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The World's #1 Numismatic Dealer &
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Ruth W. Hill Collection
Of World Notes Debuts At Central States |
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An extensive and rare
World Currency collection assembled by Ruth W. Hill, lovingly
referred to as the "Grand Old Lady of Paper Money Collecting in
North America," will be offered by Heritage Auctions in a series of
auctions throughout 2014, beginning April 23-28 at the Central States
Signature Auction in Chicago, Ill., as well as Tuesday Internet
Auctions. Additional highlights will be auctioned during Heritage's
World Currency Signature Auction in Long Beach, Calif., Sept.
3-8.
Ruth Waldron Hill's pursuit of world paper money rarities began in
the 1950s and she quickly became one of the foremost collectors and
researchers in the field. Hill's contributions to the hobby of
paper money collecting were without much fanfare. She quietly
rescued the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) in its early
days, when the organization dedicated to the research and promotion
of collecting world paper money was facing financial troubles.
A generous benefactor, she belonged to a lengthy list of numismatic
organizations. Her generosity also extended to young collectors,
giving away bank notes as awards to grade school students to
inspire their curiosity about collecting. In 1979, Hill was named
by Numismatic News as a Numismatic Ambassador, and in 2010,
IBNS appointed her an Honorary Life Member and an Honorary Director
for Life. Hill was honored when inducted into the IBNS Hall of Fame
in 2010 for helping lay the foundations on which the hobby is
built.
"An active collector all of her life and a pioneer in a field of
mostly men, Mrs. Hill assembled an exceptional collection of world
notes," said Dustin Johnston, Director of Currency at Heritage.
"Her devotion was in support of a field that was in desperate need
of research and for helping to build future generations of
collectors that love and contribute to paper money collecting."
Highlights from the Ruth W. Hill Collection of World Notes crossing the block
April 23-28, 2014 includes, but are not limited to:
This auction will open for bidding about March 17 at HA.com/Currency.
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Internet Auctions
Featuring Selections From the Eric P. Newman Collection |
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Over the next few
months, we will be holding special Internet auctions featuring
selections from the Selections From Eric
P. Newman Collection. The first auction is open for bidding
already, closing at 10:00 PM CT on March 27.
This auction will feature coins from Northern, Central, and Eastern
Europe. Future auctions also cover specific geographic areas,
including Western and Southern Europe, The British Isles, The
Americas, and finally Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
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Items being sold are from the extensive collection of Eric P.
Newman Numismatic Education Society (a Missouri not-for-profit
corporation) and have been assembled over a period of 90 years.
Proceeds of the sale of all items will be used exclusively for
supplementing the Society's museum operations and scholarly
numismatic research efforts and for the benefit of other
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A World of Money: The
King of Canadian Coins |
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Merely mention the date "1921" and the astute Canadian collector
knows you've got something good. However, mention the "1921 Half
Dollar", and they know you're talking about a legend. Originally
struck in the respectable quantity of 206,398 pieces, the majority
of this mintage was never released into circulation due to waning
demand for the denomination. Resultantly, production of half
dollars was suspended for much of the 1920s, only to begin again in
1929. To facilitate this re-introduction, some 480,392 half dollars
in mint reserve, including an amount presumed to be near the entire
mintage of 1921 pieces, were melted for purposes of re-coining the
silver.
Today, approximately 75 examples of the 1921 date are thought to
survive with some debate existing as to how many, if not all of the
survivors, are specimen strikes that were made available to Ottawa
mint visitors. So, while not technically the rarest of the Canadian
decimal types, the associated veil of mystery that surrounds the
relatively few survivors makes for as compelling a story as there
is.
For this reason, it hasn't been without its staunch supporters
along the way; James E. Charlton, one of most recognizable names in
Canadian numismatics for his early pricing research, dubbed the
coin "The King of Canadian Numismatics." The name stuck, and as a
result, the demand through the decades has never wavered. Today,
collectors with the means to afford such a prize are well beyond
their supply on the market, and no matter the condition, people
line up to own "the King."
Our upcoming 2014 April 9 - 16 CICF World
and Ancient Coins Signature Auction - Chicago #3032 features an
example of this
legendary rarity, graded Specimen 64 by PCGS. Enveloped in a
rich base of dusky gray-tan patina with some overlying mauve and
olive shades on both sides. On the dentils, more lively toning
exists with a thin ring of gold, blue-green, and magenta color. A
lack of any abrasive post-strike contact marks help to confirm the
present coin's status as a Specimen strike, while magnified viewing
helps to identify two tiny strike-thoughs in the left obverse field
that should serve well as pedigree markers.
This coin is a true Canadian treasure, and we wish the best of luck
to all those who attempt to add this centerpiece to their
collection.
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Website Tips: Price Guides for
Numismatists |
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If you haven't
checked out the Heritage Coin Price Guide recently, you're in for a
treat! We've significantly upgraded the interface, and we've also
added the ability to switch between no fewer than six different
guides, at a single click!
To see the guide, go to the Heritage coin home page, and click on
"Prices for Numismatists". You will see a listing of coin types;
choose your favorite and click.
Now, you will see a listing of the type of coin you've chosen, in
commonly traded circulated and uncirculated grades. The display
itself is small, about the size of your computer screen. Scroll up
or down to see the coin you want. To change the coin type, just
select the new type from the dropdown on the right side above the
listings.
If, instead of just a few grades, you wish to see values in all
grades from Poor 1 to MS70, just click on the "Show All Grades"
link in the upper left hand corner. (Keep in mind, of course, that
not all price guides have values in all grades.)
Best of all, above the listings are six tabs, each representing
different price guides. A single click will instantly switch you
between guides!
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The eleven highest valued $50 Territorial
gold pieces to sell in Heritage auctions:
- 1855 Kellogg & Co. Fifty Dollar
PR64 PCGS. K-4. Realized $747,500.
- 1851 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar,
880 Thous. MS63 PCGS. No 50 on Reverse, K-2. Realized
$546,250.
- 1851 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar,
Reeded Edge, 887 Thous. MS62 PCGS. K-6. Realized $440,625.
- 1855 Kellogg & Co. Fifty Dollar
PR53 PCGS. K-4. Realized $352,500.
- 1851 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar,
Lettered Edge, 880 Thous. MS63 NGC. K-2. Realized
$352,500.
- 1851 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar,
880 Thous. 50 Rev. MS62 NGC. K-1. Realized $287,500.
- 1851 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar,
880 Thous. MS63 NGC. K-2. Realized $264,500.
- 1851 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar,
887 Thous. 50 Rev.--ASSAYER Inverted--MS61 PCGS. Kagin-4.
Realized $241,500.
- 1855 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar
MS60 PCGS. K-9. Realized $212,750.
- 1851 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar,
887 Thous. 50 Rev. MS62 NGC. K-4. Realized $207,000.
- 1855 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar
MS61 NGC. CAC. K-9. Realized $207,000.
Do you have a suggestion for a future top ten list?
Send it to us!
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U.S. Coin Cataloger
Wanted
Heritage Auctions is seeking a talented numismatist with broad
expertise in U.S. coins to join our award-winning staff. If you
have an extensive knowledge base of U.S. coins and have exceptional
writing skills we have an opening as a cataloger. You can work with
the most successful team of numismatists in the world. This is a
full-time position based in our Dallas headquarters. Duties will
include cataloging, evaluating and attribution of U.S. coins,
assisting with catalog production, and contributing numismatic
articles for newsletters and other publications.
If you are interested, please contact
BrittM@HA.com.
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Coin
Buyer Wanted - Dallas Office
Heritage Auctions is seeking talented numismatists with a broad
range of expertise to join our Dallas office. If you have a good
working knowledge base of U S. coins and currency and are
comfortable dealing with the public, we have openings for permanent
positions as a buyer. Duties will include dealing with walk-in
clients, evaluating and purchasing coins and currency, working
local coin shows, and accepting Auction consignments. Pay will be
commensurate with numismatic experience.
If you are interested in this position, please contact
Jobs@HA.com.
