Help! Can someone answer a question regarding the Stacks Jan 2011 Americana sale?

PreTurb

Regarding the Stack's Americana catalog of January 26-27, 2011:

Lots 6301 and 6302 were American Institute award medals. The reverses are likely engraved - who were these awarded to?

And, regarding lot 6302, do the two halves of the wreath on the reverse meet at the top? Or is "Awarded To" present at the top?

THANKS so much to anyone who can help with this!!!

TURBO

Waiting............

LoveMyLiberty

Lot #6301

1845 American Institute Award Medal to A. Orr. Silver, 51mm, 61.1 grams. By Robert Lovett Sr. About Uncirculated. Obv. Liberty seated l. extending victor’s crown over agricultural and industrial products, eagle and shield r. Rev. Oak and palm enclose engraving to N Orr/ for the best/ Wood Engraving/ 1845.

From the Q. David Bowers Collection.

price realized $184

Lot #6302

1847 American Institute Award Medal to Mrs. M.G. Arnold. Silver, 51mm, 57.7 grams. By Robert Lovett Sr. About Uncirculated. Obv. Seated Liberty extends crown over agricultural and industrial products, eagle and shield at r. Rev. Oak and laurel enclose engraved script Mrs. M.G. Arnold/ for the best/ Knit Quilt/ 1847. A note in the fitted case with detached lid states “Mary Greene Arnold was Great-Grandmother of Evan Fraser-Campbell of Dunmore on the maternal side,” probably wife of Benjamin Greene Arnold of New York and Providence, RI. Minimal actual wear, many hairlines from long handling.

price realized $207

Geez, they act like this is U.S. security clearance material!

Probably doesn't answer your questions, but both lots showed no images.

PreTurb

thanks!

I see the red "X's" online... Were these illustrated in the print edition? Or just illustrated online, around the time of the sale?

ColonialCoinUnion

The images on all the archived Stack's sales are not visible for some reason. I do not know exactly when it happened - perhaps 2 months ago or so.

Broadstruck

<< <i>The images on all the archived Stack's sales are not visible for some reason. I do not know exactly when it happened - perhaps 2 months ago or so. >>



I hope they come back soon

ColonialCoinUnion

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<< <i>The images on all the archived Stack's sales are not visible for some reason. I do not know exactly when it happened - perhaps 2 months ago or so. >>



I hope they come back soon >>



To be clear, it is only the auctions on the legacy Stack's site that are "image-less". The stuff on the Stack's archive site seems OK.

LoveMyLiberty

<< <i>thanks!

I see the red "X's" online... Were these illustrated in the print edition? Or just illustrated online, around the time of the sale? >>



I never saw the printed catalog, just the online archive.

WinLoseWin

<< <i>And, regarding lot 6302, do the two halves of the wreath on the reverse meet at the top? Or is "Awarded To" present at the top? >>



There is a picture of this lot in the print catalog and "Awarded To" appears between the halves of the wreath. There is no picture of lot 6301.



Hope they bring the pics back to the legacy.stacks.com site.

Found a link on that site called "Search the previous Stack's website" that takes you to another,

http://prior.stacks.com/searchauctionsadvanced.aspx

This site covers Stack's and ANR sales from 7-25-2003 to 5-21-2010 and seems to have all the pictures after checking a couple of auctions.

There is some value in physical catalogs as online stuff can disappear like Superior auctions and these pictures did.