Anyone have a copy of "The Red Book Auction Records" Book?
Rampage
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I was wondering what it was like. Allot of good information? Any pictures? How are the descriptions, etc.?
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Welcome to the 2008 edition of The Official Red Book® of Auction Records series. What began as personal research has grown over the years into an invaluable resource for numismatic catalogers, coin dealers, collectors, and of course researchers. Many coins trade very infrequently; prices realized at auction are perhaps the best gauge of value for these rare items. Price trends can also be established for the more commonly traded issues.
In recent years the number of coins offered at auction has risen dramatically. In 2006 nearly 50,000 coins sold for well over $300 million at public auction. Regardless of your area of numismatic interest, we are sure this 2008 edition will become an important part of your reference library.
This work would not be possible without the Herculean efforts of Debby Gillespie. Each listing in this edition has been painstakingly entered from the “prices realized” published by the various auction houses. Her growing knowledge of numismatics and interest in varieties has proven invaluable. We all owe a debt of gratitude for her dedication to this project.
We offer thanks to the following individuals who have contributed to The Official Red Book® of Auction Records series:
David W. Akers
Russell Augustine
Q. David Bowers
Frank Campbell
Ron Guth
David Hall
Robert L. Hughes
Jonathan Kern
Andy Lustig
Tom Mulvaney
Casey Noxon
Robert Rhue
Eric Stenberg
Larry Stack
Harvey Stack
Anthony Terranova
Gordon Wrubel
Certain conventions were adopted for this book. Each record is arranged with the most important information first — the most recent sale of a particular coin, with the highest-graded example listed first, if more than one of that particular coin appeared in that sale. Thus, the ordering for each book in this series is by denomination, then by coin date (the common variety of the year/mintmark), then by variety or varieties, and sale date. The alphabetically arranged mintmark issues follow the Philadelphia issues.
All the circulation strikes of a particular type are listed first, followed by the Proofs. This is the same ordering system employed by PCGS Population Report. The coins are listed with Professional Coin Grading Services (PCGS) coin numbers, used with permission. Branch-mint Proofs, which are exceedingly rare, are at the end of the regular Proof listings. Variety designations follow the PCGS Population Report in nearly every instance, but a few have been slightly altered. Sometimes, varieties are not noted in the catalog, so the common variety is assigned to these coins. In some cases, this will lead to an incorrect attribution. Caution should be used with any information in this reference, as with such a massive work, errors are possible. Corrections to this work may be forwarded by email to the editors for inclusion in upcoming editions.
We attended many of the auctions surveyed and consulted others who attended sales that we missed. This personal viewing of the lots has resulted in annotations or changes in certain listings. The most obvious examples are circulation-strike coins listed as Proofs, and vice versa. We have listed these coins under their correct designations, in our opinion, with the catalog designation in parentheses. When the Proof or circulation-strike status of a coin is uncertain, a question mark is used. In most cases, the price realized is a good indicator of how the numismatic community views a particular controversial issue.
We have also included some important offerings of coins that did not sell. These significant coins did not meet the sellers’ reserves or were returned, withdrawn, and so on, and are noted in italics. No prices are listed for these lots.
John Dannreuther
Jeff Garrett
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