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Public Auction #431

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

COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — United Nations
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
114O*One man’s United Nations accumulation from 1951 to 1994 in nine cartons from the Empire estate. Thousands of mainly mint stamps, booklets, souvenir sheets, presentation packs, postal stationery, and FDCs having many in their original shipping glassines. Plenty of face to count. This collector had a craving for this type of material and could not pass up an opportunity to buy it. A money maker.Cat. Value: 0 950
Price Realized: $1,300.00
115*United Nations unusual selection in a medium carton from the Empire estate. Consists of 1955 limited edition numbered 7 of 11 issue of the 10th anniversary of the UN souvenir sheet and the designer signed matched set of three numbered 5 out of 11 for the same issue. Also, includes around 150 panes of 12 1988 Forest issue for the three UN Offices, a mint collection in a binder and on White Ace pages of singles from 1951 to 1983 (no #38) and plate blocks from 1951 to 1972 and seven mint #38 souvenir sheets of both types.Cat. Value: S.B. 500
Price Realized: $1,100.00
116***All the United Nations face in three large cartons from the depths of a South Florida storage locker. Sheets, sheets, and more sheets in dozens of sheet pages, boxes, and loose glassines. Multiples abound. Around 120 pounds shipping. Thousands of dollars in face, lots more in catalog. Both figures are probably meaningless. Not cataloged. Not counted. Its face value is for the next owner or persistent viewer to assess. Easily worth the asking bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 450
Price Realized: $650.00
117O*CVUnited Nations "investment lot " from the 1970s. Highlights include: 10 or more clean expensive Gibbons Sheet albums. Each one either empty or half full with UN full sheets from the period. Our investor took meticulous notes on expenditures and paid an average of 2.5 times face for each. All the Vienna has been devalued leaving huge multiples of relatively ignorable stamps with nebulous value. Does include the US office and Geneva. Also includes FDCs, year folders, singles and stock of limited usefulness. Way too much common, but plenty of face value for the new owner to ponder. Huge capital outlay, but like penny stocks these peaked long ago. Ground floor anyone?Cat. Value: S.B. 180
Price Realized: $300.00