Category Index

Public Auction #431

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended February 17, 2017 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Click here for live auction, takes place February 18-19, 2017 at 10:00 am (New York time)
Bids updated February 17, 2017 at 7:18pm (New York time)

Previous 50 | Items 1-50 (of 82) | Next 50
Items Per Page: 10 | 20 | 50 | 100

COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — General Foreign
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
202O*Several thousand mostly on “102” size salescards. Includes high cataloging 19th century and many medium grade sets. Some low duplication. Everything ready for retail either by card or small units. As a bonus (not in catalog total) is a batch of very faulty with $3170 catalog. Worth inspection.Cat. Value: Owner's Catalog 38000
Price Realized: $2,500.00
203O*A sixteen page stockbook plus an extra page filled with mostly 19th century to 1950. Strong in Great Britain and British America. Everything was hand selected so, the majority are fresh Fine or better copies. Bourse ready to break up and sell by the page at a reasonable percentage of catalog.Cat. Value: Catalog 27000
Price Realized: $1,350.00
204O*Massive, magnificent, one man collection housed in over 60 matching large sized three ring heavy duty binders from the late 1950s. More of a collection of country collections meticulously hinged onto Scott Specialty pages. Covers from 1840-1985 with plenty of stamps from the later years still NH on stockpages. Huge amounts of premium sets and singles throughout. Goodies in almost every binder. With a quick look noticed: Canada Jubilee dollar values mint along with a used $5, the Bhutan record set, all the premium mint sets from Vatican City, high catalog value souvenir sheets sprinkled throughout, both Greece mint Youth sets, early Russia, and full sets of mint British Commonwealth. The massive amounts of photos on the website only scratch the surface of this delightful collection. Viewing is necessary to determine just how wonderful this collection is.Cat. Value: S.B. 8000
Price Realized: $21,000.00
205O*Box of several hundred mostly on “102” size salescards or in glassines. Strength in Pacific rim countries like PRC, ROC, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Some duplication but would still interest the general collector.Cat. Value: Owner's Catalog 6500
Price Realized: $400.00
206O*CVLarge accumulation of general foreign from the duplicates of the Empire estate. All the singles have been removed and are in Sunday's auction. What is left is a jumble of stockbooks, country folders, loose pages and glassines each containing something interesting. Huge catalog highly probable with intermediate and better values to be gleaned while resorting. Variable condition with damage from long term storage, multiple movings, and a rodent or two. But has been cleaned up enough for perusal. Will appeal to the general collector who has the time and energy to wade through a lot as big as this nine carton, around 400 pound, holding. What fun!Cat. Value: S.B. 4500
Price Realized: $12,500.00
207***Dealer backstock of larger/souvenir sheet type items in two large dustcase enclosed binders on counterbook and plastic pages. Several hundred items in all, almost all mint. Light duplication. From many obscure places and topical in nature. The owner's catalog value of $3,500.00 seems accurate to us. Lots of topical appeal in a lot like this.Cat. Value: Catalog 3500
Price Realized: $375.00
208O*Awe-inspiring worldwide collection in eight Scott International albums from the 1880s to 1971 in two cartons. Comprises thousands of mint and used stamps in complete, partial sets including many countries with strong BOB. Entails impressive Russia, Austria, Monaco, British, French, and Italian colonies. You will not go wrong viewing this offering as you will encounter some not often seen material.Cat. Value: S.B. 2500
Price Realized: $6,500.00
209**Two cartons containing hundreds and hundreds of worldwide topical NH stamps in sets, souvenir sheets, or booklets from the 1950s to 1990s. Organized in 12 counter books and 3 large binders with an owner’s catalog of over $21,000.00. Contains many popular themes such as British Royalty, animals, sports, famous people, etc. A money maker.Cat. Value: S.B. 2300
Price Realized: $2,100.00
210O*All the interesting or better items from the Empire estate in two pizza-size boxes in a medium carton. Hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and booklets roughly from the 1880s to the 1960s having enjoyable backup. Exists in glassines, sales, counter, and manila cards having older, meaningless catalog values. Since the collector had a fancy for Canadian material, a fair amount will be present. Searching might reveal some surprises. Examination necessary to fully appreciate this selection.Cat. Value: S.B. 2000
Price Realized: $7,500.00
211O*A-Z world collection in nine Harris albums in three cartons. Jammed packed with thousands and thousands of mainly used stamps in partial, full sets, and singles from the late 19th Century to around 1990. Many of the bindings were held together by tape by the owner and several have become loose or have come detached. Spot checking found no scarce issues by plenty of stamps including China and PRC. Super for making country folders.Cat. Value: S.B. 2000
