Current Auction Highlights

The Midwest Summer Sale 2025 View Lots
7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
See the Auction Schedule for complete details.
Lot #348 - 1904 PCGS PR-67CAM
Gold $2.50-Liberty Head Quarter Eagle
3 graded PR-67 CAM, 1 higher at PCGS. Between them, PCGS and NGC have managed fewer than fifteen aggregate UCAM/DCAM events in any grade, speaking to the difficulty of locating a specimen with superior contrast. This is partly due to a lack of special effort on the part of the mint to create high-contrast proof dies after the turn of the century. Nevertheless, this coin boasts exceptionally reflective fields on the obverse -- not quite UCAM but close -- and very good mirrors on the reverse. Contrast is thereby enhanced, but truthfully, the frosted-matte texture on the devices is also not strong enough to yield the kind of contrast that a UCAM designation demands.

Technically, the coin appears virtually flawless under 8x magnification, with fields that are as bright and pristine as possible and showing an absolute absence of hairlines. A single, tiny, sintered dot floats in space beneath the hair bun, just right of the smallest imaginable comma-shaped abrasion, and together, these could provide a pedigree marker for future collectors. A lintmark also occupies one point of the eleventh star.

Upcoming Auction Highlights

The Collectors' Auction View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
Download Auction Prices Realized
Lot #33 - Dominican Republic - 1955 peso - NGC MS-64
Hammer: $425
World Coins-Dominican Republic and Santo Domingo
Lemonade Stand Collection. KM#23, Philadelphia mint. PCGS claims the finest known at only MS-66, with this NGC showing incredible luster and white brilliance, as well as aesthetic quality that cannot be far from the gem level. An eye-watering example with a very good strike.

Jewelry & Heirlooms No. 13 View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
Download Auction Prices Realized
Lot #219 - 18K Yellow Gold Winc Caterpillar Pin
Hammer: $475
Jewelry-Pins
Designed by Robert Wander of Winc Creations, this onyx caterpillar is carved from a solid piece of onyx and is ornamented with 14K yellow gold. His little legs poke out on either side making him just as cute as can be! Dimensions 1.90” x 1”, 9.4 dwt.