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 #264 - 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957 Proof Sets
Hammer: $875
Collector Lots-Proof Sets
Richly toned examples boasting dusty hues of blues, purples, and russets cling to the surfaces of nearly every example within this four set run of United States mint sets. This run includes a 1954, 1 1955, a 1956, and a 1957 set with each offering nice and intact original cardboard sleeves. The outer envelopes for the 1956 and 1957 sets are in excellent condition while the other two have seen better days (ck).

Jewelry & Heirlooms No. 13 View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #109 - Mikimoto Strand of Pearls
Hammer: $1,150
Jewelry-Pendants
Slightly tapered from 6.5mm to 7mm, this 18” breathtaking strand of pearls has lustrous white pearls with a 14K yellow gold classic Mikimoto clasp that has a 3.8mm pearl accent. The original pouch comes with the necklace as well.