Heritage Auction - Western Mining Ingot Collection

OnlyGoldIsMoney

I was surprised to receive an email from Heritage about an upcoming auction featuring silver bars, aka ingots, called the Western Mining Ingot Collection.

Sale includes some rare 19th Century items but also some merely scarce post 1960 items like the 4 bar Engelhard 1969 British Hallmark set. I am watching some of the offerings where I have similar items in my collection.

This sale leads me to wonder if Heritage will start offering silver bars on a regular basis.

Disclaimer: Not my consignment and I don't know the consigner.

johnny9434

I love the strawberry hill bar, 😎

OnlyGoldIsMoney

@johnny9434 said:
I love the strawberry hill bar, 😎

Johnny9434, although primarily an Engelhard collector I particularly like the Wells Fargo bar. Unfortunately I have no frame of reference in understanding its collector value.

Relaxn

Didnt a big part of this collection just go through Holabird? They had a massive ingot auction not long ago....

psuman08

The Wells Fargo bar is a fantasy piece. They note in the description that no Wells Fargo silver bars are known.

OnlyGoldIsMoney

@Relaxn said:
Didnt a big part of this collection just go through Holabird? They had a massive ingot auction not long ago....

Relaxn, I don't know the answer to your question. I don't even know what Holabird represents.

OnlyGoldIsMoney

@psuman08 said:
The Wells Fargo bar is a fantasy piece. They note in the description that no Wells Fargo silver bars are known.

Thanks psuman08, my interest in that ingot just ended.

rte592

@johnny9434 said:
I love the strawberry hill bar, 😎

It's different, but is it legit?

Martin

Can someone post a link. My search on there site came up empty

Thanks
Martin

Goldminers

@Martin said:
Can someone post a link. My search on there site came up empty

Thanks
Martin

https://coins.ha.com/c/search/results.zx?dept=1909&mode=live&auction_name=63300&ic=Items-OpenAuctions-Open-BrowseCatalog-051914

Martin

@Goldminers
Thank you my phone does not do well on that site

Martin

lonemountaincoin

@Relaxn said:
Didnt a big part of this collection just go through Holabird? They had a massive ingot auction not long ago....

No, they were different bars.

lonemountaincoin

@OnlyGoldIsMoney said:

@psuman08 said:
The Wells Fargo bar is a fantasy piece. They note in the description that no Wells Fargo silver bars are known.

Thanks psuman08, my interest in that ingot just ended.

That is correct. We assisted w/ information on these, and some fantasy pieces were removed from auction but others remained. The choice was interesting but alas...

Wells Fargo pieces in general have gained a lot more interest recently and the piece at the auction posted a strong number. There are several varieties of WF pieces, some much nicer than others, but all are fantasy.
I recently discovered a Mountain Maid Mining company bar that shares a lot of design features with some of the WF series.

lonemountaincoin

@OnlyGoldIsMoney said:
I was surprised to receive an email from Heritage about an upcoming auction featuring silver bars, aka ingots, called the Western Mining Ingot Collection.

Sale includes some rare 19th Century items but also some merely scarce post 1960 items like the 4 bar Engelhard 1969 British Hallmark set. I am watching some of the offerings where I have similar items in my collection.

This sale leads me to wonder if Heritage will start offering silver bars on a regular basis.

Disclaimer: Not my consignment and I don't know the consigner.

I enjoy this one from that auction. I got the AAO as well.

Clackamas1

I really like that Grant county ingot.

lonemountaincoin

@Clackamas1 said:
I really like that Grant county ingot.

She's a beaut! I also have what I consider to be the nicest Monumental mine Assay.

Clackamas1

I hunt elk in Grant county. Great country.