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Reduced Auction Commissions When You Resell Your
Winnings!
When you win any lot worth with a hammer price of $1,000 or more
(or $2,500 for Art and Nature & Science lots), you will receive a
coupon that entitles you (or your heirs) to re-consign that lot to
Heritage at a reduced seller's commission. Selling through Heritage
is a convenient and hassle free way to maximize your return
(find
out why). Maybe you'll need to make room in your collection for
something better, perhaps your collecting tastes will change, or
maybe it will be your heirs that benefit; but be sure to save the
coupon, which could be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.
- Coins: 0% Seller's Commission for all items $1K or
more.
- Comics: 50% of the usual Seller's Commission for all
items between $1K & $10K, and 0% for items $10K and over.
- All Other Categories: 50% of the usual Seller's
Commission for everything else over $1K ($2,500 for Art & Natural
History).
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As the fastest growing American-based
auction house, financially rock-solid Heritage Auctions continues
to grow and seek the best talent in the industry. If you are a
specialist or have strong general collectibles knowledge, we want
to hear from you. These specialists will, in some cases, head new
departments and in others will enhance existing department
expertise. We have positions open at our headquarters in Dallas as
well as at our new state-of-the-art galleries in prime locations in
both Midtown Manhattan and Beverly Hills.
Heritage is seeking to hire the world's best specialists in the
following categories:
- Asian Art Specialist
- Automobilia Specialist
- Coin Buyer
- Decorative Arts & Design Specialist
- European Art Specialist
- Modern & Contemporary Art Specialist: (New York, Beverly
Hills)
- World Coins Director: Hong Kong
If you are interested and feel you have the qualifications we
seek, please email your resume and salary history to Experts@HA.com.
We are also seeking to fill the following corporate positions:
- Client Data Specialist part-time
- Consignment Coordinator
- Currency Consignment Director
- e-Publishing Expert
- Fine Jewelry Cataloger
- Interns
- Maintenance Assistant
- Production Artist
- Photography Imaging Specialist
- PHP Web Developer
- Web Content Specialist (part-time)
- Web Remarketing Specialist
- U.S. Coin Cataloger Needed
If you are interested in applying for one of these Corporate
positions, please
apply here.
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Very First Wolverine Artwork, Not
Known To Exist, Surfaces For Auction
The original artwork
featuring the first ever appearance of Wolverine, by artist Herb
Trimpe, on the final page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974),
arguably the most important debut of a comic book character in the
last 40 years, has surfaced from the private hands where it has
resided for more than three decades and will cross the block at
Heritage Auctions on May 16.
"This is indisputably one of the most significant pieces of
original comic art to ever surface," said Todd Hignite, Vice
President of Heritage Auctions. "Up until the day I actually saw it
and held it in my hands, I had a hard time believing it event
really existed. Since the consignor isn't a collector, and
therefore unknown to everyone in the hobby, it just wasn't even
known for sure this survived."
In 1983, on the afternoon that
Trimpe handed over the piece of original art to the then-teenaged
consignor of the piece as a souvenir of their visit that afternoon,
neither had any idea that the ink, graphite and blue pencil drawing
would turn out to be one of the most influential comic book images
ever created. As the decades drew on, and Wolverine soared in
popularity and influence in Pop Culture, it because obvious to the
owner of the art that he had something of significant value and
importance.
Inspired by Trimpe's generosity to him more than 30 years ago, the
consignor has specified that the majority of the after-tax proceeds
from the sale of the artwork be donated, including a large portion
designated for the Hero Initiative, the first-ever federally
chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping
comic book creators in financial need.
"I'm sure the fruits of this sale will be greatly appreciated by
all concerned," Trimpe told the auction house.
This year, 2014, marks the 40th anniversary of the
character's first appearance in the landmark story, "And the Wind
Howls Wendigo," scripted by Len Wein. In this issue, Hulk heads to
Canada, looking for some peace and quiet, when he was mysteriously
drawn to a cave inhabited by the sister of the man who became the
Wendigo. At the very close of the thriller, the Canadian government
sends in its own special agent to take care of a Hulk sighting — a
ferocious mutant known as Wolverine.
"Comic art just doesn't get much more exciting than this," said
Hignite. "We're anticipating a tidal-wave sized surge of interest
in this piece, not only from all of the top comic art collectors,
but from bidders all over the spectrum swept away by this piece's
unparalleled importance to both Marvel Comics and Pop Culture
history. Wolverine is by far the most popular superhero for an
entire generation, and the original art for such a dramatic first
appearance is just impossible to find."
For more information on the Hero Initiative and how to support the
organization visit www.heroinitiative.org.
More information about comic & comic art
auctions.
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Shoeless Joe Jackson, Muhammad Ali And Babe Ruth Lead $7.1+
Million Auction
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson's
game-used bat from his 1911 rookie season brought cheers and
applause from the assembled audience at the Fletcher-Sinclair
Mansion in Manhattan on Saturday night, Feb.
22, as it realized $956,000 to set a Heritage house price
record for Sports Collectibles.
"There can be no argument that 'Shoeless Joe' is one of the most
intriguing and compelling of all major league players, of any era,"
said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Collectibles at Heritage
Auctions, "and there can be no argument that this is the most
significant piece of Jackson memorabilia and one of the hobby's
great treasures."
The bat is a signature model Hillerich & Bradsby that leading
expert John Taube confirms to be "the only Joe Jackson bat in
existence that is factory documented as being game used by Jackson
during his Major League career." While this distinction alone would
be more than enough to justify the claim, the factory sidewriting
assigns use to the greatest rookie season in the Major League
record books, the only one in history to conclude north of the
fabled .400 mark.
The boxing gloves that
Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wore as he faced
Sonny Liston in the ring on Feb. 25, 1964, and subsequently won his
first Heavyweight Championship, brought $836,500 in the auction,
bringing another round of applause from the gallery.
"These are the very gloves that Ali wore when he claimed his first
Heavyweight Championship 50 years ago," said Ivy. "Given the
attention these received from media and fans all over the world,
and the spectacular price they achieved, it's clear that Ali is
just as loved and respected today as he's ever been."
The 1923 New York Yankees
World Championship Watch presented to Babe Ruth, the most
iconic American athlete of all, realized $717,000 in the auction as
the centerpiece of the auction, after attracting massive worldwide
media interest.
Also of significant interest was the barrel of the baseball
bat thrown at Mike Piazza by Roger "The Rocket" Clemens on Oct. 22,
2000, which realized $47,800, almost five times its' $10,000+
pre-auction estimate.
"The Piazza-Clemens incident is one of the most infamous in modern
baseball history and this bat shard was central to the entire
episode," said Chris Ivy. "The Rocket lost his cool in the game and
hurled this at Piazza in what is likely the most famous throw of
his entire career."
The bat was consigned by Yankees strength and conditioning coach
Jeff Mangold, who retrieved it from the corner of the clubhouse
steps after it had been tossed by a bat boy. A significant portion
of the proceeds will be donated by Mangold to a charity benefitting
families that have survived the death of child due to SIDS.
More information about sports auctions.
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The numismatic market and prices are strong,
and it's time for you to profit from that strength. Last year's
Central States' auctions brought in $58 Million, the largest CSNS
event ever. The Central States organization and Heritage have
established an enduring tradition: attracting the best in
numismatic properties for auction, assembling an enthusiastic
audience, and then delivering superb prices realized. With your
consignment, we will continue to make history in 2014.
It's easy for you to be part of making history at another exciting
Central States. Call
Heritage today to include your important rare coins and currency in
this amazing event — the CSNS coin consignment deadline is March 10
and the currency deadline is March 3. Please call our Consignment
Directors at 800-USCOINS (872-6467) ext. 1000 (Coins) or ext. 1001
(Currency) to begin your pursuit of top prices.
2014 April 23 - 27 CSNS US Coin
Signature Auction - Schaumburg
Consignment Deadline: March 10, 2014
Interested in
Selling?
What's My Coin Worth?
Consign to a Heritage Auction
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