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Public Auction #435

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — General Foreign
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
186O*Outstanding world accumulation housed in three small red boxes. Largely mint (many sets) with much NH, all on about 1000 stockcards, identified and priced. Spotted some sets that cat. in the $500 and many in the $100+ range. Italy, British Empire, Western Europe are well represented (See Webphotos). A real money maker and must see lot.Cat. Value: Catalog 65500.00
Price Realized: $7,000.00
187O*Accumulation of medium to better material in three stockbooks. Includes several hundred from around the world. Stronger areas, Canada, French & British colonies along with Italy. Useful group worthy of a good look.Cat. Value: Catalog 12700.00
Price Realized: $800.00
188O*France and Colonies collection in two Scott International albums (1849-1963) includes regular issues and BOB. France is the best with strong classics including a used #37 plus a used #C15. The colonies are well balanced with mid range material. Huge catalog value. Good lot for continuation.Cat. Value: Owner's Catalog 12550.00
Price Realized: $900.00
189O*Fantastic collection of postage dues from nearly every country. Includes many thousand mostly different mint and used in ten nice stockbooks. Intermixed with the many sets are proofs, specimens, essays, gutters, covers, Scott unlisted etc. Owner’s catalog is $39,000+ which is inherently under cataloged as is much any back of book. Would be the basis for an unusual angle of an exhibit. A hard lot to duplicate.Cat. Value: S.B. 6000.00
Price Realized: $5,000.00
190O*Outstanding world collection in 3 Minkus Supreme Global Stamp albums with several thousand stamps going into the 60's. Owners cat. $80,000. This figure needs a bit of discounting for the fakes and reprints. A good part of the power rests in the US that starts with a #1 on cover, continues strong in the 1870's-90's including a mint OG #241 and good back of the book. Moving into the foreign good strength in the British Colonies that include the King George and Queen Elizabeth period with complete mint sets. Some countries that stand out, Great Britain, Portugal, Bahamas and much more. Considerable value in this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 6000.00
Price Realized: $5,000.00
191O*World collection, this is the "Big Daddy" over 125 binders as received from a Midwest country gentleman's estate in 29 cartons. Housed in mostly Scott International binders (many in good condition), clean lot with stamps carefully and expertly mounted. The albums, organized alphabetically go into the 2000's with strength in mint sets of the 70's-80's. Somewhere between 120,000 and 160,000 (estimated) individual stamps. Stronger areas, China (PRC and ROC), France, Germany, Great Britain, Monaco, Netherlands, North Borneo, Pakistan, Russia and Sweden. Great lot for a dealer to breakdown into smaller units, or a collector wanting to own one of the world's largest international collections and continue it.Cat. Value: S.B. 5500.00
Price Realized: $9,000.00
192O*Stockbook with mostly mint worldwide stamps neatly organized by page with a cat. value. Some of the better areas: Italy, British Empire, Monaco and more. Time frame classics to modern. Excellent lot for collection building. Enough catalogue to warrant a bid.Cat. Value: Catalog 5075.00
Price Realized: $350.00
193O*Worldwide stock in 43 red boxes neatly organized. All identified and priced on 102 cards. Spotted lots of good topicals along with British colonies. The lot has occasional set in the $20 range. Many mint sets throughout. Old owners catalogue $75,000. This is a money maker for the right person. Take a look, viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 5000.00
Price Realized: $2,800.00
194**Stockbook of worldwide newer issues with sets and souvenir sheets. Good lot for topicals. Some of the countries: China PR, France, Sweden and more. Each page contains a catalogue value. Several hundred stamps. Useful selection take a look.Cat. Value: Catalog 4100.00
Price Realized: $450.00
195O*Three Scott International 1840-1940 A-Z collection in very clean albums and slipcases in one carton. Encompasses owner’s count of 32,613 different mainly used stamps but also mint being 91% complete for the provided pages and even blank spaces are filled. Owner states 168 of the 378-stamp issuing countries and colonies are complete for the spaced provided. Strong US with #1 and 241 as well as the Columbians to the $1.00. Also according to the owner, a worthy challenge to fill the missing 3,227 spaces.Cat. Value: S.B. 3500.00
Price Realized: $10,000.00
196O*Worldwide collection in five Scott Internationals with many thousands of stamps to 1945. Powerful accumulation of stamps meticulously assembled from an old holding. Many areas of strength including France/Offices/Colonies, India and States, Italy and Colonies, Malaya and much more. Viewing this lot will bring joy to the world collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 3250.00
