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July 2008 Baltimore ANA Signature® and Platinum Night Auction Passes $40 Million

Dallas, TX. Heritage Auction Galleries has set the record for the most valuable ANA Auction ever! Significant and classic rarities from all series in American numismatics, most of them offered in the Platinum Night catalogs, smashed the previous record of $27.7 million set last year at the Milwaukee ANA event. The auction was held in Baltimore July 30 - Aug. 3, in conjunction with the World's Fair of Money summer convention of the American Numismatic Association. Total prices realized for the American coins are currently $41,022,713, and will rise further when the post auction buys are finalized.

"This was Heritage's 38th Official ANA Auction, a record in itself!" enthused Heritage C.E.O. Steve Ivy. "We were very pleased with our results in Milwaukee last year, and we think Baltimore has demonstrated the absolute strength of the market for important and high quality coins. Such high prices realized also mean a record-setting check will be provided to the ANA to support their educational and membership programs. We also take great pride that our total was 50% higher than our previous ANA record, and double that accomplished by any other ANA auctioneer. Heritage delivered for the ANA."

"The great rarities included in this auction were simply dazzling," commented Heritage President Greg Rohan. "Among the 400 consignors participating, several of the 'named' collections did especially well. Before the auction we predicted that many records would be set, and we were not disappointed! Ed Price's marvelous - and unique - collection of early dime and quarter eagle varieties realized $5.7 million, Stephen Stokely's Registry Collection of $20 Saint-Gaudens exceeded $2 million, Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof Sets brought in another $1.4 million, and the DMPL Morgans of the "Gift of Undeserved Favor" Collection realized a similar total. Of course, the ANA-donation luncheon with Jim Halperin topped $12,000!"

Two important lots tied for the most valuable in the auction, at $690,000 each: Lot 1406, a 1792 Disme, Judd-10, High R.6, PR62 Brown NGC from the Ed Price Collection, and Lot 1955, an 1825/4 $5, AU50 NGC BD-2, R.8, once thought to be a unique issue.

