Impressive Cabinets and Important Rarities Shine in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ November 2024 Rarities Night Auction
Costa Mesa, CA – Stack’s Bowers Galleries, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious numismatic auction firms, proudly announces the November 2024 Rarities Night Auction. Held in conjunction with this years’ Whitman Winter Expo, the November 19 Rarities Night Session will offer the opportunity for collectors to acquire fabled, long off the market rarities. Featured in the sale is a particularly extensive and robust selection of gold coins from numerous “named” collections. Coins from the collections of Robert D. Reed, Bernard Richards, and Darrel Overton Neidigh, Jr, comprise a key portion of the 301-lot session, with additional pieces from these cabinets found elsewhere in the firm’s November Auction.
The Bernard Richards Collection
This extensive collection of Liberty Head and Saint-Gaudens double eagles includes impressive coins, many purchased from our Stack’s auctions of the 1970s and 1980s. First and foremost among these is the single finest PCGS-graded 1870-CC double eagle (AU-55). Other highlights include a Gem Deep Cameo Proof 1887 double eagle (ex Garrett), an incredible Gem 1931 double eagle, and a CAC-approved Gem 1932 $20.
The Reed Collection was assembled over a generation ago, primarily through Stack’s auctions and private treaty sales. Besides an impressive quartet of 1879 Flowing Hair Stellas, this collection will also long be remembered for its Baldwin “Horseman” $10 gold piece, a beautiful example graded MS-63+ by PCGS and approved by CAC. Additional highlights include a Choice AU 1795 eagle (NGC AU-55), a lovely 1849 Mormon $5 (AU-55 NGC) (as well as other rare Territorial gold pieces), and three Haseltine Restrike Confederate cents, two in silver and one in copper.
The Darrel Overton Neidigh, Jr. Collection
This incredible cabinet includes a spectacular assortment of rarities, all recently graded for the first time. Notable among them are the only 1881-O Branch Mint Proof Morgan dollar to be certified (PCGS Proof-64), one of five known 1849-C Open Wreath gold dollars (PCGS EF-45), a near-Gem 1848 CAL. quarter eagle, and a nearly Mint State 1861-S Paquet Reverse double eagle. Additional remarkable rarities include 1796 quarter eagles of both the No Stars and Stars Obverse varieties and an exciting 1808 quarter eagle.
Individual rarities from other important consignments include:
Lot 3001: A Condition Census 1808 half cent MS-64 BN (CAGC)
Lot 3006: A Superb 1865 three-cent silver in PCGS MS-68+ CAC
Lot 3021: A pleasing and Choice EF 1870-CC quarter
Lot 3036: A gorgeously toned 1946 Walking Liberty half dollar in PCGS MS-68 CAC
Lot 3066: A near-Gem 1895 Proof Morgan dollar
Lot 3097: A fabulous 1827 quarter eagle in near-Gem PCGS MS-64+ CAC CMQ
Lot 3102: A PCGS VF-20 example of the fabled 1854-S quarter eagle
Lot 3138: A premium quality Gem 1862 half eagle graded Proof-65+ DCAM by CACG
Lot 3157: A CMQ-approved, old holder, PCGS EF-40 example of the coveted 1870-CC eagle
Lot 3266: An original five-piece Pan-Pac set, numbered “28” with the original box and documentation
Lot 3275: An extraordinary 1887 off-center, brockage strike Morgan dollar, one of the most dramatic errors in the series
Lot 3277: A unique white metal die trial of the extremely rare 1849 Templeton Reid $25, the only example from these dies outside of the Smithsonian
Lot 3295: A massive 400+ ounce 1935 U.S. Assay Office at New York gold ingot
“This is one of the most impressive offerings of gold coins we can remember bringing to market in one sale,” said Brian Kendrella, President of Stack’s Bowers Galleries. “The number of ‘fresh’ rarities that have not been on anyone’s radar is astounding! We are honored to have been chosen to present these world class, legendary items to the modern market. It is true, when great collections are sold, Stack’s Bowers Galleries sells them!”
In addition to Rarities Night, Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ November 2024 Showcase Auction will feature a robust offering of $5, $10, and $20 gold pieces from the Fairmont Collection -Athenee Set. Included in the main United States coin catalog will be the Recently Publicized “Chapman Set” of Gold Dollars, as well as an exciting, newly-discovered New England threepence.
The entire Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2024 Showcase Auction will be available for viewing and pre-sale bidding at StacksBowers.com. Lot viewing will be available at the firm’s California headquarters and New York City gallery (by appointment only), as well as at the Whitman Winter Expo in Baltimore, Maryland from November 12-15 (no appointment required). For more information call 800-458-4646 or email Info@StacksBowers.com.
About Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducts live, internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company’s 90+ year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection, The Sydney F. Martin Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few.
World coin and currency collections include The Pinnacle Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Salton Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, the Augustana Collection of gold rarities from across western Europe, the Richard Margolis Collection of world coins and medals and The Thos. H. Law Collection. Recently the firm was awarded the privilege of bringing the most valuable world coin collection to auction – the L. E. Bruun Collection.
The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with galleries in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Offices are also located in New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Sacramento, South Carolina, Virginia, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Paris and Vancouver. Stack’s Bowers Galleries hosts an annual Global Showcase in August featuring United States coins and currency, Ancient coins and World coins and currency in its Costa Mesa auction gallery. They are also the Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic events, including the New York International Numismatic Convention, the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer and Winter Expos, the Spring and Fall Hong Kong shows, and the Maastricht Paper Money shows.