Price Realized: $10,500.00
197O*58 folder collections with $50,000 cat. value plus unmarked approx. $15,000. Every folder has a suggested retail price on it and most have cat. value. Reasonable retail makes for easy profits. Stronger countries, Iceland, Brazil, Austria and the British area. Some really nice well populated collections here with complete and better sets. Viewing highly recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 3000.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
198***A-Z very clean collection with power, owners cat. $45,000 almost all mint sets (about 60% OG). The stamps range in value from ten dollars to several hundred. No duplication housed in 3 stockbooks. Great for E-Bay or dealers stock. All identified and priced with 2017 values. Excellent profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 1900.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
199O*Two heavy cartons of world wide accumulations in various albums and stockbooks. Best are Scandinavia, Turkey, Indonesia, and Liberia. Thousands of stamps readily sorted into country groups that could be marketed singly, page by page or country groups on the internet. Interesting mix of material.Cat. Value: S.B. 1600.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
200***Terrific world accumulation, all mint mostly NH complete sets in 5 stockbooks. Also a folder with souvenir sheets including better Portugal. In addition over 800 booklets with some US included, lots of value in the booklets. Strong in the three area mentioned. Viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
201O*Dynamite twenty volume Scott International collection with pages into the 1980s. This lovely collection passed through three generations and took plenty of "TLC" to get it to where it is today. More than a dozen sets in the $50 to $150 catalog range. Thousands of stamp. Huge catalog. Stronger groups include: Burma, China, Cuba, Hong Kong, Iraq, and others. Take a long look to find the value and receive the full impact of this collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1400.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
202O*Nine albums in two cartons. Consists of eight Scott International and one Scott Junior. Despite the number of albums, the value is in the first three books from the 1840 to 1940 period. The two albums from 1940-49 are sparse. While the owner avoided big ticket items, still contains lots of $5.00 to $40.00 sets and material. Thousands and thousands of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles. Check out British colonies India, Cuba, Denmark, France, Macao, Germany to name just a few. Very appealing having good value in the mint issues.Cat. Value: S.B. 1300.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
203O*CVFive full heavy cartons from the Lake Zurich hoard that is just a bit better than the others. Lots of just stuff to shuffle through. Highlights include: a continuable Guatemala collection mixed condition in a better than usual album, a small but interesting Costa Rica collection, a book of Latin American specimens, an album of Latin American revenues circa 1908, and a stockbook of mint modern Japan with some Yen to count. Along for the ride is a full carton of cheap country folder collections, a carton of common covers (US addressed FDCs), and two cartons of leftovers with thousands of mainly common packet stamps with an occasional surprise. Looks like a couple of week's sorting and organizing fun to us.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $2,500.00
204O*Ancient European produced album somewhat remaindered having virtually nothing past 1900. Over 2,000 all different mint and used stamps from fifty plus countries and entities. Richly laden with classics which appear to be better than usual condition. Must be a huge catalog value even with the usual dubious from the time. The owner put together post WW II Germany in 1946-1948. This album has sat in a vault since the 1970s. Well worth a deeper look.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
205O*Breathtaking worldwide from Gabon to Oltre-Giuba Volume II collection from 1850 to 1932. The collector using an original unused Scott International Junior album decided to take the challenge to fill these pages with only the stamps either pictured or having spaces. He dismantled the pages organizing them in order in a binder. Contains thousands of mixed mint and used stamps as one would expect to see on these pages as well as several complete countries or colonies. British and French colonies are only one highlight. Do not let this one slip away. A once in a decade or longer opportunity.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00
