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Public Auction #417

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended August 23, 2013 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated August 23, 2013 at 6:10pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — Eastern Europe
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1266*oEastern Europe accumulation from 1920s to 1980s in three small boxes in a medium carton. Several thousand mint, used and CTO stamps regular, imperforate and BOB with roughly 1/3 Czechoslovakia, 1/3 Hungary and 1/3 Albania to Yugoslavia. Heavily represented by common but sometimes elusive issues mostly all different in singles, sets, and souvenir sheets on “104” size salecards already cataloged and organized. First rate topical potential having animals, Olympics, Famous People, etc. Ready for sale on the internet or integration into red box stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,450.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1267*oEastern Europe aggregation from 1900 to 1960s in eight cartons. Comprises Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Croatia, etc. in stockbooks, binders, folders and glassines. Thousands of mint and used stamps. Wide range of material with good profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00
1268*oEastern Europe retired dealer’s retail stock in 50 or so counterbooks. Contains sets, short sets, singles with moderate duplication. Condition is a factor with a few of the higher values. Catalog values are out of whack and the salespages have been used and reused. Includes bunches from Hungary (including a few imperfs), Yugoslavia, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, etc. Enough CTO to cloud the value, but plenty of significance for the area collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
1269*oEastern Europe collections comprised of 16 albums and one stockbook in three cartons. Incorporates several thousand stamps in 13 Schaubek hingeless albums and slipcases with four Hungary 1871-1974, three Soviet Union 1918-1969, three Czechoslovakia 1919-79 and three Poland 1918-79. Also contains three Scott Specialty Albums with one Hungary BOB to 1973, two Russia 1857-1979 and one Poland stockbook. Plenty of nice and interesting material waiting for completion.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1270*oEastern Europe accumulation in six pizza size boxes and one Scott International album in two cartons. Thousands from the 1920s to 1970s in glassines, salecards and pages, envelopes, and salebooks having a multitude of backup. Russia and Romania are decently represented. Needs sorting but ideal for making small groups for the internet.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1271*oEastern Europe mainly Cinderella aggregation half filling a banker’s box. Includes ten organized small size counterbooks and a short stack of loose pages housing hundreds of individual pieces 1918-1970. Emphasizes Ukraine, Lithuania, and Estonia. Includes Displaced Persons labels, nationalistic propaganda labels, boy scout camp and topicals, etc. Difficult to evaluate as these are seldom seen. This is where “knowledge is power” giving the specialist an edgeCat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1272**Eastern Europe mostly mint NH modern complete sets filling ten small counterbooks. Best are Romania, Yugoslavia, and Russia, then Baltic, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Very clean, albeit not quite in order, with generally manageable duplication that will bolster your stock.Cat. Value: cat. 4,100.00
Price Realized: $650.00