Anyone going after the 1907 Double Eagle at Bonhams' auction today?

StrikeOutXXX

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/15/rare-saint-gaudens-double-eagle-coin-expected-to-reach-15-million-at-auction/20434173/

Are all 4 of the experimental pieces still in existence?

ricko

No.... just a tad high.... Cheers, RickO

StrikeOutXXX

<< <i>No.... just a tad high.... Cheers, RickO >>



Yea, for me too. Either it didn't sell, or they didn't release the price. It's the only lot in the auction without a price realized:
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21868/lot/1508/

There is a ton of eye candy though in the other lots:
Auction Results

roadrunner

$1.5 MILL. I wouldn't have opened up the link if it didn't say $15 MILL. TDN probably opened it up too.

This is the only one that will be available to collectors in the near future," said Song.

I don't know. Seems like there's no shortage of anything these days that's available in the market. If it's available to collectors....does that mean it's not available to dealers??

ColonelJessup

IIRC that piece may be a former NGC PF55 CAC from a Stacks sale about 4-5 years ago. Sold at just about 500K. Ex: Sam Berngard perhaps a year or so previous to that.