206O*Spectacular worldwide from Orange River Colony to Zululand Volume III collection from the 1850s to 1932. The collector using an original unused Scott International Junior album decided to take the challenge to fill these pages with only the stamps either pictured or having spaces. He dismantled the pages organizing them in order in a binder. Includes thousands of mixed mint and used stamps as one would expect to see on these pages as well as containing several complete countries or colonies. Russia, British and French colonies are some of the highlights. Checking this collection will make you happy as a Minion as you enjoy viewing it. A once in a decade or longer opportunity.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00
207O*Old world wide collection processed into 48 country folder, and alphabetical grouping, collections. Slightly remaindered. Huge aggregate catalog value. Clean with the hard work of processing already done, just put on a price and off to market. Good countries included. Great profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 1200.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
208O*Dealer’s stock of “C” countries on approximately twenty-five hundred 102 size salescards, filling four red boxes. By far the strongest is the Cuba followed by Christmas Island. Mostly mint og or NH sets with light duplication other than the Cuba which is primarily CTO Castro period. Readily saleable at shows.Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00
Price Realized: $800.00
209***Assortment of unsold lots from a previous auction with better material throughout including a few certs. Following is a sample: Canada 60 OG w/cert, 158-159 OG, FSAT 25-28 NH, Italy 495-506 NH, Italy Aegean Is. 31-35 OG, Italian Colonies 46-50/C29-35 OG, Netherlands 161-163 OG, San Marino 134-138 OG, 143-150 OG, Vatican City 19-34/E3-E4 and much more (see webphotos). Power house lot that will fill many holes in a collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1100.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
210O*Scotts Specialty album for the Independent Countries of Africa Egypt-Ethiopia. Several hundred stamps many of the best being buried in the margins and crack of the book. Some decent covers buried in there, too. Egypt and UAR is best with Ethiopia lagging behind. Totally uncatalogued and ready for a new owner.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $950.00
211O*Original collection in three Scott International albums from the late 19th Century to 1954. Comprises hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, and singles mostly in clear mounts. While initially appears to be sparse, in some areas there are also pockets of interesting power. Needs careful examination as going too fast you might miss it.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
212O*Accumulation in two cartons with classic France nicely identified on album pages, Hungary collection in 5 binders (one with revenues), Belgium collection in two albums (one with cancels). Also a pizza box with the world on album pages. An excellent lot to break down into smaller lots. Take a look you will not be disappointed.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $750.00
213O*Six of our largest cartons containing a consolidation of material from the large hoarded Lake Zurich holding. Accumulated by an owner who just loved stamps and purchased as many as he could over the years. They were processed, sometimes catalogued, and always put away for later, in boxes, 102 size cards, glassines, country folder collections, approval books, and packets, etc. Each of these cartons is different with tens of thousands of stamps in total. Lots of mint. Many topicals. Much of the stuff is as it was when it was purchased (1990-2011). Huge aggregate catalog value with the possibility of finds to be made during recycling. Better than most accumulations of this type. A lot like this will keep you busy for quite a while and can be easily marketed.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00
214O*Two powerful stockbooks with better mint/used Canada, Great Britain, Cape of Good Hope triangles, US, Iran, Italy and Norway. A lot with material that will greatly enhance a world collection (owners cat. 30,000). Take a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $950.00
215**Interesting worldwide accumulation with many thousands of stamps organized in glassines. Some of the countries, Turkey, British, Uganda, Upper Volta, Viet Nam and a large group of Sand Dunes. Many of the stamps are in multiples (from the 60's-80's), could be from a new issue source. Huge cat. value here. Excellent lot for a dealers red boxes. Viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $750.00
216O*Five of our largest cartons embracing fallout from the large hoarded Lake Zurich holding. Accumulated by an owner who just loved stamps and purchased as many as he could over the years. They were processed, sometimes catalogued, and always put away for later in boxes, glassines, country folder collections, approval books, and packets, etc. Each of these five cartons is different with tens of thousands of stamps in total. Lots of mint. Many topicals. Much of the stuff is as it was when it was purchased (1990-2011). Huge aggregate catalog value with the possibility of finds to be made during recycling. Better than most accumulations of this type. A lot like this will keep you busy for quite a while.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00
