Current Auction Highlights

The Midwest Summer Sale 2025 View Lots
7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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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
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Lot #770 - 1811/9 and 1824/2, both PCGS VF-20
Hammer: $1,450
Dimes-Capped Bust
First is 1811/09 showing details that seem to reach the Fine grade level, although closer inspection finds a scrabble of light old pinscratches above the eagle's left (observed) wing. Accompanying is 1824/2, this example problem-free and infused with old time dark grey and pewter-tan toning. A pair of very popular overdates within this two coin lot.

Jewelry & Heirlooms No. 13 View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #265 - Tiffany & Co. Bracelet, Pendant and Necklace
Hammer: $300
Jewelry-Silver
Here we have three Tiffany & Co. pieces. The first is a sterling silver vintage 1837 five charm bracelet. The second is a sterling silver fleur-de-lis key pendant. The third is a sterling silver 24” oval blue splash tag necklace. The necklace comes with a Tiffany & Co. pouch and box. 1.46 troy ounces.