Steve Hayden's last auction was his highest grossing ever!
DCW
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Anyone follow Steve's auction last week? He said it was his highest grossing auction ever, and I believe it.
Very strong prices realized for civil war and hard times tokens. The strength of that part of the hobby has definitely grown, and it is slowly boxing me out! $470,000 in sales is not too shabby for exonumia.
I was able to pick up these two, both with some attractive toning:
WI-510V-1a,Chas. Kleinsteuber, Mechanic. Milwaukie, WI, NGC MS66BN
This one is bigger than the standard 19mm of most civil war tokens, and it's quite appealing. Struck by the great Wisconsin diesinker, John Marr.
What's not to love about this guy's epic beard?
OH165CN-2a, Kittredge & Co. Cincinnati, Ohio. Guns, Pistols, and Sporting Goods. NGC MS64RB
I always liked this one for the "Guns, Pistols, and Sporting" reverse die. Particularly attractive example. This is the plate in Fuld's CWT reference and ex. Steve Tanenbaum.
This looks like Robert Lovett, Jr's work to me. Does anyone know if he cut this die? @lovettcollector ?
Congrats to @SteveHayden for another great offering. He used to run these about twice a year, and I always looked forward to them.
Feel free to post any of your wins from this auction!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
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Mr. Kleinsteuber had one colossal beard..... I have had a beard since about 1972, but keep it short and trimmed. Not sure I could handle one like that. Cheers, RickO
How about this Good For A Scent token that shattered previous records for the variety? (MA-115D-3b)
$5,651!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
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Alot of nice stuff in that auction. I only got one.
I was outbid. I hope the pieces I am holding could sell for those prices.
Care to post your newp?
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
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Wow! Just saw this. Some fantastic pieces!
Tom
Amazing prices!
WS
282 - OH960A-1a R3 NGC MS64 RB Woodsfield Ohio Civil War token
Dont know how to post the actual picture from the auction but thats the one I got lol.
Can someone please post a link to the auction site or website?? Thanks.
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Tom
i searched several times and couldn't even find the lot. if you post the link, i'll post the pics.
I cannot believe I missed it. And while prices were a bit high, there certainly were some bargains to be had. And I think the two other tokens listed above went for very reasonable prices for the grades.
One that I wished I had seen.
see if this works.
https://www.civilwartokens.com/Event/Details/3295019?ViewStyle=list&StatusFilter=completed_only&SortFilterOptions=3&page=1
https://www.civilwartokens.com/Event/LotDetails/3342293/282-OH960A1a-R3-NGC-MS64-RB-Woodsfield-Ohio-Civil-War-token
Tom
Congratulations to whomever one this one!!!!
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Lance, the link TPRC posted is the one I won.
In response to DCW's question about the Kittredge token I don't believe Robert Jr. engraved this. I purchased one years ago to study it in detail and although it resembles his store card there are lots of little details that are different. I would have assumed he used the same master die and simply changed the major parts he needed to. More evidence would be needed for me to call it his work.
And for those of you interested in the Lovetts I just added these two items to my collection - original oil on ivory miniature portraits of Robert Sr. and his wife Anna Doubleday. These had been handed down in the family since the 1850's and came from a direct descendant Katie (Jaeger) DeSilva.
Really sweet miniatures Dave.
@lovettcollector
Those are amazing. I hope you can catalog all of the Lovett's work in a book one day. I would absolutely "love-itt."
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Sadly, after not sleeping well the night before I passed out just prior to Steve's auction starting. Which wasn't really a bad thing as it's nice to see what some HTT's fetched without me having bid.
There was an 1868 Grant presidential campaign token in that sale which I didn't have. I like pieces with slogans on them that concern the themes of the candidate's campaign or the issues that cropped up during the campaign. That one had neither, so I was only mildly interested. The price when I saw it was way beyond what I would have been willing to pay, and it kept going.
For example, "Let us have peace" was the central theme of the 1868 Grant campaign after the Civil War.
Here's another which featured Grant's quote on a telegraph message he sent during the Wilderness Campaign.
The trouble is it seems these buyers need to get them to be in Gem Unc. to be worth the high prices.
So far as the token in the OP goes, I've owned this one for many years. It was in Cindy Warbeker's collection. I have never seen one of these pieces with very much red on it.
Picked this one up at the PO Box this evening. I paid by check so things were a little slower.
I didn't participate this time around but there were certainly some nice material!
I'm glad to see things are going so well and strong!
Here's an IOOF token that I liked from Benj Fauver's collection: