Pennypacker Auction Centre (12 results)

Paper. Condition: Good. Paper copy auction catalog October 2, 1953, split in half, 4 pages, with B/W illustrations and text.

PB. 83pp 322 lots - Prices Realized Laid-In. AND, some prices inked in with lots. good, wraps (softcover) - PRICES REALIZED SHEET LAID-IN. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

PB. 70pp 380 lots - Prices realized written in, and Prices Realized Sheet laid in. very good, wraps (softcover) - PRICES REALIZED LAID IN. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 32pp 368 lots. B&W illustrations (illustrator).

PB. Condition: good+, wraps (softcover). 75pp 286 lots. - Catalogue VOL. XIX, NO. 15. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 59pp 871 lots, some prices realized written in. B&W illustrations (illustrator).

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 80pp 609 lots - prices written in; and, Prices Realized Sheets lain-in. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 60pp 446 lots, prices realized inked in with each lot. B&W illustrations (illustrator).

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 66pp 792 lots - Catalogue Vol. XX, No. 10. sepia toned illustrations (illustrator).

PB. 116pp 339 lots - Prices written in; and, Prices Realized Sheet Laid-In. good, wraps (softcover) PRICES REALIZED LAID IN. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

8vo, self-covered. 16 pages; no lots numbers: fine collection of stamps; (48) lots of encased postage; 9 pages listing U.S. federal coins; 3 pages listing Indian artifacts, books and furniture. Fine. An unlisted Pennypacker catalogue, not included in any numismatic bibliography of which we are aware. While most of the material is poorly described, the collection of encased postage is noteworthy, as is the provenance. Ira Reed was a Glenside, Pennsylvania coin dealer who issued a number of auction catalogues and other publications, including the 1941 ANA sale. He died in October of 1954. The fact that this sale apparently had been completely forgotten is really quite remarkable. Indeed, it is a month earlier than the earliest Pennypacker sale included by Gengerke.…

8vo, self-covered. 16 pages; (103) lots of large cents; 261 lots of other coins; (11) lots of stamps; 200 lots of books; 10 halftone illustrations of large cents. Folded for mailing; near fine. A well-preserved copy of this controversial catalogue. The Leonard Holland sale was a remarkable event, offering a fine collection of large cents assembled in the late 1940s and 1950s, mostly acquired from Holland's good friend Thomas Elder. Holland pledged the collection as collateral for a construction project loan in the late 1950s. He encountered unforeseen difficulties and the bank foreclosed the loan, choosing an obscure country auctioneer to liquidate the collection. Distribution of the catalogue was limited and the coins generally sold for low prices. Some of the important collectors of the day did not learn of the sale and several of the attendees funneled their bids through a single agent. After the sale, it is reported that the coins were again auctioned within the group in a hotel room. Sometimes, the differences were dramatic, with coins subsequently bringing double or triple the original hammer price. …