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The Third Garage
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*60,000
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GIANT
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upon Final Value, where the auction
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our winners to contribute to
insurance coverage. For example, if
the lot ends at
$20,000,
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to fully cover your shipment. At
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$60K
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AUCTION INFO:
The items in this estate-style lot have been
assembled and photographed carefully for
your inspection. Additionally, some
preliminary research has been conducted
using third party resources to assist
bidders in determining values. Data will be
presented below for your examination.
Specific & more detailed info will be
presented below in SECTIONS...ENJOY!!
"Patience is a Virtuequot;
Since there are
HUNDREDS of PHOTOS
in this listing, it may take a few minutes
for them to all download, depending on your
connection speed. Once they are ALL
downloaded, you will then be able to click
on the various photos in the "galleries" to
enlarge them. WE PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH
THE WAIT!
THE
ESTATE
YOUR
MILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY???!!...In
this huge Estate of
Gold,
Silver
and
Gemstones,
Currency
and
Coins,
Art
and
Antiques,
...YOU GET
EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THIS LISTING! Massive,
MASSIVE Value,
ALL for
ONE Bid!
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MANY SECTIONS TO FOLLOW...
PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME!
EVERYTHING YOU SEE
GOES TO JUST ONE LUCKY WINNER!!
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Old
Currency Collection
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TREMENDOUS VALUE...OLDEST, 1777 !!
SOME real nice US & Russian material
mostly, some larger notes too,
including a few extremely
scarce pieces in this
collection, be sure to read below.
There's BLUE
seals, Brown,
Green,
Gold,
and Red... POSSIBLY
THE NICEST CURRENCY COLLECTION WE
HAVE EVER OFFERED IN OVER A DECADE
OF SELLING ON EBAY!
Unless you are a serious currency
collector, you may not know how
RARE old 1914 Federal Reserve
Notes are. According to the
Gengerke census, 1914 FRNs are some
of the rarest notes of all US
issues, of all time. Many are
scarce in any grade, and there are
TWO in this collection, a $10 and a
$50!
DID YOU KNOW that $50 FRNs are
almost as rare as $100's? Only 8%
of large blue seal FRNs are $50's.
But it gets even better! Our
particular $10 is really rare!!
SUPER RARE!!
ONLY
10
KNOWN TO EXIST, IN ALL GRADES!!!
The 1914 Atlanta $10 FRN here is
ridiculously scarce. Our Gengerke
census may be a few years old, but
it shows only a scant TEN known!!
Of course, few of these ever surface
anymore, at this late date, these
were issued so long ago. We have
the Freidberg number as 926 for
those inclined to look it up.
BETHLEHEM $10 National, Very
Desirable,
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Known...
National Currency can be just as
rare as 1914 FRNs, but there is one
other thing about them that often
has collectors stumbling over each
other. Because the name of the
issuing bank is so prominent, many
collectors will target special place
names, or one that has some
significance. Not only a scarce
note, but due to it's name, it is
especially sought-after. Get this
one in time for Christmas!!
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THE
FINEST KNOWN 1969 "C"
NOTE !!
Paper Money Guaranty (PMG) has
certified this 1969C Atlanta $100
note as GEM UNCIRCULATED 66, and
there are no finer notes known, you
will shortly own the best of the
best, none finer exist!!
A
Rare Hawaii $5, and a $10
North Africa!!
These are enormously popular, and
quite rare. The $5 is the rarest of
all Hawaii notes, much, much scarcer
than $1's, or even $20's. And the
North Africa notes are captivating
with their dual gold and blue
colors, also very scarce, you hardly
ever see them!
More
National, and even a post-Civil
War Fractional
GENUINE CONTINENTAL CURRENCY, 1777,
CERTIFIED BY PCGS
Not just currency, but a piece of
history. Did George Washington, or
Benjamin Franklin once hold this
bill? It is possible! But besides
dating back to the foundation of the
USA, this note is in incredible rare
condition! PCGS has given it a
grade of "63", which for Continental
Currency is very rare indeed.
Imagine going to the bank, and
getting a crisp uncirculated bill,
and then, you decide to put it away
to keep it pristine, and 231 YEARS
from now, someone finds it, and it
is just as nice as when it was put
away.
The note is hand-signed, twice, and
even the serial number is in ink.
By the way, PCGS uses the term
"apparent" when an alteration to a
bill is noted. In this case, the
punch holes were repaired, as was
common in the old days of currency
collecting. Most Continental
Currency was of course cancelled,
and punch holes were put through
them, this was entirely normal, but
these days, collectors tend to
almost prefer a note unaltered.
