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Public Auction #441

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COINS AND CURRENCY — Coins
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
51$Canada coin assortment in a banker box. Comprises $405.00 face 80% silver ten cents to dollars, $102.00 face 50% silver ten cents, twenty five cents both mainly in tubes, and exchangeable coins to the nickel dollar plus miscellany.Cat. Value: S.B. 4000.00
Price Realized: $4,000.00
52$Canada 120 80% silver proof-like sets in their original RCM cello from 1962-1967. Most are not in their original envelopes.Cat. Value: S.B. 2000.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
53$Canada 1967 Centennial sets. Consists of two 7 coin Gold and Silver Specimen sets in their original RCM holders and shipping boxes. One is still sealed. Also includes two 6 Silver coin and Sterling Medal Specimen sets both still sealed in their original shipping boxes. An unusual find.Cat. Value: S.B. 1400.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
COINS AND CURRENCY — Encased Posatge
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
54$(EP96) 5˘ Jefferson encased in a J. Gault case. Mica is a little flawed. FineCat. Value: Cat. 375.00
Price Realized: $325.00
COINS AND CURRENCY — Currency
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
55$United States three uncut sheets consisting of a 16 one-dollar 1988A, a 16 two-dollar 1976, an a 32 two-dollar 1976 all rolled up in their original tubes. Would look great in a currency cave.Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $190.00
56$Seven Dollar Bill Continental Currency in average circulated condition. Signed. Printed by Hall and Sellers 1778. Minor soiling and repairs.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $160.00
COINS AND CURRENCY — Fractional Currency
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
57$Friedberg (1226) 3˘ Washington, fault free, Fine.Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $120.00
58$Lot of eight fractional currency items. All with tape stains and boo boos.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $210.00
POSTAGE — Sheets
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
59**An accumulation of 10˘ to 44˘ mint sheets.Cat. Value: Face 9730.00
Price Realized: $6,000.00
60**(3409-3413) Fifteen sets of space.Cat. Value: Face 417.00
Price Realized: $400.00
61**(3409-3414) Two uncut Space sheets.Cat. Value: Cat. 280.00
Price Realized: $85.00
POSTAGE — Postage
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
62**A fun loving array of mint sheets and self adhesive booklet panes and full booklets.Cat. Value: Face 6800.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
63**A nearly overwhelming mainly PNC love fest. Housed in twenty-eight binders holding thousand of pairs and strips of three and five. Values range from 1˘ to 45˘, stronger group are the 25˘-33˘ flags. Also includes an inconsequential assembly of regular coils from the 1970’s. No better values were spotted. The group is figured as a percentage of face for citizen usage while the permit types were counted as $2.00 a full page of 8 rows (212 pages were counted). The suggested bid would be a fair amount to both the buyer and seller in regards to a postage transaction. Higher bids would result in a more completive bid while still amounting to a number well under face value. Shipping weight 140lbs., call or email for a rate quote.Cat. Value: S.B. 4000.00
Price Realized: $4,500.00
64**High value postage accumulation. Includes $9.35 booklets, $3.00 Mars sheets, 1992 Columbus packets, 1998 Trans-Miss sheets, $2.40, $2.90, and $9.95 values plus others.Cat. Value: Face 2340.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
65**A precarious pile of postage provided for the patient postage purveyor.Cat. Value: S.B. 1400.00
Price Realized: $2,600.00
66**A surly slew of scrap postage. Better get out your calculator and a bigger boat.Cat. Value: S.B. 1050.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00
67**High denomination face values, $1.00 to $23.75. However does include five World Columbian souvenir sheet sets, and one 1998 Trans-Mississippi souvenir sheet set.Cat. Value: Face 900.00
Price Realized: $700.00
68**Potpourri pile of postage (mostly 29˘ and 32˘ values in sheets) anchored with three Flags of the Nations silver ingots for ballast.Cat. Value: Face 820.00
Price Realized: $450.00
69*A messy pile of postage. Includes both sheets and scrap.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $750.00
70*A precarious pile of postage. Includes sheet, scraps, booklets panes and a bit of UN and foreign snuck in for a peek.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $850.00
71*A simple postage accumulation of scrap an mint sheets. Mainly Bi-centennial era and PNC’s. A few sheets were found to be a bit stuck down in the margin. Not enough to be a factor. Take a quick peek and roll the dice.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
72*CVA very heavy postage lot made of a couple dozen year sets in mostly hard cover books, few 32˘ to Forever mint sheets and a few modern FDC’s thrown in for a bonus.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $350.00
73**Carefully counted carton of US face ($3,500.00+). Consists of: around $2,000 face in sheets, mainly 29 cents and up, in duplication, all put away in this old White Ace album for "investment purposes". Does include at least one "Recalled Legends of the West" sheet and many other, used to be premium, se-tenant sheets. No forevers. The rest of the face is in complete booklets, coils, plate block strips, etc. Sort out the better for your collection and mail the rest. Clean and fresh.Cat. Value: Face 3500.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
