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Public Auction #435

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Bids updated February 16, 2018 at 7:13pm (New York time)

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POSTAGE — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
21***Remainder of the US postage part of the Lake Zurich hoard in two of our largest cartons. Mixed condition all scrap with no full sheets included. From 1 cent through 44 cents face. Mainly full gum and useable. Some stuck down and no gum not counted in the estimate of face. Includes plate blocks, self stick, partial coil rolls and booklets, year sets (a couple dozen), stockbooks, and just plain old glassines of unsorted scrap. Not much collector value, but at least the estimate of total face is close to a viable amount for recount.Cat. Value: Face 3650.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
22***Postage in two pizza size boxes. Sorted by denomination groups of 100 in glassines of the same denomination and in counted bags of $100 face. No postage due, special delivery, fractionals or any other difficult to use postage types. Counted carefully by the heirs of a large estate. Easy to verify total in clean ready to use plate block and plate strips of mainly 10 cent through 41 cents face per stamp. Offered appropriately.Cat. Value: Face 3555.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
23***All the useable postage found in an estate then taken back and counted by the owners. No fractionals, postage dues or any other unusable. Compact in two pizza size boxes filled with self stick and even over $900 face in "higher values". Mostly 20 cents face and up with just a few under. Many are sorted by denomination. No forever stamps. Owners careful count of over $3,461.00 appears correct to us. Ready to go with lots of se-tenant blocks. Useful.Cat. Value: Face 3450.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
24**All the mint US sheets and booklets from the Lake Zurich hoard. At least $3,450.00 face. Includes "Legends of the West " recalled sheet and Looney Toons imperfs along with a few forever values. Lots of former premium items (Overrun Countries, etc.) now mainly relegated to the face bin. Mixed condition from storage. Perfect for usage and internet sales.Cat. Value: Face 3450.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
25**All the US sheets of useful postage from 5 centers to 29 centers from a large estate in twelve sheet files filling a banker's box. Our close estimate of face is at least $3,300.00 with most of them in excellent collectable condition. All can be used for postage with many 20 cent and 29 cent combinations possible. Take out what you need for your collection and then mail the rest.Cat. Value: Face 3300.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
26**Postage easily $4000 in face from three cent period to just a couple years ago. Runs from singles to plate blocks/strips to sheets. A small portion has been damaged due to improper storage. Needs to be counted to come up with the right number.Cat. Value: S.B. 1600.00
Price Realized: $2,950.00
27***Two heavy cartons of US postage in heavy packaging. Includes: year sets, plate blocks in individual glassines, sheets (just a few) in sheet protectors and other plastic holders and a shoebox or two of other scrap. Nothing new. No forever or self stick. Way too many eight centers and little after the 18 cent era. Our estimate of $1,000.00 face is probably close, but a recount of you own would be to your advantage.Cat. Value: Face 1000.00
Price Realized: $600.00
28***Small carton half filled with postage types, mainly lower value plate blocks, individually in glassines. Uncounted, difficult to estimate. Has to be a bargain at the opening bid. Bring a calculator and give it a fresh count.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $500.00
29**Postage box of nearly two hundred booklets. Approximately thirty differentCat. Value: S.B. 270.00
Price Realized: $500.00
POSTAGE — Canada
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
30O*NO LOTCat. Value: S.B.00
Price Realized: $0.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Art
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
31**Photographic negative for the production of posters for the first Star Trek movie of 1979. (Approximate size 14 x 8). Clean and ready for any Trekkies collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $18.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Autographs
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
32O*Well over 25 signed pictures and documents of famous WWI and WWII pilots and officers from both sides of each war, mainly the German contingent of warriors. Lots of "Aces" Includes General Friedrich Christiansen (1938), Komodor Bernhard Woldenga, Herman Wolf, Major Johannes Wiese, Hauptmann Weik, Willie Unger, Fritz Tegtmeier, Rudolf Schoenert, Wolfgang Falck, Otto Bertram, Admiral Sir Arthur Duff, Sir Thomas Sopwith (1910), and many more. Fun, historical, lot with plenty of value as ancillary material for an airmail exhibit.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $325.00
33OTen signed photos from famous US statesmen and other heros from the early part of the 20th century. Includes Lyndon Johnson x3, Lady Bird Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey at the inaugeration, Richard Nixon x2, Herbert Hoover, Hubert Humphrey, Reuben Askew, and Astronaut Edward White. All look original to us and some are personalized to the consignor. Huge Brookman Catalog value. Great slice of history covering the period of great change in America.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $650.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Beanie Babies
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
34O*Group of 30 sad Beanie Babies. Sad, because their owner has given up on their investment potential. They need a new home and they need it now. Even though they are mint with cards they would give it all up to be enjoyed by real children again. What could be more fun than a box-o- Beanie Babies?Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $26.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Books
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
35OOld books (14) mainly 1884-1908. Mostly pocket size mission, prayer, and Bible types in better than usually seen condition. Written in various languages: Czech, German, Hebrew, etc. Includes a couple of translational dictionaries. Along for the ride is a small group of tourist change from the early 1960s (no silver). Fun lot for the religious book collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $16.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Ephemera
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
36OEight cartons of miscellaneous collectibles as received from an estate in Southwest Illinois. Includes military patches, political buttons from the 1990s, political playing cards from Carter, Mondale, Reagan, old pictures, baseball cards etc. A flea market fiesta.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $375.00
37OTwelve 1893 Columbian Exposition mainly unused tickets including Handel as received from the consignor. Also comes with an unusual, neat used 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition Atlanta Day ticket.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $300.00
38O1888 French bond issued for the unsuccessful building of the Panama Canal. Toned, folded, intact with all proper staps and signatures.Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $140.00
39OA most unusual accumulation of Gary, Indiana Improvement Bonds not paid or partial paid from the 1920s to 1940s in two banker boxes. Both boxes are packed solid having many still in their storage envelopes. A slice of northern Indiana history.Cat. Value: S.B. -----
Price Realized: $18.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Framed Stamp Art
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
40OFramed art selection consisting of 2000 World Expo Space, 1997 150th Anniversary of the Merton, Wisconsin Post Office, and fly fishing stamps (not framed). OFFICE PICK UP ONLY.Cat. Value: S.B. -----
Price Realized: $36.00

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