One contribution this week, from David Perkins:
Update on the Sale of the Gorman Capped Bust Dimes 1809-1837 and the Miller Collection of Early U.S. Silver Dollars 1794-1803
Gorman Collection: The
Kirk Gorman Collection has 122 of the 123 known die marriages with an
average grade of approximately AU50! The Gorman Collection of Capped
Bust Dimes 1809-1837 will be offered for sale in two parts, with the
first part of the sale in January 2016 at the FUN Convention in Tampa,
Florida. The second session will be held around the ANA World’s Fair of
Money in Anaheim, California next summer.
All of the Gorman Dimes were photographed by PCGS outside
of the holders, then graded by PCGS. None of the dimes have been sent
in more than once for grading; in addition, none of the coins were sent
to CAC. 92 of the dimes were “raw,” just the way Kirk Gorman collected
them for the past two decades. For Date and Type Collectors, all of Red
Book and PCGS Registry Set Type coins are represented in this
collection.
Many of the Gorman Dimes can be viewed on the PCGS Registry under, “CAPPED BUST DIMES DIE VARIETY SET BY JOHN REICH, CIRCULATION STRIKES (1809-1837): GORMAN COLLECTION.” You can click on this link to view Gorman’s Registry Set: http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/alltimeset.aspx?s=135276
The
cataloging of the dimes in the first of these two planned sales is now
in the final stages. All of the dimes are being cataloged by James
Matthews, an collector and expert in this series. The catalog should be
sent out (as a PDF) before Christmas to all those on my CB Dime
distribution list. There will be between 60 and 70 lots of Capped Bust
Dimes, including a few additions (that are “Not from the Gorman
Collection”). If you would like to be added to this distribution list
please send me an e-mail at wdperki(at)attglobal.net and I will add you to the list.
As
mentioned earlier, the first half of the Gorman Dime Collection will be
sold starting in January 2016 and will consist of Fixed Price Lots
(FPL) and a Sealed Bid (SBS) Auction sale. Please note that the FPL
Lots will be available for sale immediately upon receipt of the catalog,
by phone or e-mail. Unsold FPL lots, and all of the SBS Lots, will be
available at the FUN Convention in Tampa, Florida for viewing and sale.
The FPL will be consist mostly of R-1 to R-5 die marriages, along with
lower and PCGS Details graded coins. The Sealed Bid Sale will generally
offer the rarer die marriages and die states, and condition rarities.
The SBS will close on Friday night at 6:00pm EST.
Miller Collection:
As most JR News readers know, I purchased the Miller Collection of
Early U.S. Dollars 1794-1803 in partnership with Andy Lustig. We have
sold over $2M of the Miller early dollars to date! There are many great
coins still available for sale.
We
will have over 100 early dollars at the PCGS Las Vegas show this coming
week and at the FUN show in Tampa January 6-9, 2016. I have a corner
and a regular table at FUN along with Gerry Fortin, but we do not have
the table numbers available at this time. The two tables will be under
“W. David Perkins, Numismatist” and Gerry Fortin Rare Coins.
If you would like a listing of the sold and unsold early dollars from the Miller Collection please send me a note at wdperki(at)attglobal.net
W. David Perkins
Centennial, CO