74***Two small pizza size boxes packed with face in sheets, booklets, plate blocks, coil strips and scrap. Lots of 37 centers on up, but most numerous are the 2 cent through 29 cent values. Owners face count of "at least $2,050.00" looks OK to us. Examine.Cat. Value: Face 2050.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
75**Scrap of 1˘ to $2 meticulously counted by the ownerCat. Value: Face 1080.00
Price Realized: $450.00
76***Small mainly postage lot comprised of mostly US space related sheets. Around $600 face. Best part are three Legends of the West sheets in issued coffee table books with both types and a normal FDC included.Cat. Value: Face 600.00
Price Realized: $375.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Advertising
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
77**Outstanding 20 mm Red Rock Cola button under thick (9mm) glass. Appears from around 1939 as Babe Ruth is underneath exclaiming " the finest cola, etc. Seldom seen baseball advertising item.Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $34.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Americana
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
78OThree vintage items from an old homestead. Best is the 12 inch industrial desk fan from pre WWII times. Also includes a single bed sized (66" x 83") homemade "Holly Hobby" type, sewing machine made, cotton batten Quilt (1940s?) plus a folk art style "potty training chair" from the same era.Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $22.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Autographs
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
79O*Matched set of Apollo 11 autographed 8"x10" NASA photos from the E. Huston collection. Acquired by Woody Witt at auction. Includes: "Best Wishes", Michael Collins; "To Ed Huston With Best Wishes", Buzz Aldrin; and "To Edward B. Huston - All Good Wishes" Neil Armstrong. Also contains an original 1978 letter from Elaine Moore Neil's secretary returning his FDCs unsigned and offering the "enclosed autographed picture" as a substitute. Great Apollo 11 pieces. See the webphotos. Ex Huston, Ex Witt.Cat. Value: S.B. 1500.00
Price Realized: $950.00
80**Neil Armstrong autograph in the top center of a complete sheet of fifty Apollo 8 Scott # 1371, commemorative stamps with a September 6, 1969 cancel from Wapakoneta, Ohio (Armstrong's home town). COA states "fine condition, with some mild toning to border" by Scott Cornish and R&R #3131381Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $550.00
81O*Autographed pieces from Walter Cunningham. First is an 11"x12" blue folio issued for the First Day ceremony for the Apollo 8, Scott #1371 stamp embossed on the front with Walter Cunningham's name. The interior has a pocket in which the full pane of the stamp resides contains a bold Walter Cunningham autograph probably done in 2002 as the attest photo shows. In a separate pocket is another pane of stamps that Walter got autographed by the Apollo 8 crew at the ceremony. All looks legit to us, so see the webphotos. Ex Witt.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $550.00
82O*Political figures of the 1940s through the 1970s featured by autograph in 13 binders. Themes include: Cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, Senators, Congressmen, Governors, and all sorts of movers and shakers. Hundreds and hundreds of seemingly hand signed autographs on covers, pictures, documents, requests, and cards. Probably some autopens. Comes with plentiful biographic information in plastic pages from the Witt estate holding. Ready for someone new to organize and enjoy again.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
83CV10th Congress of the Association of Space Explorers (2005) set of five covers with the autographs of 60 attendees. The "Space and Ecology" conference described in the "Space and Philately" journal article by Igor Rodin (copy included) goes on to identify the signatures one by one. Only 200 sets were produced. Clean and fresh. Part of the Witt collection. Scarce.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $180.00
84OSpace: On April 3, 1969 the crew of Apollo 8 was presented with National Geographic Society's highest award the Hubbard Medal. The ceremony was held at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C.. Vice President Spiro Agnew was master of Ceremony and presented the medals to all three crew members: Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders. This trifold brochure served as official program for the event and is hand signed by each as seen in the webphotos. Rare. Ex Witt.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $700.00
85CVUnited States autograph assortment from the Witt estate in one carton. Between 75 to 100 mainly covers and some 8 X10 photos from the 1930s to the 1990s. Includes entertainers, TV personalities, baseball players, politicians etc. Entails Bob Hope, Will Rogers, Doris Day, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Dale Jarrett, Bob Lemon, Bob Feller, Lou Boudreau etc. Some 19th Century material of forgotten persons likewise to be found. Checking out will be beneficial to gauge your bid.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $750.00
86CVAutographed Cards from Seventh Planetary Congress. Historically important and attractive set of six autographed cards from 1991 Seventh Planetary Congress. More than fifty different autographs. International representation. Clean, fresh. Ex. Witt. Unusual to find a complete set. Desirable to topical collectors, historians, and German-area philatelists.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $160.00