However, when you see one so
professionally done, to where you
can't almost tell, except by turning
it over, it is a desirable specimen
indeed. Which is why it was sent to
PCGS to be slabbed. A very pricey
note in high grades of course, but
obviously the hole-repair has kept
it out of the stratosphere. Just a
fantastic note for the investor and
collector!
RARE
"STAR" NOTES FROM THE 1950's...$100
VIRTUALLY CRISP UNC!!
WHO
STUCK THIS "CUBA" $1,000 IN HERE??
ACTUALLY, when this note was issued,
it was at PAR with the US Dollar!!
This bill "cost" $1,000 USD in the
1950's, when the island of Cuba was
still a haven for those rich and
famous who loved casinos, fine
cigars, and the Caribbean climate.
But who could afford to just
take one of these babies home as a
souvenir??
How about
AMON G. CARTER, JR.?
This Fort Worth, Texas currency
collector amassed one of the
greatest currency collections of all
time before his death in 1982. This
note has it's pedigree to
this collection (serial number
A084065A). By the way, Carter could
definitely afford this souvenir.
Some of the older folks out there
might recall that Mr. Carter also
owned a little company called,
AMERICAN
AIRLINES...
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MOTHER RUSSIA...OVER 100 OLD RUSSIAN
NOTES
MANY
OVER A CENTURY OLD...
NO, this is not an area we are
knowledgeable about, we have never
offered a Russian currency
collection before, so please look
these up if you can, there might be
something rare here. We note that
the large note with the Empress on
it seems to be a 1,000
denomination. This is simply an
enormous sum in pre-revolutionary
rubles! The Gold equivalent today,
at the approximate 40 rubles per
ounce of gold at that time would
translate to a value today of almost
$19,000
USD!!! No, we're not saying it is
worth that of course, as we said,
this is not our usual offering, but
it is interesting to make these
calculations, for fun if nothing
else. It also suggests that not
many of these bills could have been
around perhaps, just our thoughts.
Also, in stumbling around eBay,
looking to compare anything, a few
of these bills can be found on
eBay. A couple seem to be
"Siberia", but we can't really read
Russian of course. Common bills on
eBay are only selling for $5 or $10
each, but do remember, there are
over a HUNDRED Russian bills here!
Even if nothing turned out to be so
rare, at liquidation, we have to
think there is still
ENORMOUS
VALUE in this large
collection!
SIMPLY THEE NICEST OLD CURRENCY
COLLECTION WE HAVE EVER OFFERED!!
HUGE VALUE!!
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DON'T
LET IT SLIP AWAY!!!
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Mother
Russia...
No, St. Basil's
Cathedral is not included in this
lot, but everything else is!!
COMRADE LENIN!!
Lenin was the
driving force behind the Revolution
and is still highly regarded today
in Russia. It's true that the
Berlin Wall has fallen, but while
Stalin has been discarded, Lenin
continues to occupy a central role
in recent Russian thinking. As the
whole world leans ever more
Socialist, Lenin may indeed loom
large as history is written. The
bust of Lenin here is inscribed, but
we have no idea of what the
inscription says.
The large
original oil
painting of Lenin...more on
that later.
KGB...
Better Red than
dead? Well, smokers might enjoy
putting their cigarettes in this KGB
cigarette case, with lighter.
Dead? Eventually, tobacco will kill
you!
1955 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER H. E.
SALISBURY COVER,
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE!!
Here an incredible piece of
history, a cover, with note
enclosed, from one of the greatest
names in journalism! Sent from the
famous Hotel Metropole in Moscow in
1950, it is addressed to New York
Times managing editor Edwin James!
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Mr. Harrison Evans Salisbury (1908
1993)
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1955 for
playing perhaps the most important
historical role in interpreting the
Soviet Union for English-speaking
readers of the world. The famous
American journalist for the United
Press found himself right in the
middle of the Cold War, because he
had been sent to Moscow in 1944
while the Soviet Union was still
technically a US ally. Of course,
with Stalin in power, he found
himself continually censored and
couldn really get the full message
out until his return to the US in
1954. In a series of scathing
articles released upon his return,
he revealed to the world what the
Kremlin and Josef Stalin were really
about, helping to ignite Western
fears of Communism that were not
being helped by the nuclear
proliferation that formed the
backdrop to the intense drama.
