American Bank Note Company Collections at Alex Cooper Auctions - March 3

Chesspagan

American Bank Note Company - The American Paper Money Collection 1993. A collection done by subscription from the American Bank Note Company in 1993 in proof notes from the original 19th century plates.
The last one of these sold at Heritage in January of this year for $3020

https://bid.alexcooper.com/lots/view/1-5JD2S8/american-paper-money-collection-1993

Volumes 4-6 from the American Bank Note Archive Series, 1989-92 are also on sale individually at Coopers on March 3. This annual series of intaglio engravings was printed on acid-free cream-colored paper stock. There are twelve 8 1/2" by 11 1/4" pages for each year with four to nine vignettes per page. These were originally also done by subscription and are available at:

https://bid.alexcooper.com/lots/view/1-5JD2SE/american-bank-note-archive-series-1989
https://bid.alexcooper.com/lots/view/1-5JD2SG/american-bank-note-archive-series-1990
https://bid.alexcooper.com/lots/view/1-5JD2SI/american-bank-note-archive-series-1991
https://bid.alexcooper.com/lots/view/1-5JD2SK/american-bank-note-archival-series-1992

Steve_in_Tampa

I highly recommend these. I bit the bullet and bought the six book set years ago. You can spend hours enjoying the intaglio engravings and subject matter. I love trains, and there’s plenty of them.

Chesspagan

Thanks for the comments. Yes, the intaglio prints are gorgeous.

Serial_no_8

Very nice books & images. @Steve_in_Tampa I can imagine those ABNC Archive series being a treasure trove of fascinating railroad (& other means of transport/industrial) history.

gsalex

Looks like all these lots got passed. I don't know what the MB was, but $100 would have been a reasonable starting point. The 1992 portfolio is the key set -- that one is a good buy at $250.