Will the John W. Adams sale of Indian Peace Medals prove that these pieces have gone mainstream?

Longacre

Just yesterday I received the Stack's catalog of the John W. Adams Collection of Indian Peace Medals. I read the introductions, and they produced a lot of ideas for questions to these boards. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your view, I forgot to take the catalog to the office today, so it will be hard to write the questions).

Anyway, I was amazed at the amount of these medals in the catalog, and the rarity of these items. The historical background in the descriptions was amazing.

This seems to be a big event for 2009, and given the sheer number of medals available, is it possible to say that Indian Peace Medals have gone "mainstream", and they are not as unknown as they might have been just a few years ago? Also, for kicks, does anyone think these medals will bring strong money?

291fifth

I don't think they will ever qualify as "mainstream" since they are medals. Most coin collectors don't want medals.

So far as prices realized go, I suspect a few of the very rarest will do very well while the more ordinary items (can you really call any of these ordinary/) will bring low estimate, assuming they don't have strong reserves.

Coinosaurus

This collection strikes me as the sort of cabinet that will do very well regardless of the macro-economic conditions. Too many museum pieces in here, the potential audience is a lot bigger than just "regular" coin collectors.