87**Neil Armstrong. Color 8x10 lightweight composite photo FDC of an artist's impression of the Apollo 11 crew signed in black felt tip, "Neil Armstrong". Collector notation on reverse: "Autographed by Neil Armstrong, February 26, 1986, Acheson Auditorium, Dept. of State Bldg., Washington, D.C. President's Commission on 51 L Hearings." Fine condition, with mounting marks on the reverse. Neat. Unusual. COA Scott Cornish 2007 and COA R&R #3149371.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $600.00
88O*Striking Apollo 8 NASA photo (AS8-16-2588) signed by all members of Space summit meeting circa 1969-1970. Includes: Dr. Werner Von Braun, James Lovell, Frank Borman, Earl Warren, Gerald Ford, Bill Anders, and others. Along is a key to all the black sharpie signatures. Ex Witt.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $700.00
89*Apollo 15, 8 x 10 glossy photo of the Hadley-Apennine landing site with the unfurled flag. Signed by all three astronauts. Personalized: "Michael, His Love from the Moon". Ex Regency-Superior, Ex WittCat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $160.00
90O*Buzz Aldrin presentation folder from the Moon Landing FDC ceremony as found. Package includes: folder inscribed ( Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, USAF), sheet of Moon Landing stamps, two unsigned ceremony programs, Aldrin signed FDC, Calle signed FDC, "On the Moon" photo FDC, and a signed (Buzz Aldrin) NASA photo CS-51768. No COA.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $425.00
91*Five presentation folders for stamps issued in the late 1950s each with a full pane of stamps signed in the margin by Arthur E. Summerfield, Postmaster General. All five seemingly presented to members of Congress (names redacted). Along for the ride are two corresponding FDCs for a pair of issues. All have webphotos.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $130.00
92*Neil Armstrong on "1997 League" baseball. Red sharpie. No COA. Ex WittCat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $50.00
93*First Day ceremony folder (personalized Donald K. Slayton) for the May 5, 1969, six cent Apollo 8 commemorative stamp issue with stamp sheet. Includes DK Slayton autographed NASA photo that was taped inside. Ex Witt.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $85.00
94OMichael Jordan autographed small size (7 inch diameter) souvenir MVP basketball. The ball is no longer orange, but a washed out yellow. The signature is clean and crisp. Purchased at a Chicago area Charity auction years ago.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $12.00
95O*Personalized Liberace autographed 8x10 BW glossy studio photo. Signed in black Sharpie in his flamboyant style complete with his hallmark piano doodle "To Mickey Miller, from your friend, Liberace". Appropriately housed in a heavy metal bejeweled ornate frame. Wonderful.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $36.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Bronze Sculpture
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
96O*Frederic Remington Bronze Buffalo Horse Statue Sculpture - Medium Size. This statue is a most accurate version of the original bronze by Frederic Remington, it is hand cast using the "Lost Wax Casting" method. Remington's sculpture "The Buffalo Horse" is an historical and dynamic rendering in bronze of the ritual of "buffalo running" by the American Plains Indians. A Native American hunter is depicted attempting to overpower and take down a powerful buffalo. No easy prey, the buffalo comes up under the horse and throws the hunter up into the air. The original casting of The Buffalo Horse is on display at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This one is around: 16"H X 12"L X 5.50"Deep. Heavy, nearly 40 pounds, brass on stone which will incur a shipping surcharge. Office pick up is an advantage. Bid Accordingly.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $230.00
97O*Heavy brass sculpture rendition of Fraser's famous "End of the Trail". Stands on its stone base to a total of 10 inches. Is around 9 inches long and six inches across. Old. Well done. "Lost Wax" type casting makes its weight over twenty pounds. Signed Fraser on bronze base. Nice patina.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $110.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Circus
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
98OA “Not clowning around” lot. Includes a 15 page cigarette (Duke) his life’s history, a dated (1864) signature, and a 1923/24 autographed circus card. Perfect for a circus collector.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $110.00
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLES — Civil War
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
99ODoo Dads, buttons, pins, a such from the large civil war estate. At least six contain mini photos of GAR members 1892-1922. Buttons made into pins, lockets and parts of them, a battlefield bullet, GAR encampment badges, and more all included in this 37 item lot. The good the bad, the excellent and the ugly all included. Mixed condition. All seem original.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $150.00
100ONice original post Civil War Knights Of Pythias, Michigan 14, Kepi cap. Nice condition with wear from use and age. Marked "The Pettibone Mfg. Co., Military and Band Goods". Displays well, all its parts intact.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $100.00

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