Will anyone be bidding on items from the Samuel Mills Damon collection??

keets

I noticed the ad in CW and recall reading about the collection several months ago. Mr. Damon passed away around 1935, if I'm not mistaken, and requested that his Numismatic holdings be held in the bank vault in Honolulu for 70 years. The auction will be held March 23rd in New York City and contains a vast array of items that can be seen at the link. The CW ad shows a picture of an 1876 Proof Set in the original presentation case, complete from One Cent through Twenty Dollars!!!

Al H.

Longacre

Wow. There are some fine looking items in that auction. Thanks for altering us!

Cladiator

<< <i>Mr. Damon passed away around 1935, if I'm not mistaken, and requested that his Numismatic holdings be held in the bank vault in Honolulu for 70 years. >>

That's a pretty cool idea.

MrEureka

I'll be there. Of course.

keets

Andy, could you please give an "in hand" impression of the 1876 Proof Set after you view it, maybe in a thread?? thanks

goose3

paigowjohnny

I'd love to bid, but that Hawaiian stuff will be sooooooo far out of my price range .

jonathanb

A lot of territorial gold. I wonder if Damon sought them out, or if he actually pulled them from circulation at his bank?

MikeInFL

Interesting collection.

From the looks of it, many of the silver coins didn't take well to 70 yeras in a Honolulu vault. Undertsandingly, much of the gold looks to be in better shape after its storage.

I'd really like to hear the thoughts of someone who gets to see the proof set in-person....Mike

michael

Will anyone be bidding on items from the Samuel Mills Damon collection??

no

MrHalfDime

Wow! Why so many bulk lots of Bust coinage? One lot has 13 bust half dimes, another has 67!! Bust half dollars! What could be in those lots? Perhaps worth a look see?

DickyBetz

All I can say is wow.

RYK

This proof set is not too shabby, either:



WOW!

lacoinboy

This sale will bring tons of money just because its fresh to the market. Too bad the impressive feeling hard cover catalogue is really poorly catalogued if you read it and images are only subpar. Guess this is what happens when you dont have in house experts in coins....

chabot510

I will be representing clients at the sale. Should be interesting!

lacoinboy

is this sale 20% bp? anyone think this will deter bidding?

coinlieutenant

Getting Doyles to auction this collection off was the equivalent of having McDonalds cater your daughters wedding. Like many things here in Hawaii, most of us out here feel that it was an "inside connection" that got the coins to Doyles. Remember that this collection was supposedly the one that had an original roll of every S mint coin from 1892 to the mid 1930's.... A dealer here on island has seen those coins... I wonder where they are now?

Hmmm...???

Bochiman

Wanna bet a couple of certain grading parties are drooling right now?

notlogical

Nice coins. Great first name!

marmac

A real bummer this collection will not be sold via a more familar auction house.

lacoinboy

I am sure the coins will do well as they are fresh. however read the terms and conditions of sale carefully, as doyle is a fine art auctioneer, not coin auctioneer, which means you have even fewer rights....

Tarmac

OK, it's probably me but many of these coins look dull, lifeless and no appeal. Is it the photos which are poor or do they really look like that? They remind me of those "shipwreck effect" coins from NGC.

MrEureka

OK, it's probably me but many of these coins look dull, lifeless and no appeal. Is it the photos which are poor or do they really look like that? They remind me of those "shipwreck effect" coins from NGC.

I agree. Nobody should bid.

pontiacinf

wasnt sam rumored to have a roll of 1901-s barber qtrs?

either way alot of killer stuff there

HonoluluDude

news item

oreville

I will be bidding aggressively on a few of the Samuel Mills Damon lots.

pontiacinf

<< <i>I will be bidding aggressively on a few of the Samuel Mills Damon lots. >>



just stay out of my way