• Lot 1468: (1615-16) Sommer Islands Shilling, Small Sail, VF20 PCGS. This is the first coinage struck in the new world, and a significant rarity.
  Realized: $43,125
• Lot 1500: 1793 Chain cent, AMERICA, S-2, B-2, High R.4 AU55 PCGS. The S-2 die marriage immediately followed the S-1 Chain AMERI variety, and was probably included in the coiner's very first large cent delivery of March 1, 1793, consisting of 11,178 coins. Ex: Norweb, now From The Aspen Collection.
  Realized: $149,500
• Lot 1502: 1793 S-8 Vine and Bars Wreath Cent, MS64 Brown PCGS. S-8, R.3. Wreath cents are known with a Vine and Bars edge design, like the earlier Chain cents, and also with a Lettered edge, like the later Liberty Cap cents. From the Joshua Collection.
  Realized: $143,750
• Lot 1544: Unique 1864 L on Ribbon Indian Cent, PR64 Red PCGS. Snow-PR3. The proof 1864 With L Indian cent is a legendary rarity, one that has been well known and well respected since shortly after its production.
  Realized: $109,250
• Lot 1560: 1944-S Steel Cent MS66 NGC. This is one of only two known examples of this wartime error, and it is the only known Uncirculated example.
  Realized: $373,750
• Lot 1588: 1792 Half Disme, Judd-7, Pollock-7, R.4, AU55 PCGS. The Mint Act of April 2, 1792, established a Mint at Philadelphia (the nation's capital at the time), and President Washington referred to making "a small beginning in the coinage of half-dismes" in his address to Congress on Nov. 6.
  Realized: $172,500
• Lot 1632: 1827/3 Restrike Quarter, PR63 PCGS. B-2. Despite a recorded original mintage of 4,000 pieces for this fabled rarity, most (or perhaps all) of those coins were actually dated 1825. Apparently ten or so Originals can be accounted for today, with perhaps fifteen silver Restrikes and a few copper pieces.
  Realized: $55,200
• Lot 1668: 1796 Half Dollar 15 Stars, O-101, R.5, AU58 PCGS. This near-Mint 1796 15 stars half is a truly exceptional coin that will make a handsome addition to a high-grade type set or a date/variety collection of early half dollars. Ex: Anderson Dupont Collection, R.L. Miles Collection, Dr. E. Yale Clarke Collection, and now From the Bayside New York Collection.
  Realized: $207,000
• Lot 1690: 1839-O Capped Bust Half Dollar, PR64 NGC. CAC. The 1839-O proof halves (with perhaps six known) are substantially rarer than the 1838-O proof half dollars (with perhaps eleven proofs known). The present coin is the first proof 1839-O half dollar that we have offered in any of our auctions.
  Realized: $195,500
• Lot 1766: Ten-Piece 1866 Proof Set A fabulous, complete, high grade, ten-piece proof set and a date that is rarely seen as a complete set; grades range from PR64 to PR66 PCGS, and mostly Gem.
  Realized: $63,250
• Lot 1783: 1889-CC Morgan Dollar, MS65 NGC. This is one of the Finest Known examples of this key issue, from the always-popular Carson City mint.
  Realized: $287,500
• Lot 1864: 1855 Wass, Molitor $50, K-9, MS61 NGC. CAC. K-9, R.5. Only one example has been certified finer.
  Realized: $207,000
• Lot 1931: 1879 Flowing Hair Stella, PR61 Cameo NGC. Judd-1635, R.3. The concept of international trade coins is quite old, and has finally come to fruition in the Dollar and the Euro. Though the stella as an international coinage concept proved unpalatable to Congress, its manifestation as a golden pattern was a different matter.
  Realized: $115,000
• Lot 1932: 1879 Flowing Hair Stella, PR64 Cameo PCGS. Judd-1635, R.3. All of the four gold stella variants are considered among the most desirable U.S. coins.
  Realized: $195,500
• Lot 1951: 1812 Narrow 5D $5, MS65 NGC. Breen-6465, BD-2, High R.4. This variety, with the 5 and D in the denomination closely spaced, is far more elusive than the Wide 5D pairing that shares the same obverse die, the two marriages constituting all half eagle varieties for the year.
  Realized: $69,000
• Lot 1955: 1825/4 $5, AU50 NGC. BD-2, R.8. The 1825/4 is a part of the Capped Head half eagle type, one of the rarest series of American coins. Until the late 1970s, the 1825/4 BD-2 was believed to be a unique coin (the Mendes Cohen piece in the Eliasberg Collection). The story of the discovery of this piece in the Kaufman Collection is a fascinating one, and was related in an article by Jeff Starck in the August 25, 2003 issue of Coin World.
  Realized: $690,000
• Lot 2054: 1866 $20 MS64 Star Deep Mirror Prooflike NGC. Seasoned numismatists are careful to avoid the term "finest known," but this special coin is so magnificent in quality and beauty relative to other known examples that the term can be applied with confidence.
  Realized: $126,500
• Lot 2077: 1907 $20 High Relief, Flat Rim MS68 NGC. CAC. This is one of just three Flat Rim pieces that are certified as MS68 by NGC, with none graded any higher; and PCGS has certified only a single Flat Rim representative as MS68, with none finer, as of (6/08). From The Pierson MacDonald Grieve Collection.
  Realized: $322,000
• Lot 2106: 1921 $20 MS64 PCGS. CAC. The 1921 is a classic rarity in the Saint-Gaudens double eagle series, and this is one of the finest known. Ex: Morse Collection, now From the Stephen Stokely Collection, Part Five.
  Realized: $474,375
• Lot 2129: 1930-S $20 MS66 PCGS. A remarkable and elusive example of the 1930-S Saint, in Condition Census and tied for the finest certified.
  Realized: $253,000
• Lot 2132: 1931-D $20, MS66 PCGS. CAC. Ex: Price; Morse. There was little demand for twenty dollar gold pieces in 1931, two years into the Great Depression, and the nadir of that massive economic downturn. From the Stephen Stokely Collection, Part Five.
  Realized: $253,000
• Lot 2151: 1920 'Wilson Dollar' in Gold, HK-1031, MS62 NGC. This is the finest certified of perhaps three known examples of the "so-called dollar" celebrating the 1920 opening of the Manila Mint.
  Realized: $74,750
• Lot 2165: 1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar Pattern, Judd-1992 (ex: J-1797), Pollock-2053, Low R.7, PR65 NGC. A significant 20th century pattern; quite possibly the finest available of any 1916 half dollar pattern.
  Realized: $115,000
• Lot 2172: Heavy Kellogg & Humbert Gold Ingot, 126.44 Ounces Kellogg & Humbert was well known to collectors long before the recovery of the S.S. Central America treasure in 1988.
  Realized: $253,000

Platinum Night treasures from Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof Sets; virtually all are "Finest Known" or "Among the Finest Known," and include important pedigrees such as Pittman and Garrett.