Price Realized: $1,450.00
212O*A “102” card stock filling about ¾ of a red box containing mainly Europe B to N countries. All better values and sets. Owner’s catalog exceeds $29,000 which needs some scrutinizing because a few reprints and dubious are included, along with mixed condition 19th century. Still a useful group as there is much desirable and the stock has been shopped in a very limited audience of central Illinois. Offered cheaply.Cat. Value: S.B. 1900
Price Realized: $1,200.00
213O*A rather unattractive collection housed in eight albums. Includes three Scott internationals running from 1940 to 1959. A Scott international part I accommodated in two 3-ring binders and the later material in three homemade albums of quadrille pages. Heavily populated from beginning to end with thousands of different stamps. Transferring to nicer albums is the way to go.Cat. Value: S.B. 1900
Price Realized: $1,400.00
214O*Five large binders containing thousands of worldwide stamps both mint and used on manila stock pages in one carton. Ranging from various decades of the 20th Century having amply amount of backup this selection offers the opportunity to sell by the country.Cat. Value: S.B. 1700
Price Realized: $1,150.00
215O*Nine nicely filled Scott internationals with issues to about 1970. Well balanced as far as country content and time period although there is a slight strength in the British colonials. Mixed mint and used with the usual progression of more used early and more mint later. Some are mounted and some mint is in mounts which may or may not be NH. The albums are collapsing under their own weight, the pages are clean as are the stamps.Cat. Value: S.B. 1700
Price Realized: $1,800.00
216O*A few thousand mostly different either mounted on clean pages or in little packages. Issues generally run up to the 1950’s. Very strong in Latin America followed by Middle East. Set up for easy profits as catalog totals are provided meticulously everywhere.Cat. Value: S.B. 1700
Price Realized: $1,000.00
217O*Sixteen better grade retail items from a dealer’s under glass stock. Chiefly British and Europe. Includes some unusual. Very clean and helpful.Cat. Value: S.B. 1400
Price Realized: $1,150.00
218O*CVAll ten of the remaining cartons from a large consignment that had its origins in a New York estate. A few strong country groups including Canada with lots of face and mint oldies multiples, Bulgaria in seven hingeless albums, Germany with value in the hand painted cards, and Sweden in two volumes. Also includes unsorted remainders of previous purchases in a few cartons containing tens of thousands of stamps with many surprises to be unearthed. A few covers in the extra cartons augment the huge catalog value. A bunch of albums and stockbook add to the intrigue. Plenty of stuff to sort, catalog and rediscover. Perfect large lot to play with having high profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200
Price Realized: $2,900.00
219O*Five counter books containing medium to higher end retail grade values and sets. Primarily early 20th century to mid century. Strong in Europe but also beneficial Latin America and Middle East plus, a bit of British. Good for stock up grade.Cat. Value: S.B. 1150
Price Realized: $1,800.00
220O*Carton filled with eighteen little country collections plus country groups on stockpages and cards. Eight of which are priced ready for resale. All total a few thousand stamps with some better throughout. Good lot for the worldwide collector too.Cat. Value: S.B. 1050
Price Realized: $1,050.00
221*Three medium cartons of worldwide new issues mostly from the 1960s to the early 1990s from the Empire estate. Entails hundreds and hundreds of mint stamps in full sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and booklets. These issues are mostly in their original mailing glassines or stock cards; in fact, many were still in their original mailing envelopes and were protected by cardboard. Fantastic offering ready for resale on the internet. Do not let this one get away.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000
Price Realized: $1,400.00
222O*A couple stockpages holding better items and sets. Includes some unusual as well as bread and butter. Good lot for resale.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000
Price Realized: $1,300.00
223O*Jammed packed A-Z selection in a large carton. Thousands of stamps in multiples in glassines containing mint and used in full, short sets, and singles roughly ending in the late 1970s. Involves pockets of some better sprinkled throughout with France as the lead. A treasure trove for the patient explorer with fortitude.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000
Price Realized: $700.00
224O*A collector’s hoard in six various size cartons. Thousands of stamps in around three dozen albums and stockbooks, hundreds of glassines and loose. There are country dedicated and A to Z entities of a range of usefulness. A good perusal really needs to be done to determine it’s value.Cat. Value: 950 950
Price Realized: $1,350.00
