1882 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 20.

1882 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,920.00
81384

Ink Smear Error Fr. 1168 $10 1907 Gold Certificate PMG About Uncirculated 53 EPQ.

1907 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,800.00
81206

Nokomis, IL - $50 1929 Ty. 1 The Nokomis National Bank Ch. # 1934 PMG Very Fine 25.

1929 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,500.00
81459

Fr. 1187 $20 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58 EPQ.

1922 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
81404

Fr. 126 $20 1863 Legal Tender PMG Very Good 10.

1863 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,440.00
81382

Fr. 2402* $20 1928 Gold Certificate Star. PMG Extremely Fine 40.

1928 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,440.00
81203

Key West, FL - $5 1929 Ty. 1 The First National Bank Ch. # 4672 PMG Choice Fine 15.

1929 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,380.00
81451

Fr. 1173 $10 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.

1922 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,380.00
81276

Valley City, ND - $20 1929 Ty. 1 First National Bank Ch. # 13324 PMG Very Fine 30.

1929 USD 480.00 - 720.00 USD 1,320.00
81402

Fr. 119 $10 1901 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 25.

1901 USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 1,320.00
81357

Ascending Ladder Serial Number 23456789 Fr. 1934-L $1 2009 Federal Reserve Note. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ.

2009 USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 USD 1,200.00
81423

Fr. 281 $5 1899 Mule Silver Certificate PMG Very Fine 30.

1899 USD 640.00 - 960.00 USD 1,200.00
81388

Fr. 37 $1 1917 Legal Tenders Cut Sheet of Four PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58 EPQ.

1917 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,170.00

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  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500