• Lot 1806: 1843 Tripled Date Half Dime, PR67 Star NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $69,000
• Lot 1807: 1843 Dime, PR66 Cameo NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $29,900
• Lot 1808: 1843 Quarter PR66 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $74,750
• Lot 1809: 1843 Half Dollar PR66 Cameo NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $86,250
• Lot 1810: Attractive 1843 Proof Dollar, PR64 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $37,375
• Lot 1811: Exquisite 1847 Half Dime, PR66 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $43,125
• Lot 1812: Gorgeous 1847 Dime, PR66 Cameo NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $51,750
• Lot 1813: Stunning 1847 Quarter, PR66 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $46,000
• Lot 1814: Splendid 1847 Half Dollar, PR64 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $27,600
• Lot 1815: Wonderful 1847 Dollar, PR65 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $51,750
• Lot 1816: Fantastic 1848 Proof Half Dime, PR66 Cameo NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $63,250
• Lot 1817: Delightful 1848 Proof Dime, PR66 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $23,000
• Lot 1818: 1848 Quarter, PR66 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $63,250
• Lot 1819: 1848 Half Dollar, PR66 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $74,750
• Lot 1820: 1848 Dollar, PR67 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $161,000
• Lot 1821: 1852 Half Dime, PR64 Cameo NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $21,850
• Lot 1822: 1852 Dime, PR67 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $32,00
• Lot 1823: 1852 Quarter, PR65 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $138,000
• Lot 1824: 1852 Half Dollar, PR65 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $74,750
• Lot 1825: 1852 Restrike Dollar, PR65 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $46,000
• Lot 1826: 1857 Half Dime, PR67 Star Cameo NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $29,900
• Lot 1827: 1857 Dime, PR67 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $13,800
• Lot 1828: 1857 Quarter, PR66 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $23,000
• Lot 1829: 1857 Half Dollar, PR67 NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $40,250
• Lot 1830: 1857 Dollar, PR66 Cameo NGC. From Part Four of the Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Proof sets. Realized: $37,375

Platinum Night treasures from the Ed Price Collection, the first and only complete collection of early Dime and Early Quarter Eagle varieties, featuring all of the shared reverse dies.

