Auction Catalogs - Need Your Help

JrGMan2004

I'd like to obtain some more auction catalogs. I'd like to have them, especially the major sales, because of the sheer numismatic knowledge contained within (Plus them pretty pictures ) but also cause I want to do a little research. I was wondering if you peoples of the US Coin Forum can help me pick out the major sales, when they took place, and who sold them. And also, any sales that had major Bust collections contained within. I would greatly appreciate everybody's help.

JrGMan2004

Anyone?

ScarsdaleCoin

there are several numismatic book dealers that can help you out.......also you can pick them up cheaply on ebay auctions...a wealth of information awaits...enjoy

JrGMan2004

The problem isn't really buying or locating them, as much as it is identifying them so I know what I'm looking for........

Dennis88

Linky-Dinky

This site has a lot auction catalogs, and they give descriptions.....

Hope this helps,

Dennis

RYK

I think that the Eliasberg and Norweb sales contained a lot of important coins and a lot of important and interesting coin information. They show up on ebay now and then. And they turn up on the BST board now and then.

Robert

JrGMan2004

Yeah, I've been looking through that site, and have picked out a couple catalogs that look to be what I am looking for.

Longacre

I would say to get the catalogs from Heritage, American Numismatic Rarities, Superior, Goldberg, and Bowers & Merena. If you subscribe to all of them, it will be costly (each auction firm charges about $70 for a year subscription). Also, if you fax to them an invoice of coin purchases that you made with a competitor, they will send you free catalogs. That is what I did. I bought about $5,000 worth of coins from B&M, and then I sent the invoices to the other firms. They have been sending me their catalogs for free since.

Nysoto

George,

Board member PreTurb has auction catalogs and other literature, specializes in Bust coinage, website "Numismatic Literature".

JrGMan2004

I've already sent PreTurb a PM and have been looking at his site. But now, I need to go beyond what he has on his site to find other catalogs he doesn't have listed.

tradedollarnut

Garrett, Norweb, Eliasberg and Bass are must buys. The Apostrophe Sales are a good mix of notable examples as well.

For a dollar specialist like myself, I then add the following:

Fairfield
James A Stack
Amon Carter
Floyd Starr
Rudolf
L R French

JadeRareCoin

I have received great service from CoinKat, who is a board member here. His name is Karl Moulton and his web site is www.coincats.com. Tons of nice numismatic catalogs at very fair prices.

I also buy auction catalogs from book dealers at coin shows. My biggest score was at the EAC convention 2 years ago. A coin dealer had a table full of old auction catalogs. They were priced from $1 to $5 each. I filled up my car's trunk with auction catalogs at that show!

The better catalogs, such as Norweb, Eliasberg, Garrett, etc., must be purchased at a premium price, as they are getting harder to locate.

MrEureka

B&M's Logan catalog would be a great start.

JrGMan2004

Already got the Logan catalog Got that a couple months ago from boiler. He said he usually has an extra of catalogs for sales that he goes to, because he gets one at home, then picks one up at the auction, so he was my first person to go to asking for catalogs, but he didn't come up with anything... so here I am, searching people's sites, and asking here...

MrEureka

Stack's Lovejoy sale for Bust Dimes?

JrGMan2004

Hmm possibly... but I'm leaning towards more Half-Dimes, thinking about researching some of 1802 Half-Dimes... Here's a list of possible catalogs I've compiled together...

Apr 16, 1997; Coin Galleries; BMS
Oct 1-3, 2000; Superior; Pre-Long Beach
Jan 6, 2003; Superior; Elite
May 30, 1999; B&M; Cheaspeake
Apr 30-01, 1965; Century Sale
Oct 24, 1956; Stack's; Maj. Lenox R. Lohr
Apr 27-29, 1967; Stack's; Bernard Copeland
Jun 20-22, 1973; Stack's; June
Apr 27-29, 1983; Stack's; Greater New York

And also, I think it was the Norweb I sale, and I think the first sale of Eliasberg's collection had the Half-Dimes, but both of these catalogs are sold at quite a premium. These other ones should be more common and less expensive to get...

wingedliberty

I will bury you in old auction catalogs. Wait until I see you at the next show. You better leave room in your trunk.

PreTurb

George -

Here is a short list of some older catalogs that are strong in Half Dimes:

B+M Norweb I
B+M Eliasberg I

Merkin 9/20/67
Merkin 6/12/68
Merkin 9/18/68

New Netherlands 6/30/70

Superior 9/16/96 Steinberg

Stack's:
11/54 Dupont II
11/57 Empire
5/60 Neumoyer
10/60 Holmes
2/65 Stadiem
4/69 Miles II
2/72 Turrini
11/72 Delp
10/73 Scanlon
2/78 Goshen
3/78 Fraser
3/80 Detroit
2/82 Robison
12/82 Robison III


Question now for you:

What research are you looking to do? What do you want to learn from these catalogs?

Newer catalogs have better photos and variety identification. Older catalogs (such as what I listed here) generally have better pedigree info but poorer photos and variety identification.

The Logan/McCloskey text (1998) is a must if you don't already have it.

Also, if you're not already a member, join JRCS and collect as many older Journals as you can - they are filled with fascinating and candid information seldom found elsewhere.

Ebay is a decent source for all these items, although you may have to wait a while for something to come up.

Good luck!

PreTurb

PreTurb

JrGMan2004

Thank you much PreTurb! I'm considering a few different things, but I'm thinking about researching 1802 Half-Dimes, as there are very few known. So, I'd like to see how many of the 1802s I can track that are XF+ in the auction catalogs. So, the older catalogs will help with that and the pedigrees for the coins...

PreTurb

Regarding the 1802, the Logan/McCloskey book contains a 20-page analysis of auction appearances from the 1800's through 1998. This would certainly give you a head start.

JrGMan2004

I forgot about that... thanks PreTurb!