Salisbury is certainly one of the
more famous international news
reporters of that era, but his
career was hardly over.
VIETNAM. In 1971 Salisbury, working
for the Times, was again the center
of controversy as the entagon
Paperswere published. Then
President Nixon objected
strenuously, and it went to the
Supreme Court, where they ruled that
the public was in fact entitled to
this lassifiedinformation about
US involvement in Vietnam. Few
realize that this was probably the
tipping point in anti-war sentiment
that culminated in the US pull-out a
few years later. Quite frankly, it
is hard to overstate the importance
of Salisbury, not merely as a
journalist, but as a major player in
world history.
Mr. Edwin Leland James was managing
editor for the New York Times until
his death in 1951. Originally the
European war correspondent for the
Times, he worked hard, climbed the
ladder, and eventually occupied the
big office of managing editor for
one of the world most important
newspapers.
Our
cover here, in a New York Times
airmail envelope also has some
interesting stampings on it, but the
note inside is interesting too.
Written on half a memo sheet from E.
L. James, one notation is addressed
to itty(could be Kitty Brown, on
staff at the Times, possible
traveling companion, four years
younger than James). Another
notation is simply signed . and
references a S Diplomatic Pouch
(which would have been necessary for
many communications). On the
reverse, there is another notation
to ib(from Kit) that further
explains, and mentions Salisbury in
Moscow, and that the letter was
deposited with the Embassy instead
of going through ordinary mail
originally, and was only put into
the mail by the State Dept in
Washington, to be mailed to New
York.
As
mentioned above, Salisbury was being
censored, probably considered a
pyby the Soviets, and the
diplomatic pouch was the only way
certain information could escape the
USSR at that time. Even so,
Salisbury had to be careful, knowing
well that he could easily have an
ccidentand never make it home if
he stepped out of line too much. As
it was, he waited until he came back
in 1954 to really tell his story,
and the world has never been the
same since.
Dated 1950, this is only 5 years
before winning journalism most
prestigious award, and deservedly
so. Certainly an interesting piece
of Cold War and Journalism history!
HUNDREDS of Pins / Medals!!
An awesome
collection, almost everything is
different!!
EARTH'S FIRST ASTRONAUT...
ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD
BE
COSMONAUT. YURI GAGARIN
captured the world's imagination,
and then their hearts, as the first
human in space. This is an an old
historic newspaper (does that say
"Pravda" in Russian?) from the day
he died, prematurely in a horrible
plane crash. He was only 36.
Controversy surrounds Gagarin to
this day, as many claim that he was
murdered, and that it was made to
look like an accident. But why?
The conspiracy theory goes that
Gagarin never actually made it into
space at all. Instead, the Russian
space program was plagued by
accidents that didn't make anyone
look too good, and so a new strategy
was devised to find a person who
would be the perfect hero, strictly
for public consumption, without the
annoying risk of dying during a
mission. Devastating good looks, a
charming personality, Gagarin seemed
the perfect choice for such a public
relations ploy. As the years went
on, apparently Gagarin wasn't too
happy about his role, and turned to
heavy drinking, and perhaps even a
bit of extortion. Yes, he
theoretically could blow the whistle
on the whole world of phony space
programs, BUT, the powers that be
simply weren't going to let that
happen. At some point, the decision
was made to eliminate the "loose
end", and as a bonus, the country
would gain a permanent hero, and
Gagarin would enter that pantheon
ever young as well. Today, in
Russia, Gagarin is still considered
one of the nations greatest heroes,
and is loved by all.
The thick book is Tolstoy's "War
and Peace"...
YES, THAT'S
COMRADE
LENIN
CARVED INTO THAT PIPE! (Never
smoked by the way).
A PIPE
COLLECTION,
STERLING SILVER...Photo to
the right shows hallmarks, possibly
an expensive collection, it looks
like each one has been embellished
with Sterling, with the one
exception the hand-carved Lenin
pipe. A work of art, you can be the
first to smoke it! Not sure what
the neighbors will say, but if they
ask, you can always just say it's
Cramer from television!
FRONT AND BACK of a very old picture
of the extended royal family...
The best-known
royal family of all, the Windsor's
of England, also trace their lineage
to the same Germanic royals of the
Holy Roman Empire that the Romanov's
of Russia also trace their roots
to. Few modern people realize what
a small clique the business of
European Royalty was! Ancient
notions of "blue blood" of course
reinforced arranged marriages and
alliances that have left their mark
on the world to this day. By the
way, the English monarchs real
surname is quite Germanic,
Saxe-Coburg-Gothe. It was changed
to the more English sounding name of
Windsor in 1917 due to anti-German
sentiment during World War I.
