A quite special 19th Century floor globe made for Sir Joseph Banks sold on July 29, 2023 for well above estimate at $14,400.
Inscription reads:
To the R. Honorable Sir Joseph Banks, Bar K. B., President of the Royal Society This New British Terrestrial Globe, Containing all the latest Discoveries and Communications from the most correct and authentic Observations and Surveys to the Year 1799, by Capt. Cook and more recent Navigators. Engraved from an accurate drawing by Mr. Arrowsmith, Geographer.