217O*Out of sight worldwide assortment from the late 19th Century to various decades of the 20th Century from the Lake Zurich holding in twelve cartons. Contains thousands of mixed mint and used stamps having bountiful backup in albums, binders, stockbooks, counter books, folder collections, glassines, envelopes, stock, and sales pages. Ready to rock and roll for internet sales.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $700.00
218O*Mainly old auction lots better assortment from the 1890s to the early 1900s from an outstanding consignment. Consists of fifteen singles mostly British or French colonies. Highlights include mint Somali Coast #22, Cape of Good Hope #52 (NG) with APS certificate, used Benin #19, French Offices in China, 47A, J9, and Zanzibar #138. Condition is mixed so examination is necessary.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
219O*A to Z collection in a Scott International Junior album with a few thousand older stamps, pages go only into the 30's. Did not spot any high value stamps but plenty of classics. A few of the more interesting countries are Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Switzerland. Owner has cat. value at the top of the page. Viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
220O*Eight banker's boxes crammed full with the remains of an entrepreneur's Central Illinois estate. He sold his wares at stamp clubs, in the mail, at antique stores, and as a vest pocket fleamarket dealer. What remains is an interesting mix of mint and used found in: collections, country groups, binders of intriguing single items, stockpages, shoeboxes, and hundreds of loose glassines. Thousands of well traveled stamps with a sprinkling of modern Canada to add to the value. This holding needs a new owner with a different set of eyes to go through and reorganize the mess to come up with an appropriate internet marketing plan.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $650.00
221O*Another group of twelve banker's boxes crammed full with the remains of an entrepreneur's Central Illinois estate. He sold his wares at stamp clubs, in the mail, at antique stores, and as a vest pocket fleamarket dealer. What remains is an interesting mix of mint and used found in: collections, country groups, binders of intriguing single items, stockpages, shoeboxes, and hundreds of loose glassines. These are a little less appealing than the previous eight box lot, just more to like. Thousands of well traveled stamps with a sprinkling of modern Canada and used US to add to the value. This holding needs a new owner with a different set of eyes to go through and reorganize this bigger mess to come up with an appropriate internet marketing plan.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $700.00
222O*Dealer’s stock of “B” countries arranged on about two thousand 102 size sales cards and filling three red boxes. Brazil followed by Bulgaria are the strongest among the nearly twenty countries. All lower to medium values, sets and part sets. More used or CTO than mint with moderate duplication. Readily saleable as they are.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $600.00
223*Spectacular worldwide new issue accumulation from the 1960s to 1990s from the Lake Zurich holding in one carton. Hundreds and hundreds of mint stamps in full sets, singles, souvenir sheets, and several booklets in glassines, counter, sales pages, and loose as received from the consignor. A bonanza of topical material abounds.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $850.00
224O*Four binders of mainly mint worldwide souvenir sheets from the 1950s to 1990s. Hundreds of items having movie stars, British Royalty, famous people, and other mostly topical themes as well as regular issues souvenir sheets. If you like this type of material, this lot might be for you but viewing is a must in order to come to that conclusion.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $750.00
225O*Consignment balance in two cartons with thousands of stamps into the 90's. Includes Australian mint and used in two Scott binders, well populated Afghanistan (the best) collection, accumulation of United Nations and a pizza box with a few hundred 102 cards. Could be broken down into smaller lots, take a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $550.00
226O*Terrific selection of fascinating worldwide during various decades of the 20th Century from the Lake Zurich holding in eight cartons. Includes thousands of mixed mint and used stamps having useful backup mainly in albums, stockbooks, folder collections, and glassines. Checking out the one carton of mostly folder collection sand several of the Scott International albums would be beneficial. Don’t pass this one by.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
