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Public Auction #424

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 15, 2015 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated May 16, 2015 at 11:37am (New York time)

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SUPPLIES AND LITERATURE — Literature
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1*oThree huge cartons of supplies from the estate of a prolific stamper. Lots of new and lightly used weighing in at over 100 pounds shipping. Includes generic binders, Safe pages, both one and two sided, magnifiers, packs of glassines, etc. Some may have to be culled as overused, but plenty of useful supplies remain.Cat. Value: S.B. ----
Price Realized: $200.00
2oTwo heavy cartons of a couple dozen reference books and two shoe boxes of stamp mounts. The best we found was a 1924 Scotts and a 1934 U.S. Scott Specialized. Shipping weight is 59lbs., call or email for a rate quote.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $60.00
3oThree huge cartons of literature from the estate of a prolific Czeslaw Slania collector. Includes dozens of books, pamphlets, and monographs along with a seemingly complete run of “Close Up” the quarterly Newsletter of the Czeslaw Slania study group. Also includes a few photos, press releases, and odd ball stuff to add to the fun of a lot like this. Very heavy, over 125 pounds shipping weight. Lots to like if you are a fan of Slania.Cat. Value: S.B. ----
Price Realized: $130.00
4oAll the literature from a large consignment. Highlights include ten different Billig’s Handbooks, an old Sanabria Airpost catalog, a pair of rocket mail catalogs, both US carriers and locals catalogs from the 1999 David Golden collection sale, a Barefoot Revenue catalog, three India tomes, plus 4 or five others to fill a 50 lb. banker’s box. Standard fare for any good philatelic library.Cat. Value: S.B. ----
Price Realized: $170.00
COINS AND CURRENCY — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
5$US coins and currency promotional items from the last decade and a half. Consists of colorized silver eagles, coins, Morgan and Peace Dollars, type coins with stamps in cardboard display holders, Presidential Dollars, including Obama colorized 2008 dollars, state quarters, one , two and five dollars currency in wallets and miscellaneous.Cat. Value: S.B. ----
Price Realized: $1,300.00
COINS AND CURRENCY — United States & Canada
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
6$US and Canada currency from 1839 to 1963. Includes broken banknotes from 1839 Bank of Cairo, Kaskaskia, Illinois $10.00, 1855 Bank of the Republic Providence, Rhode Island $1.00, $2.00 and $5.00, and three 1864 Confederate States, $5.00, $10.00 and $50.00. Also includes US 1899 Silver Certificate $1.00 and $20.00 Gold Certificate 1922 and three Canada 25 cents from 1870, 1900, and 1923. Currency averages from good to very fine condition.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $650.00
COINS AND CURRENCY — Worldwide Banknotes
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
7$Roughly 250 world banknotes mainly uncirculated and from the 1980s to 2012 having tolerable duplication. Includes St. Thomas and Prince, Somaliland, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, former Soviet Republics, India etc. plus an envelope of around 20 Germany inflation notes from the 1920s. Also entails owner’s count of 1,000-1,500 foreign coins which is basically tourist change from the 1960s to 2013. Comprises Western, Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America, West Africa, and some British areas. Around 10 pounds in weight. Excellent educational selection.Cat. Value: Owner’s cat. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $250.00
PICTURE POSTCARDS — United States
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
8CVUS postcard accumulation of over 1,500 postcards mainly from New York and Eastern States. Organized in two boxes, these postcards are from the golden era to modern. Ready for internet sales.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $280.00
9CVUS “Big Letter” postcards from the 1940s to 1950s. Approximately 400 mostly different unused and postally used cards from cities, states and tourists attractions.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $210.00
PICTURE POSTCARDS — Worldwide
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
10CVWorldwide picture postcards unsorted into smaller boxes in three heavy cartons. Vintage as well as contemporary, both small size and the larger modern size. Owner’s count of “a bit over 10,000”. Should be viewed from both sides as this is a totally unsearched never retailed holding. Lots of potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $800.00
11CVPicture postcard souvenir folders the bulk of one man’s collection accumulated over many years. Over 900 in all with “255 vintage and linen, 500 chrome and 150 small size and oddball” owner’s count. More of these together in one place than we have seen in a long time. Totally unsearched. Two full heavy cartons that will be fun to work up.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $110.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIBLES — Afterthoughts
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
12*Direct from the consignor, grouping of mostly afterthoughts. Highlights include a few posters in rough shape from old calendars. Best are the Columbian Exposition unused postal cards of which most of the 35 have been trimmed to size. Also includes postal stationery, and tickets from various fair events. Along for the ride are a handful of presidential cacheted covers from LBJ to Richard Nixon. Interesting to flip through.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $500.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIBLES — Framed Art
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
13*oFramed Art. The print Dune Birds by Seong Moy. One of his most famous prints limited edition 251/260 signed and produced in 1970. One of his best known works that has appreciated since his death in 1999. Easily shipped in the original box.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $100.00
14*oFramed art. This is an original Salvador Dali Etching titled “Pegasus in Flight with an Angel”, circa 1970. Etching is sky blue ink on paper and is signed in the plate. The signature reads backwards and can be seen clearly when held to a mirror as this is the process with etchings where the artist did not sign his name in reverse. Easily shipped in its original box. Sells for much more in a gallery.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $475.00
15*oFramed art. Colorful large 30”x20” Guy Chiron lithograph showing a typical seaside mountain view in his visually pleasing style. Signed and numbered 85/260 a true limited edition. Artistic and valuable investment piece. Easily shipped in its original box. Sells for much more in a gallery.Cat. Value: S.B. 180.00
Price Realized: $46.00
16*oFramed art. Smaller sized 8”x10” matted and framed Les Visages by artist Georges Rouault. Produced by wood cut print the artist has worked his signature into the design at the lower right. One of his most popular images ready for display.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $42.00
17*Pope John Paul II painting by Kawzcki in an 11” by 15” frame. Excellent art for your Polish or Papal study room.Cat. Value: S.B. ----
Price Realized: $20.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIBLES — Autographs
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
18CVExciting autograph collection with over 150 signatures mostly on FDC’s in seven binders. They appear authentic, however, sold “as is”. Several have multiple signatures. Highlights include 2 Jacqueline Kennedy (with White House correspondence), Marc Chagall, Pablo Casals, Hank Arron, J. Edgar Hoover, several Supreme Court Justices, Field Marshall Montgomery, Bing Crosby, Casey Stengel, Prince Rainer and Grace of Monaco (with official Monaco cover) 5 Harry Truman, 2 Bess Truman and much more. Needs more research as several are not identified. Great opportunity to purchase a first class collection that took many years to build.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
19*oCVSmall autograph collection of stamp designers and Postmasters General. Includes a large UN cover, three US FDCs, a not autographed WWII poster stamp, and joint issue Canada/US 1976 Ben Franklin cover autographed by Benjamin Franklin Bailar, US Postmaster General plus US #751A autographed by James Farley in his typical green ink as Postmaster General. Wonderful additions to many different topical collections.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $110.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIBLES — Political Buttons
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
20*oPolitical buttons, union buttons, patriotic buttons around 400 dating back to the US Civil War. Some are reprints, but enough are the real Mc Coy to favor a look. All sizes represented from the very small up to four inches in diameter. Along for the ride are a hundred or so thematic match covers 1938-1955 and some light reading in the form of five Disney comic books from 1959-1968. Worth much more to the right collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $650.00

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