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In Brief: Heritage

Published: November 1, 2009
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Courtesy Heritage
An uncirculated Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note

Sept. 9 – 3 
Long Beach Currency
4,000 lots sold for $5.8 million
 

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Top lot: An uncirculated Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note realized a whopping $126,500 in the three-day auction. The bill was part of the Jupiter Collection, put together by a connoisseur described by the house as having "astute attention to rarity and quality."

"In Brief: Heritage" originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's November 2009 Table of Contents.

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