Ford 7: I have good news and bad news . . .
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But first, I'll begin with my usual scene-setting.
Well, it was about 10 degrees in New York on Tuesday, which I guess is preferable to going there in August when its 95 degrees and disgusting, but was still extraordinarily unpleasant for walking between the Stack's office, the Parker Meriden where the sale was held and the 3 bars and 4 restaurants I visited during the course of my 1.5 day stay in the city.
Ford installment 7 included St. Patrick's farthings, halfpennies, 'shillings' and the 'I'm-not-totally-convinced-that-its-real-and-even-if-it-is-it-real-it-may-not-be-contemporary gold St. Pats farthing (that last one brought $150K+, so I'm positive someone thought it was valuable), plus what seemed like every Hibernia coin ever produced, a big pile of Virginia colonials, Myddleton tokens and other assorted hoo-ha.
This session was somewhat different than the others in that there were a relatively smaller number of fantastically expensive rarities and, as such, (and the bad news for those of us without unlimited funds) not good odds for buying anything great. Even so, the crowd was big.
The few deluxe coins sold for prices that were high but fair in my opinion - a breathtaking Gem proof Hibernia Rocks halfpenny brought $45K (all my prices here are approximate as I'm too lazy to go look them all up), a very choice though rather common St. Pats Halfpenny brought another $45K, the one of 6 known Virgina Shillings (in wild 'Oregon-commemorative-like Gem proof) brought $115,000 and a very rare, somewhat spotty Pitt Farthing brought the now familiar $45K. The last colonial was a silver continental dollar which sold for $300K+ to the same guy who already owns all of the other ones.
Most surprising to me was a very choice Myddleton token (though with a toning pattern that was not for everyone) for an asteroid-belt-reaching $42,000, three beautiful Hibernia silver farthings sold for $22K, $24K and $25.5K respecitvely, and a slew of common Hibernia farthings and halfpennies that sold for about double what these things have been bringing at auction over the last 24 months. Auction fever I guess.
Until Ford 9 -
Well, it was about 10 degrees in New York on Tuesday, which I guess is preferable to going there in August when its 95 degrees and disgusting, but was still extraordinarily unpleasant for walking between the Stack's office, the Parker Meriden where the sale was held and the 3 bars and 4 restaurants I visited during the course of my 1.5 day stay in the city.
Ford installment 7 included St. Patrick's farthings, halfpennies, 'shillings' and the 'I'm-not-totally-convinced-that-its-real-and-even-if-it-is-it-real-it-may-not-be-contemporary gold St. Pats farthing (that last one brought $150K+, so I'm positive someone thought it was valuable), plus what seemed like every Hibernia coin ever produced, a big pile of Virginia colonials, Myddleton tokens and other assorted hoo-ha.
This session was somewhat different than the others in that there were a relatively smaller number of fantastically expensive rarities and, as such, (and the bad news for those of us without unlimited funds) not good odds for buying anything great. Even so, the crowd was big.
The few deluxe coins sold for prices that were high but fair in my opinion - a breathtaking Gem proof Hibernia Rocks halfpenny brought $45K (all my prices here are approximate as I'm too lazy to go look them all up), a very choice though rather common St. Pats Halfpenny brought another $45K, the one of 6 known Virgina Shillings (in wild 'Oregon-commemorative-like Gem proof) brought $115,000 and a very rare, somewhat spotty Pitt Farthing brought the now familiar $45K. The last colonial was a silver continental dollar which sold for $300K+ to the same guy who already owns all of the other ones.
Most surprising to me was a very choice Myddleton token (though with a toning pattern that was not for everyone) for an asteroid-belt-reaching $42,000, three beautiful Hibernia silver farthings sold for $22K, $24K and $25.5K respecitvely, and a slew of common Hibernia farthings and halfpennies that sold for about double what these things have been bringing at auction over the last 24 months. Auction fever I guess.
Until Ford 9 -
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09/07/2006
<< <i>I may not be able to compete with the big boys but, I sure would like to watch the bidding!!!
Actually, its darn near impossible to watch the bidding because all of these guys use these subtle hand gestures and carefully planned hide-your-bidder-card techniques so you can't really tell whats happening or who is really bidding until someone yells 'sold!' and announces the number.
Congrats on the good news part.
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"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
"If it don't make $"
"It don't make cents""
<< <i>Sounds like some great material. Speaking of Hibernia I thought you might enjoy this one I recently picked up.
Nice - looks like a James Watt coin from the 2002 Morton & Eden sale. There was one Myddleton Copper Company token in the Ford sale which came with the same small metal canister. Pretty cool.
Not to gloat, but despite the fact that I make my living writing about numismatical baubles , I'm still a geek of a collector. I was a phone bidder tonight for the first time in my life (though I've been on the other end of the phone often enough for ANR) and was successful on a lot that is now the centerpiece of my collection of Maryland colonial paper money.
Rare as sin. A cartoon that shows a silly King George trampling the Magna Carta while setting fire to the town I live in. The Boyd-Ford pedigree. How cool is that?
Now the painful part: paying the bill off and waiting for my prize to arrive.
Sorry for the massive picture.
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"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!"
"If it don't make $"
"It don't make cents""
I think you confused NY with Atlanta, this past August was rainy and had maybe two 90 degree days,
<< <i>I think you confused NY with Atlanta, this past August was rainy and had maybe two 90 degree days >>
No offense to NY, but summer there is brutal. Plus I always get extremely nauseous in that cab ride to the Marine Air Terminal at LaGaurdia.