227O*Intact "investment lot" as receive from the Lake Zurich hoard filling an old beat up paper box. Purchased in 2002 this holding fills several " red boxes" type containers with mainly used, poor condition foreign classics and such sorted by country and fully cataloged with 2002 catalog prices. Includes soiled, sometimes reused, 102 size cards and equally ugly glassines. Huge catalog value as an aggregation with moderate to extreme duplication. Spain, German States, Scandinavia, and other Europe, seem best, but we have set the minimum bid at a level where the internet profit potential will interest many bidders. As received with nothing removed by us. Take the listed catalog values with a grain of salt because many should not have been included in the catalog value. Plenty of fakes, forgeries, album weeds, and the like that have all been figured in the 2002 "catalog value". Only an "in person inspection" should be used to deliver a bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
228O*CVEnd of the line assortment from a huge consignment from an estate of a Midwest gentleman in the Show-Me State housed in eighteen cartons. Includes thousands and thousands of mint and used stamps having plenty of backup in binders, stockbooks, folders, envelopes, and loose mainly worldwide but contains some United States from various decades starting in the mid-20th Century. Some of the interesting material consists of fifteen binders of promotional sheets both mint and CTO, subscription items, US FDCs, Vatican, UPU, Kennedy, Olympics, and UN. A sorting fiesta into saleable box lots will get you ready for the spring thaw.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $350.00
229OFantastic worldwide cancel selection roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s in two cartons. Consists of eight stockbooks for British colonies and ten stockbooks for worldwide containing thousands of used stamps having useful backup. Contains a strong presence from the Australian States as well from the African, Caribbean and Asian colonies. Combined with the worldwide offering makes this a tempting lot. Could be the one especially for you.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $650.00
230O*Thought-provoking worldwide accumulation in two cartons. Thousands of mint and used stamps having backup roughly organized in glassines in eight shoeboxes. Massive variety of material becoming a sorting challenge that could be profitable with a little patience.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $325.00
231O*Assortment of worldwide in eleven cartons from the Lake Zurich holding. Thousands of mixed mint and used stamps having ample backup in albums, binders, stockbooks, folder collections, envelopes, glassines, stock, and album pages. This accumulator loved stamps and would not miss the opportunity to purchase whatever tickled his fancy at local Illinois shows. Pickings throughout and worth viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
232O*Dealer close out lot in six heavy cartons. Highlights include: old remaindered albums, stockbooks, stock pages, old auction lots, world wide sets and singles in loose glassines, rejected sets and singles in 102 sized cards. Mainly common, but with a hint of discoveries and rediscoveries to be made. A whole winter's fun of sorting, culling, and remarketing await the new owner. Probably over fifty viable lots when the dust clears.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
233O*Seven cartons of worldwide assortment from the Lake Zurich holding. Thousands and thousands of mixed mint and used stamps mostly in the fourteen Scott International albums ending usually in the 1970s ranging from sparse to pockets of material. Also includes several binders, folders collections, glassines etc. Could be a money maker if purchased at the right price.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $750.00
234O*The remaining bunch of twelve albums from a large important consignment none of which will stand alone or as country groups in this auction. The Sweden group in Scott Specialty albums is best with hundreds of mint modern sets. This collection as a whole is only missing the best most powerful items. The used Spain collection is in part sets also missing most of the power. The rest are beginner and intermediate part collections of various European countries, none good enough to mention. Will break down in ten or so lots for bourse reprocessing.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $600.00
235O*CVTail end accumulation from the Post estate in thirteen cartons. Consists of six of our largest cartons containing mainly common worldwide and US covers, postal stationery, and postcards from the late 20th Century to the 2000s. The best are around 100 German railroad cancels items from early 1900s in a small cover album. Lots of the US and foreign are the collector’s personal correspondence once culled can be recycled. Three of the cartons contain remainder albums including Scott International and smaller albums of various companies. The remaining cartons have hundreds and hundreds of mint and used stamp having ample backup in envelopes, loose, glassines etc. which are good for making bourse box lots.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $450.00

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