How were the prices for all of the Washingtonia in the recent ANR sale?

Longacre

In the most recent ANR sale that just closed, there was a lot of Washingtonia (I hope I have that term correct). A lot of the pieces seemed very interesting. I don't collect this, but I am not sure if any board members do. Does anyone know if the prices for these items were strong or weak? The pieces looked nice, and they had a lot of historical background. Also, I think that one of our board members sold some tokens through that sale. I have not checked the prices realized for those items, but hopefully they sold well!

dealmakr

Hi longacre,

I think that the pricing for the exonumia in the ANR sale went fairly well. Was only able to win 1 lot. The Manly medal that went for 4370 was a stronger price than in the Ford sale. The Sansom medal in silver that was nicely toned went for 6325. All in all quite strong.

regards,

dealmakr

slumlord98

I got two, one within a few dollars of Pistareen's prediction, and another at what I considered a bargain. The Libertas medal went sky high, lot 123 went for almost triple Pistareen's guess, and the silver Sansom previously mentioned, sold very strong. Overall, it appears mixed. Some bargains, some for strong money.

Washingtonia is an out of favor term. These are more correctly referred to as Washingtoniana.

DUIGUY

Last bid I saw on the 1925 Norse medal was at $10,500.00. I thought that was a strong price.

oreville

Slightly OT was the great 1872 Washington Cal Fractional 25c round in a self graded MS-65. The bidding started at $300, I had a top internet bid of $3850 and a super top unused bid of even more plus the juice and STILL IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT MET RESERVE????

I am confused.

supertooth

Longacre---- Sent you a PM----but yes, my non-coin friend was exceedingly pleased with the results of her 4 CWT lots---165 at 700---174 at 1300---175 at 1900 and 176 at 480 My opinion was that ANR did a terrific job. Would use them again in a minute. Bob [supertooth]

RYK

Supertooth,

I read your post regarding these tokens in another thread, which prompted me to read about them in the Old Colony catalog. I got so excited about these and the history surrounding them, that I actually bid on three of them. I have never looked at a token, let alone bid on one, previously. ANR did a remarkable job researching these tokens and their history. Despite that these were (relatively) not high dollar coins, ANR certainly gave them high dollar treatment. ANR Rocks™.

supertooth

RYK---- I must admit that they had me excited too. I had never fooled with any tokens. I have a few CWT that I have picked up over the years. But I am mostly a Walker and Morgan collector now. Used to collect CC twenties years ago. Yet I found myself buying CWT books and doing the best that I could with these pieces. I saw stuff that I never knew existed. This lady's mom had purchased the closets and basement stuff out of Baltimore City many years ago. Among the finds included Colonials and a 1795 Dollar. I sent coins to ANACS and NGC and she has done well on Ebay with a little help. She trusted me so much that she sent coins in the mail to me. It was always an adventure to see what was coming next. Most were of no consequence but some---as with these CWT tokens---were quite some finds. A lot of low grade large cents---but early years---sent to ANACS. Same with the Colonial pieces. The 1795 ended up a VF details---Net Fine and brought her 2 grand at that time. As for ANR, Mr. Bowers was a true gentleman towards me. I explained that I was only a go between but he went out of his way for these tokens. I can only say that I would give my highest accolades to ANR and would use them again in a minute. Bob [supertooth]

Abaco24

This GA boy had to look up that $4 word:

EXONUMIA (ek'se Noo' me e) Numismatics collectible items other than coinsor paper money, as medals or tokens Ex-O-Num'-ist (noun)

Longacre

Tooth--

Thanks for your PM. I appreciate it. It is great to hear how well you made out. To steal a quote from RYK, "ANR Rocks™"

oreville

You guys talking about those CWTokens reminds me of the CWTokens that Bryon Kanzinger sold me from his collection. Little did I realize that I was going to be a curator of them on his behalf.

Speaking of ANR, I have had and still am having problems with their web site for the auction. To this day, I am still not sure what I won or did not win at the auction. I have been in touch with their web site person to offer specific suggestions.