• Lot 1406: 1792 Disme, Judd-10, High R.6, PR62 Brown NGC. Ex: Judd. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $690,000
• Lot 1407: 1796 Dime, JR-1, R.3, Very Rare EDS. Good 6 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $6,900
• Lot 1408: 1796 Dime, JR-1, R.3, MS64 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $63,250
• Lot 1409: 1796 Dime, JR-2, R.4, MS64 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $34,500
• Lot 1410: 1796 Dime, JR-3, R.5, MS63 NGC. Ex: Koshkarian. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $43,125
• Lot 1411: 1796 Dime, JR-4, R.4, MS67 * NGC. Ex: Stack. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $299,000
• Lot 1412: 1796 Dime, JR-5, R.5, MS62 NGC. Ex: Whitney, Norweb. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $32,200
• Lot 1413: 1796 Dime, JR-6, R.3, MS64 Prooflike NGC. Ex: Whitney, Bareford. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $80,500
• Lot 1414: 1796 Dime, JR-7, R.9, Fair Details NCS. Discovery Coin. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $11,500
• Lot 1415: 1797 Dime, 16 Stars, JR-1, R.4, MS62 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $37,375
• Lot 1416: 1797 Dime, 13 Stars, JR-2, R.4, MS65 NGC. Ex: Bolen, Lovejoy, Atwater. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $402,500
• Lot 1417: 1798/7 Dime, 16 Stars Reverse, JR-1, R.3, MS65 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $34,500
• Lot 1418: 1798/97 Dime, 13 Stars Reverse, JR-2, R.6, MS63 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $103,500
• Lot 1419: 1798 Dime, Small 8, JR-3, R.5, MS66 NGC. Ex: Eliasberg. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $253,000
• Lot 1420: 1798 Dime, Large 8, JR-4, R.3, MS64 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $37,375
• Lot 1421: 1800 Dime, JR-1, R.4, AU58 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $32,200
• Lot 1422: 1800 Dime, JR-2, R.5, Double Struck, MS63 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $51,750
• Lot 1423: 1800 Dime, JR-2, R.5, MS65 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $74,750
• Lot 1424: 1801 Dime, JR-1, R.4, MS63 NGC. Ex: Bolen, Atwater. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $46,000
• Lot 1425: 1801 Dime, JR-1, R.4, Double Struck, AG3 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $2,185
• Lot 1426: 1801 Dime, JR-2, R.5, AU Details NCS, Very Rare EDS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $3,738
• Lot 1427: 1801 Dime, JR-2, R.5, AU58 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $40,250
• Lot 1428: 1801 Dime, JR-2, R.5, MS61 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $44,563
• Lot 1429: 1802 Dime, JR-1, R.8, AU Details NCS. Ex: Munoz. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $63,250
• Lot 1430: 1802 Dime, JR-2, R.5, MS61 NGC. Ex: Robison. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $43,125
• Lot 1431: 1802 Dime, JR-2, R.5, AU55 NGC. Ex: Miles. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $24,150
• Lot 1432: 1802 Dime, JR-3, R.6, Double Struck, Fair 2 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $3,450
• Lot 1433: 1802 Dime, JR-3, R.6, AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $43,125
• Lot 1434: 1802 Dime, JR-4, R.4, MS62 NGC. Ex: Lovejoy, Bareford, Menjou. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $138,000
• Lot 1435: 1802 Dime, JR-4, R.4, Obverse Cud, XF Details NCS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $3,738
• Lot 1436: 1803 Dime, JR-1, R.7, XF40 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $19,550
• Lot 1437: 1803 Dime, JR-2, R.6, AU58 NGC. Ex: Pittman. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $33,350
• Lot 1438: 1803 Dime, JR-3, R.4, MS64 NGC. Ex: Lovejoy, Parmelee. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $322,000
• Lot 1439: 1803 Dime, JR-4, R.5, AU55 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $20,700
• Lot 1440: 1803 Dime, JR-5, R.8, XF Details NCS. Discovery Coin. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $21,850
• Lot 1441: 1804 10C --Struck on 1838 1C--Judd Appendix A, Pollock-6070, R.8. AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $25,300
• Lot 1442: 1804 Dime, 13 Stars, JR-1, R.5, AU55 NGC. Ex: Pittman. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $149,500
• Lot 1443: 1804 Dime, 14 Stars, JR-2, R.5, AU58 NGC. Ex: Eliasberg. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $632,500
• Lot 1444: 1805 Dime, Five Berries, JR-1, R.3, Medal Turn Dies, Fine 15 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $2,300
• Lot 1445: 1805 Dime, Five Berries, JR-1, R.3, MS64 Prooflike NGC. Ex: Gilhousen. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $25,300
• Lot 1446: 1805 Dime, Four Berries, JR-2 MS63 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $11,500
• Lot 1447: 1807 Dime, JR-1, R.2, Double Struck, VG Details NCS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $920
• Lot 1448: 1807 Dime, JR-1, R.2, MS64 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $37,375
• Lot 1449: 1807 Dime, JR-1, R.2, Curved Clip, MS66 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $69,000
• Lot 1450: 1796 $2.50, No Stars, BD-1, High R.7, XF45 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $207,000
• Lot 1451: 1796 $2.50, No Stars, B-2, R.4, MS61 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $276,000
• Lot 1452: 1796 $2.50, With Stars, BD-3, High R.5, MS62 NGC. Ex: Clapp, Eliasberg. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $207,000
• Lot 1453: 1797 $2.50, BD-1, R.6, AU55 NGC. Ex: Fairfield, J.F. Bell. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $103,500
• Lot 1454: 1798 $2.50, Four Berries, BD-1, High R.5, AU55 NGC. Ex: Stack. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $48,875
• Lot 1455: 1798 $2.50, Five Berries, BD-2, R.5, AU58 NGC. Ex: Keston. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $48,875
• Lot 1456: 1802 $2.50, BD-1, R.4, AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $29,900
• Lot 1457: 1802 $2.50, BD-2, High R.5, MS62 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $40,250
• Lot 1458: 1802 $2.50, BD-3, R.5, MS63 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $60,375
• Lot 1459: 1804 $2.50, 13 Stars, BD-1, High R.6, AU55 NGC. Ex: Keston. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $322,000
• Lot 1460: 1804 $2.50, 14 Stars, BD-2, R.4, AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $25,300
• Lot 1461: 1805 $2.50, BD-1, R.4, Double Struck, AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $46,000
• Lot 1462: 1805 $2.50, BD-1, R.4, AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $29,900
• Lot 1463: 1806/4 $2.50, 8x5 Stars, BD-1, High R.4, AU55 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $27,600
• Lot 1464: 1806/5 $2.50, 7x6 Stars, BD-2, High R.5, AU55 PCGS. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $74,750
• Lot 1465: 1807 $2.50, BD-1, R.3, AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $27,600
• Lot 1466: 1807 $2.50, BD-1, R.3, Clashed Reverse, AU58 NGC. From the Ed Price Collection. Realized: $27,600

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