Lyn Knight Currency Auctions (LKCA) just finished a successful virtual International Paper Money Show (IPMS, often called "Memphis") event. A future E-Sylum article will provide information about the wonderful IPMS presentations and strong viewing audience.

Our auctions produced some exceptional prices, including records; here are just a few results:

LKCA June Knight Live features several specialized sessions. Lots can be viewed and bids made at www.lynknight.com.

Here is the schedule:

And here is information about the two specialized world sessions, Military Items and Ireland, et al.

The military items sale includes what I believe to be an UNPRECEDENTED offering: six Allied Military Currency booklets in the same auction!! Finding one booklet among Austria, France, Germany, and Italy is a significant accomplishment; to have all four at once may never happen again in any public venue. Japanese booklets are somewhat more available but still command competitive bidding. The quintessential source World War II Remembered contains a paucity of information on these booklets.

Here they are:

The Irish session (which also includes Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Northern Ireland, and Scotland) features many notes that portray Lady Lavery. So who was Lady Lavery? In 1918, Irish artist John Lavery became knighted and his wife Hazel Lavery (the former Hazel Martyn from Chicago) became Lady Lavery. Back in Chicago, Hazel Lavery was known by some as "the most beautiful girl in the Midwest". Lavery had painted Hazel in 1922; subsequently, the Irish government selected Lavery's work as an "emblematic female figure" for its new series of notes and the rest is history. Each river mask, found on the back of the notes, is part of the Dublin Custom House (there are actually 14 different masks but only half are utilized on bank notes).

Finding a collection of this scope in appealing condition is very difficult. Be sure to check out descriptions which relate surprisingly limited amounts made for some types/varieties. Many thanks to the phenomenal Paper Money of Ireland catalog for this information.

Here are a few highlights from this Irish session: