Colin Cooke's collection.....ON SALE

kuhli · February 17, 2006 6:42AM

As per a member of predecimal.com, they have announced the sale of the entire 1700 piece collection. I assume that these may be part of the set.

Emperor · February 17, 2006 7:15AM

That was me. I imagined someone would post it here too!

wybrit · February 17, 2006 1:34PM

It looks as though the listings are not yet posted to the website.

Teg · February 17, 2006 7:39PM

Hi,
The catalogue will apparently take a while to prepare - Neil thinks it will be ready in April.
Colin kept very detailed notes on his collection, Neil has all of Colin's documentation.

I was fortunate enough to examine Colin's collection on a few occasions.

Highlights - off the top of my head:-

Well everything really - this is hard!

1864 copper farthing.
His collection of 1860 copper proof and currency farthings.
1718 copper proof !!!!
Queen Anne copper farthing - BU full luster (and about 50 others)
Many, many unique coins.

The British Museum should buy this it's a national treasure!

Teg

Conder101 · February 17, 2006 8:27PM

British Museum's kinda out of money, they just bought a gold penny.

wybrit · February 17, 2006 11:07PM

Sadly, I have to agree with Teg. Many of the pieces Colin owned are unique and are museum pieces. That 1864 copper piece would be a king's ransom on its own. I'd just be content with buying one or two gem bunheads with his provenance.

Teg · February 18, 2006 1:50AM

<< <i>Sadly, I have to agree with Teg. Many of the pieces Colin owned are unique and are museum pieces. That 1864 copper piece would be a king's ransom on its own. I'd just be content with buying one or two gem bunheads with his provenance. >>

Colin once agreed to sell the 1864 for £16,000 - years ago - the "buyer" failed to re-mortgage his house in time.
Colin was glad he did not sell.

Sad

Teg

SYRACUSIAN · February 18, 2006 2:07AM

Teg, will you be bidding on any farthings?

coinkat · February 18, 2006 2:17AM

Why doesn't the Royal family buy the collection and donate it to the British Museum? The concept kinda works...

Teg · February 18, 2006 2:43AM

<< <i>Teg, will you be bidding on any farthings? >>

YES,
but I don't have the depth of pocket to buy more than one decent coin. Big pity.

Of Colin's 1,700 coins, I have about 5 that he did not have.
In addition, another 5 that would have been upgrades to his coins.

So almost any coin from his collection would be great.

Twill be interesting to see what effect this has on then farthing market!

Teg

MacCrimmon · February 18, 2006 5:01AM

Is his collection entirely comprised of farthings, or did he have other copper and bronze denominations as well?

Is Mr. Paisley offering these as an auction in the vein of Nicholson or a fixed price sale?

Teg · February 18, 2006 8:02AM

Farthings and fractionals I think. He sold all of the Nicholson collection of 1/2ds and I never heard him
talk about 1 ds. He told me that he also collected 6 ds, but I did not see them.

You never knew with Colin, I remember showing him a few nice William and Mary medlets. (see below).
His response was "I can't better that - but I have a few of those" The next 10 minutes spent showing me
the best collection of these in the world - ever.

Sorry for the poor photo - the coin / medlet deserves better.

I don't know if it will be a fixed price list, or as you say, an auction as Nicholson.
Mr. Paisley does not have the coins yet - still in the hands of the family.

I did ask Colin - four or five years ago, what he planned to do with his collection - as a legacy,
he had not thought about it. His eventual response was that he imagined that Neil (Paisley)
would "sell it off". I tried to interest him in leaving some to the British Museum, but at that
stage he was so healthy and vigorous that the conversation petered out.

Teg

MacCrimmon · February 18, 2006 11:36AM

Teg, thanks for the response. Well, hopefully I can find a few Young Head farthings to fill some gaps in my poor collection. These sales/auctions never seem to coincide with a large amount of quid on my part.

Nice medalet too. What's the diameter of these?

wybrit · February 18, 2006 11:57AM

These sales/auctions never seem to coincide with a large amount of quid on my part.

Sylvestius · February 18, 2006 8:11PM

If you want a farthing then this is the time to go for one. There's some types of farthings in that collection that might not come onto the market for some time.

I'm very tempted to see what tin offerings are going to come available.

Colin Cooke's collection.....ON SALE

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