I have sorted the prices realized (in a spreadsheet) for the recently completed Simmons Gallery communion token auction. Here are the results by price group:
Price Range Number of Tokens
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$170 1 (lot 802)
$50 - $100 12
$25 - $50 52
$15 - $25 60
$10 - $15 88
under $10 36
unsold 6
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total 255
Bob Merchant
I count myself lucky to have been the high bidder on six of these tokens. Lucky because I won them at what I consider to be bargain prices. I'm not sure if I'm correct, but it seems to me that most of Bob's pieces sold at prices less than similar tokens in the average eBay auction. I'd be interested in what others think.
ReplyDeleteThe expensive piece was the Iona token. Was there any indication of how the early date was arrived at?
ReplyDeleteThere are many tokens, some very rare up in Goldberg's currently ongoing (Sept 13_16) Pre Long Beach Sale. There are 2 Charleston pieces, an unpublished (unique?) Albany piece, an example of the 1604 Perth piece, and other interesting pieces. Yes, this does sound like an ad as I'm selling my collection, but it is also informational so that all are aware of the opportunity
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