Heritage: The Towers Collection Part II - A veritable smorgasbord of early halves - CBH's galore!

Goldbully

Just going through the catalogue and viewing the lots online is like watching high class coin porn.
There are so many of the CBH's that I would love to own, but alas most are out of reach for me right now.
Anyone considering some of these early halves? Only 783 lots to look through!
@drddm ? 😉

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Heritage Auction Link

pursuitofliberty

I looked through about 110 lots closely. I had paired my list down from the internet prior to attending the show. Should be an interesting session.

Goldbully

@pursuitofliberty said:
I looked through about 110 lots closely. I had paired my list down from the internet prior to attending the show. Should be an interesting session.

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I'm tracking 150 lots, will pair down tomorrow. Hopefully no more than 25 prospects.

drddm

I went to FUN but didn’t have a chance to do lot viewing. Wish I did because I’m tracking a lot of CBH’s too.

Dave

Pnies20

👀

Some of the lots were not what I expected in both directions.

Really enjoyed lot viewing

Goldbully

I bid on five, all at min. except for one.

Good luck to all that are bidding.

Pnies20

What a fun sale! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Some very tough coins sold tonight for attractive prices.

Goldbully

@Pnies20 said:
What a fun sale! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Some very tough coins sold tonight for attractive prices.

I had a ball....picked up some nice ladies.... I overpaid, oh well. 🤣

edited to add: won 3 lost 20

gschwernk

I purchased 5 dates which compleated the CBH portion of my 50c date collection. I was the under bidder on the 1796.

Pnies20

@gschwernk said:
I purchased 5 dates which compleated the CBH portion of my 50c date collection. I was the under bidder on the 1796.

That was a BEAUTY!

Congrats on the purchases you made.

Pnies20

@Goldbully said:

@Pnies20 said:
What a fun sale! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Some very tough coins sold tonight for attractive prices.

I had a ball....picked up some nice ladies.... I overpaid, oh well. 🤣

edited to add: won 3 lost 20

Same on all accounts 🤣

pursuitofliberty

@gschwernk said:
I purchased 5 dates which compleated the CBH portion of my 50c date collection. I was the under bidder on the 1796.

The 1796 was a fantastic coin! Whoever won that should be damn proud to own her.

I also got some and lost some. Overpaid on a couple and probably got a slight bargain on one or two. Lot viewing really paid off, but I think I should have looked at more. There were a few more bargains in there but I didn't want to bid if I hadn't looked.

Pnies20

**5 Coins I wish I would've clicked bid on one more time **

1. Lot #3265 1823 O-102 Patched 3 R.4 PCGS AU58 - This coin is flawless in hand outside of a small staple scratch on the reverse above the denomination. Very underrated coin. I was expecting $7,500.

2. Lot #3374 1827 O-116a R.5 MS63 - Finest known coin for this die state (the 116 is not easy, either). Stunning coin that Sheridan Downey sold to Meyer in 1989. Was expecting $5,500.

3. Lot #3383 1827 O-122 R.5 AU50 - Eye appeal and R5 usually don't go in the same sentence. This coin is beautiful and exactly the look CBH collectors want. Was expecting $3,000+++.

4. Lot #3407 1827 O-145 R.5 AU55 - I made the comment last night to a group of bidders that I ALWAYS am underbidder on R5 coins. Another beautiful R.5 that has a scant population of 3 higher than 55, that was a touch on the underwhelming side in the luster department. Still a wonderful coin I wish I owned. Was expecting $4,000.

5. Lot #3418 1828 O-107a R.6+ AU53 - I have only seen this die state once in my life. It is very underrated and hard to come across. I personally graded it an AU50. No matter. I wanted it and was expecting to pay $1,500+++. Alas, by this point in the sale, I was bidding on my phone and cooking an annoyed wife dinner at 7ish o'clock. My phone didn't register the bid, and it went for $780.00 -_-

Is there an unknown "you suck award" ??? Whoever the winner of these coins is, you're a bum!

Just kidding and congratulations on some keepers.

lilolme

@Pnies20 said:
**5 Coins I wish I would've clicked bid on one more time **

Well no competition from me. When I see R5 (or higher) I just move on to the next one.
But you know I am not a variety type.
I did get a 'clasher' as it was a decent upgrade to a VF30 for the date. So maybe a little dabble into the variety thing.

pcgscacgold

I won on a couple. Lost on many more. Prices for the things I was watching/bidding on were strong. I helped the seller as much as I could.

lilolme

Got the Half winnings in hand this (Thursday) morning (auction ended Sunday). Great job by Heritage to get them to me that quickly and also considering that Monday was a holiday. Also, look as good to me at home as I recall (and wrote down) they did in the sometimes funky auction lot viewing room.