You may never have Louis E. Eliasberg's wallet for this hobby...

Broadstruck

However fear not as you can surely buy it's contents on eBay

commoncents05

Only on eBay...

-Paul

fastcoin

That's actually very cool. Interesting that the wallet only has the Maryland State Numismatic Association card, and no other organizations.

Broadstruck

<< <i>Only on eBay... >>



Yeah but I recall Stacks might have sold it first?

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Coinosaurus

I wonder what it would get in a real auction. Couple hundred bucks maybe?

erickso1

Someone tried/or did sell Stan Musial's wallet on Ebay. They bought it at his estate sale.

Story

crypto79

to be fair, plenty of people think obsolete charge cards are a next wave collectable.

magikbilly

<< <i>to be fair, plenty of people think obsolete charge cards are a next wave collectable. >>




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Eric

The 1941 ANA dues receipt ought to be neat.

CoinRaritiesOnline

<< <i>I wonder what it would get in a real auction. Couple hundred bucks maybe? >>



It was a in real auction at Stack's a few years back. It might be findable in their archives - I cannot recall what it sold for.

Justlooking

<< <i>Very morbid, very depressing. The king of coins reduced to his personal belongings being ebayed........ >>



Agree wholeheartedly.

lostincoins

Crypto that is a good point if you were serious as they are signed and autographs of personal items can bring some serious money. They are also a great item to use as verification of a persons signature to validate authentic autographs.

leothelyon

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<< <i>Very morbid, very depressing. The king of coins reduced to his personal belongings being ebayed........ >>



Agree wholeheartedly. >>



I agree as well. I mean, what are we to see next, his drawers with poop stains? I really don't see what others see in owning this junk other than for money.

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SmEagle1795

The responses here are interesting and have caused me to reflect on what makes certain collectibles "creepy". These certainly border on that, as do things like ancient Roman earrings and rings. I can certainly appreciate how aesthetically pleasing they are, but to think that someone wore them and may have died with them in is disconcerting to me.

I think my dichotomy is that I feel it's okay to own something as long as it isn't "too" personal.

Out of everything in this eBay auction, I'd be fine owning one of his dollars or his credit card (things which the King of Coins used to purchase other items). Family pictures and mementos fall into the "creepy and too personal" category.

kaz

I saw a thread somewhere (maybe Cointalk?) by someone who bought his ANA life member card from the eBay seller. That's pretty cool. Otherwise it seems creepy to me especially the personal photos and clippings he carried, and even the wallet itself. I can see collecting the CC's for the autographs but even that is borderline creepy imo.

SeattleSlammer

<< <i>The responses here are interesting and have caused me to reflect on what makes certain collectibles "creepy". These certainly border on that, as do things like ancient Roman earrings and rings. I can certainly appreciate how aesthetically pleasing they are, but to think that someone wore them and may have died with them in is disconcerting to me.

I think my dichotomy is that I feel it's okay to own something as long as it isn't "too" personal.

Out of everything in this eBay auction, I'd be fine owning one of his dollars or his credit card (things which the King of Coins used to purchase other items). Family pictures and mementos fall into the "creepy and too personal" category. >>





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MGLICKER

<< <i>The responses here are interesting and have caused me to reflect on what makes certain collectibles "creepy". These certainly border on that, as do things like ancient Roman earrings and rings. I can certainly appreciate how aesthetically pleasing they are, but to think that someone wore them and may have died with them in is disconcerting to me.

I think my dichotomy is that I feel it's okay to own something as long as it isn't "too" personal.

Out of everything in this eBay auction, I'd be fine owning one of his dollars or his credit card (things which the King of Coins used to purchase other items). Family pictures and mementos fall into the "creepy and too personal" category. >>



Well said.

magikbilly

How about a personal candid peel print of Roddy McDowell hugging Judy Garland in her robe and in her dressing room after The Carnegie Hall concert? Personal check for Brown Derby from Lou Costello? Suppose one of those candids actually showed Eliasberg looking at a coin? The example of earrings could hold true for coins, chairs...to each his own.

Eric

Coinosaurus

The funny thing is, no one has any problem digging up mummies and doing all sorts of science on them. What is more personal than that? But if someone was dead only 50 or 100 years that would be considered a gross invasion of privacy.

magikbilly

I think, for me, the creepy things are Bundy paintings, Jack Ruby's pants, soil from so-and-so's grave...that kind of stuff. There are a few who specialize in this material - and I am not one of them. The "creepiest" thing I have is a bit of Lusitania's hull.

Eric

leothelyon

Turning the subject matter back to the billfold, I have a hard time imagining the guy had all what's pictured packed into his billfold. Newspaper clippings??

Broadstruck

As morbid as many of you find this there is a market for it...

That being said mark my words as if Walter H. Breen's toenail clippings show up on Ebay tomorrow some winning bidder out there would be bouncing off the walls to have acquired them!