Gardner Collection

erwindoc

Which grading house sold the collection? Wasn't it Heritage? I was trying to search for a few but I must be looking in the wrong place.

jcping

Grading house won't sell coins. Auction houses auction coins. Yes, Heritage auctioned Gardner's collection.

Broadstruck

Yes Heritage handled all his sales.

Zoins

Here you go:

Heritage Auctions Presents The Eugene H. Gardner Collection Of Rare Coins, Across Four Auctions, in 2014 and 2015

Analyst

I attended and analyzed all four Gardner sales. Collectors wishing to acquire coins with a Gardner pedigree are still in luck. Many of these have been re-appearing. If the catalogues of upcoming Heritage, Stack's-Bowers and Goldbergs auctions are searched for the name 'Gardner,' then many Gardner Collection coins can be found.

Curiously, Gardner Coins & Nicole Dimes Re-Appear in Houston

The Incredible Gene Gardner Coin Collection, Part 7 – The Final Auction

Analyst

Some have returned. There are more than twenty Gardner coins in the Summer FUN auction this week! There were also quite a few in the Central States Auction in April.

Gene Gardner Coins Re-Appear in Summer FUN Auction

Gardner Coins, Partrick Early US Pieces & Other Rarities Re-Appear in Central States Auction

One of the benefits of such re-appearances is that more collectors may learn about the incredible nature of the Gardner Collection. Another benefit is that collectors who missed the four sales may compete for Gardner coins at later times.

I seem to be only one who has analyzed the greatness of the Gardner Collection. For example, Gene probably had the third all-time best set of Barber halves. He certainly had the all-time best set of Barber quarters. In historical terms, his collection of Liberty Seated coins is alone at the top, way above all others.