225O*Eclectic worldwide collections in one carton. Hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps from various decades of the 20th Century. Consists of Western Europe, Middle East, Portuguese colonies, Croatia etc. on sometimes remaindered album pages in plastic sleeves. Still suitable for making a profit.Cat. Value: S.B. 900
Price Realized: $550.00
226*Worldwide new issues as received in two medium cartons from the Empire estate. Consists of hundreds and hundreds of mint stamps in full sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and booklets mainly from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. Issues are mainly still in their original mailing glassines; in fact, many were still sealed in their original mailing envelopes and were protected by cardboard. Perfect for resale on the internet or making bourse box lots.Cat. Value: S.B. 900
Price Realized: $1,700.00
227*Hundreds and hundreds of mainly mint stamps in souvenir sheets and booklets from the 1950s to 1990s in one carton. Nicely organized in counter books, pages, and binder having an owner’s catalog of $7,750.00. Loaded with topical potential including sports, famous people, art, stamp on stamp, music etc. Ready for scanning for internet sales.Cat. Value: S.B. 900
Price Realized: $750.00
228*Two medium cartons of worldwide new issues mainly from the 1970s to 1990 from the Empire estate. Comprises of hundreds and hundreds of mint stamps in full sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and booklets. These issues are mostly in their original mailing glassines; in fact, many were still in their original mailing envelopes and were protected by cardboard. Excellent money maker ready for sale on the internet or for making bourse box lots.Cat. Value: S.B. 850
Price Realized: $1,900.00
229O*Eleven bulky cartons weighting approximately 450 pounds worldwide assortment. Comprises thousands of mint and used stamps running throughout various decades of the 20th Century in Minkus, Scott, other albums, stockbooks, and binders having backup. Includes over 20 unused, clean albums from an unknown manufacturer that will be useful for starting a worldwide collection. Pound for pound enough value here to make it worth your time to view.Cat. Value: S.B. 850
Price Realized: $750.00
230O*Dealer downsizing lot filling ten heavy cartons. Includes: over 30 orphan albums (US, parts of foreign collections, countries, etc.), a pile of folder collections mostly remaindered, and a couple cartons of shoebox and cigar box lots. Over 50,000 stamps (guess). Easy internet sellers, probably over 50 lots when broken down.Cat. Value: S.B. 750
Price Realized: $1,500.00
231O*Accumulation of worldwide folder collections from the 1880s to 1970s in three medium cartons. Encompasses hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles. Many folders are former auction lots having a good presence of French and British colonies as well as Western Europe plus others. Some folders appear to have been hardly touched or lightly remaindered by this lifelong collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 750
Price Realized: $3,750.00
232O*Consignment as received in two medium size boxes. Includes a valuable stockpage of Canadian provinces, 3rd Reich on counterpages, six stockpages of Hawaii, a nice Nicaragua collection, a well filled Master Global and a few thousand stamps sorted in glassines.Cat. Value: S.B. 750
Price Realized: $900.00
233O*Four cartons of worldwide from the Empire estate. Contains hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps. Includes one medium carton of new issues in singles, complete sets, and souvenir sheets from the 1960s to 1980s having many still in their original shipping glassines. This lot could be a treasure hunt as all the odds and ends from this amazing consignment were placed here. Examination a necessity.Cat. Value: S.B. 750
Price Realized: $2,200.00
234O*Seven full heavy large cartons from the depths of a South Florida storage locker. Highlights include over twenty albums and stockbooks both general and country specific, three cartons of loose stuff, and just enough useful paraphernalia to make box lots for bourse or internet sales. Thousands of collectable stamps, in damp storage condition. Probably forty or so viable lots from this heavy pile.Cat. Value: S.B. 650
Price Realized: $1,800.00
235O*Interesting selection in four cartons. Encompasses hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles in albums, stockbooks, counter, auction, pages, and sales cards from various decades of the 20th Century. Offers useful material that would benefit any internet seller. Searching a must.Cat. Value: S.B. 650
Price Realized: $1,400.00
236O*Foreign selection in two cartons. Includes hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in three disheveled two binders and one album roughly from around 1900 to the 1990s. Also involves some ancillary material. A little reorganization could be rewarding.Cat. Value: S.B. 650
Price Realized: $950.00
237O*Twenty-three Scott International albums from 1940-1988. Appear on a whole as sparsely filled, but looks can be deceiving with the number of pages in this collection. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps in mostly the proper spaces. No early classics to cloud the issue with catalog value. Easy to breakdown into another collection or sell at a nickel/dime table. Some possibility as country folder groups. Useful and inexpensive.Cat. Value: S.B. 600
