Luftmensch Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Here are some auction lots that might be of interest, from an obscure house that has hooked up with Sotheby's...Morton & Edenhttp://www.mortonandeden.com/Imperial German lots start here...http://www.invaluable.com/PartnerPages/sal...HouseID=1103888A couple teasers...Not German, but interesting in an over-the-top way...Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Morton & Eden is selling the foreign awards from the collection of the American Numismatic Society, in New York. This is a collection put together about 80 years ago and has a remarkable range of material. This is part 1 of a 2-part sale, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Not in any way an obscure auction house, but some really nice material from an old collection. Surprised to see it coming up, though. But, then, numismatics is not phaleristics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Thanks John, they have some interesting and obscure pieces listed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Ach du liebes Bisschen, did you see the 1813 EK Spange? What a great collection of items, and the estimates seem ridiculously low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Ach du liebes Bisschen, did you see the 1813 EK Spange? What a great collection of items, and the estimates seem ridiculously low.M&E tends to have low estimates. They seem to think this encourages bidding. Maybe they have a point. But non-British stuff has not been strong in UK auctions over the last couple of years. We shall see . . . .It is my understanding that there may be another installment coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 And why is a NEW YORK institution "de-accessioning" (I that euphemism for "we're cashing in on your 'permanent' donations") to a BRITISH auction house?Are there no auctioneers in The Big Apple? Can it beSHAME???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 The ANS is selling its non-US medal collection to fund its acquisition of items more central to their core interests. The board accepted proposlas from a number of US and overseas auction houses, but chose to go with Morton & Eden.They chose not to liquidate their US collection. I don't know what sealed that decision, but it may have been the discovery that they could not sell their Medals of Honor. At one point, they thought they could get a waiver to Title 18, Section 704, to sell them. It would be interesting to see what a Civil War Medal of Honor to a sailor aboard USS Kearsarge would bring in the open market. Or some Davis Guard Medals. We may never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftmensch Posted May 7, 2006 Author Share Posted May 7, 2006 Personally, I think they would have done much better with Spink, or Dix Noonan, or.....Floyd Johnson & Paine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 http://www.mortonandeden.com/pdfcats/21web.pdfNice helmet story at #76/Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Anyone saved some pictures from the 1813 EK auctions - #665, #666, #668?/Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Anyone saved some pictures from the 1813 EK auctions - #665, #666, #668?/StefanSure did. Do you want the picture by PM? (it's about 600KB)./Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medalnet Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I did actually go to London for the 1st part of this auction and found almost only dealers bidding on all those pieces. Nevertheless, to say the least: It wasn't cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) They just had the final (third) part of the ANS sale today.I went 3 for 12, which is better than 0 for 12, I guess?! One of the rarer items, not of much direct interest to me, but super-rare: Edited April 26, 2007 by Ed_Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David S Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Wow !I've only seen a line drawing (hand colored) (in an old book) of that before !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Wow !I've only seen a line drawing (hand colored) (in an old book) of that before !!Yeah. Not sure what the hammer was, but the estimate was ?3000-5000 and M&E estimates are low! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 And why is a NEW YORK institution "de-accessioning" (I that euphemism for "we're cashing in on your 'permanent' donations") to a BRITISH auction house?Are there no auctioneers in The Big Apple? Can it beSHAME????Certainly agree, all the good people would be horrified to learn that their donations can no longer be viewed by the public, in hindsight would have been better for the owners to leave their collections to family, big big mistake now. I for one always enjoyed visiting the ANS and view their amazing collection now no longer possible . Tons of auction houses in NYC, I feel collections large or small if formed in the States should be sold in the States. In the past had good experiences with MortonandEden ( quick to reply ) more then I can say for some of the other foreign auction houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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