Frank Grove Collection

jdmern

I'm cataloging a pretty great collection for an estate right now, where the late owner kept meticulous records of their purchases. Several pieces were marked as ex Frank Grove, and I was able to find some of the pieces in the catalog of the 1986 Superior Auction but not all of them, including some fairly significant pieces. Does anyone know if there was another auction that featured his collection?

pruebas

Good question! Are they coins or medals?

Many of the "Grove plate" medals I have seen were not in his collection, but belonged to others who let him document and/or photograph for his books. If you look at his medals books, he indicates in whose collection various documented pieces were from. Some of those pieces were actually from his collection, but I don't recall any particular sale of his collection.

Boosibri

Check the Pradeau sales

MrEureka

Was Frank Grove a dealer or "just a collector"?

pruebas

He was an author and a collector. Not a dealer. And I believe he lived in Guadalajara.

jdmern

Good question! Are they coins or medals?>

Coins and proclamation medals, mostly

Check the Pradeau sales>

Thanks for the tip, will do some research there!

pruebas

@jdmern said:

Good question! Are they coins or medals?>

Coins and proclamation medals, mostly

Procs I can understand. But I don’t believe he had an “important” collection, hence no big sale with his name.

jdmern

Procs I can understand. But I don’t believe he had an “important” collection, hence no big sale with his name.>

It seems there was one Superior Sale in 1986 that was part? of his collection, as well as the collection of Robert Grover

https://archive.org/details/frankgroverobert1986supe/page/52/mode/2up

Abuelo

Clearly, he had few nice Iturbide medals.