Price Realized: $1,350.00
238O*CVDealer back room clean up lot in seven heavy cartons. Tens of thousands of the usual suspects in glassines, stockbooks, albums, cigar boxes, shoe boxes, and the like. Ready to be reworked and marketed.Cat. Value: S.B. 600
Price Realized: $2,200.00
239O*Ten cartons of mainly Great Britain from the 1920s to 2000. Four cartons of mostly Machin Heads on and off paper either in small boxes, envelopes, plastic bags, or loose having enormous backup. Also comprises miscellaneous other Great Britain, worldwide, and US including a small selection of 20, 22 cents sheets in albums, envelopes, binders, and album pages. If you really like Machins, this lot could be your cup of tea.Cat. Value: S.B. 600
Price Realized: $550.00
240O*Two old Schaubek albums from the late 1930s. Entails hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles running from the 1870s to 1940s. Includes China, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Siam, Australian States, Natal, and Latin America. Albums are a little disheveled but still contain some not often seen stamps. A must have for the old album afficando.Cat. Value: S.B. 600
Price Realized: $1,200.00
241O*From the depths of a South Florida storage locker these five cartons are packed with value. Highlights include 22 albums both general and country specific, a carton of loose stuff, and just enough surprises (ROC in one album) to whet the appetite of any recycler or internet seller.Cat. Value: S.B. 550
Price Realized: $1,500.00
242O*Two cartons containing sparsely filled Scott internationals (4), Scott specialty for Germany, very clean Scott specialties with dust cases for France and colonies (4), a Minkus for DDR, a well filled stockbook of Israel plus some subscription offerings. All suitable for expansion or to sell by the book.Cat. Value: S.B. 550
Price Realized: $950.00
243O*One large binder having hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps on manila on stock pages having amply amount of backup. Runs from Portugal to Ryukyus (no Russia) from around 1900 to the 1960s mostly. Good for selling by the page on the internet.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $425.00
244O*Small box containing all the odd and unusual leftovers from a small estate. A few dozen entities in all with highlights including: poster stamps from the classic period, German labels, stamp show labels, fakes, forgeries, essays, a few suspect and damaged covers, revenues, foreign Christmas seals, etc. Plenty of sleepers to find if you are adept using other catalogs than Scott for much is not listed there. Viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $375.00
245O*Two cartons of worldwide. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps having useful backup binders, stockbooks, envelopes, and glassines roughly from 1900 to 2001. Includes Austria, Israel, Scandinavia, etc. Beneficial for making bourse box lots or small internet units.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $350.00
246O*Scott International A-Z album from the 1850s to 1939. Comprise hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps. While the bulging album is disheveled and water damaged, it could contain useful material as it was left untouched by us. Everyone would love to find this type of album in an estate; so inspection recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $550.00
247O*Three cartons of ten albums mainly from the late 19th Century to the 1960s. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets in seven Scott International and three Harris albums. While rudimentary in nature, still offers plenty of useful material.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $600.00
248O*Ten Scott International albums from around 1900 to the early 1970s. Involves hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Great for selling by the album or making into country or area folders.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $550.00
249*Worldwide cinderellas selection. Hundreds of mint thematic poster stamps from Germany, United States, Austria etc. running mainly from pre-WW I to the 1950s. A most colorful, intriguing, and historical offering worthy of your attention.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $350.00
250O*Eleven Scott Specialty albums in two cartons. Involves hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles generally running to around 1980 but having pages to the early 1990s. Albums are very clean but sparse in some areas making this an opportunity to buy entry level material. Includes British, Portuguese colonies Greece, and Germany to name just a few. Well worth your time to view.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $1,000.00
251O*CVSix large heavy cartons of floor sweepings, old stockbooks, and a couple old sparse albums. Most of the value is in the unsorted mass of loose glassines floating across the six cartons. Lots of fun if you enjoy the sorting process. Who knows you may even find a surprise or two. Looks like dime table stuff to us.Cat. Value: S.B. 450
Price Realized: $2,100.00

Previous 50 | Items 1-50 (of 82) | Next 50
Items Per Page: 10 | 20 | 50 | 100