THE ROMANOV'S
1917: Not so
long ago, in this pivotal year in
history, could anyone have imagined
that the once powerful Romanov's of
Russia would be dead the following
year. Brutally murdered on the
night of July 16, 1918, the entire
family, along with their doctor,
three servants and the family dog,
died at the hands of the Bolsheviks.
REAL
GEMSTONES!!
AND REAL PEARLS TOO...
YES, THESE ARE
GENUINE LOOSE GEMSTONES...Inside
a remarkable Faberge-style nesting
egg, these gemstones include
emerald,
sapphire,
morganite,
rodolite,
amatrine,
garnet,
amethyst,
aquamarine,
ruby,
topaz,
citrine, quartz,
tourmalines and star sapphires!
HUNDREDS of
CARATS!!
Most appear to be completely
natural, ALL are genuine.
$15,312.00!!
Two pieces of
jewelry come with their replacement
valuation certificates, and the
dollar total is impressive. Several
loose gemstones also have valuation
certificates as well. Just a single
loose gemstone,
hundreds of
dollars! AMAZING. And
there are MANY here, probably over a
hundred!!
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Speaking
of Faberge...
A wonderful
collection of treasures...
THE SUPER LIMITED EDITION
IMPERIAL FABERGE POCKET WATCH !!
This marvelous pocket watch must
surely rank as one of the most
fabulous Faberge pieces ever made!
ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE, NEVER USED,
with it's box, COA, papers.
Embellished with 24K GOLD plating,
and a genuine Sapphire center stone,
it comes with an incredible watch
stand right out of Fantasy. A
"skeleton" arrangement means you can
see the watch works right through
the glass dial! The heavy
gold-plate chain comes with it.
Even it's box, blue-satin lined, is
to the highest Franklin Mint
standards. VERY FEW EXIST, SUPER
LIMITED EDITION!!!
BRING ON THE WINE!!
WHEN YOU ARE
CELEBRATING WINNING THIS
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME COLLECTION,
be sure to have your
Faberge
BOTTLE-TOPPER
HANDY! It is out of the Imperial
Faberge Collection, a blue pine-cone
on top of a gold-plated stopper.
With it's box and papers of course.
NEVER USED!!
ONLY
2000
MADE, WORLDWIDE, 1989
THE "5-IN-ONE" GAME TABLE
POSSIBLY THE
MOST AMBITIOUS FRANKLIN MINT ISSUE,
OF ALL TIME!! Most have
seen their incredible Monopoly sets,
and other limited-edition releases,
but you may not recall that back in
1989, The Franklin Mint came out
with the Imperial Faberge 5-in-One
Game Set, and had collectors falling
over themselves to reserve one.
ONLY 2,000 WERE EVER RELEASED!!
Certainly one of the smallest
releases ever, but one of the
reasons the popular set never made a
comeback was because the tables
apparently did not ship very well.
Many were damaged in-transit, and it
became prohibitively expensive to
continue. Today, very, very few
sets are complete, as would be
expected, but even fewer have
preserved their original table. In
fact, some went so far as to have
tables specially made for the
pieces, since no tables ever came
available, after waiting literally
years for one to come up!
Our table, and set
really does not appear to have ever
been played with. Note the photo of
the green rolls in the drawer, the
chips have never even been
unwrapped! The DOMINOES, covered in
heavy 24K gold, are amazing, and we
notice that you can find people
selling INDIVIDUAL dominoes from
this set for as much as $25 EACH
(depending upon the number
perhaps). NO, we wouldn't recommend
breaking these up, they're COMPLETE,
never played with! But, it just
goes to show you the value people
place on these highly desirable
works of art, with so few available
in the world. The CHESS pieces are
stunning! Pick one up, and you will
feel the heavy weight! Complete,
and also looks as if never played
with. The thing we note is that
there is no board, perhaps one of
the things that never made it during
shipping so many years ago, hard to
say. Yes, it could be replaced, but
we should warn you that it may take
some time to find one come
available. We were also unable to
open one of the drawers. One side
drawer is for White, the other for
Black chess pieces. But, there is
an original box that houses the
entire set. Backgammon, also, NEVER
USED, even gold and silver pegs are
here, and both sets of dice. But it
may be that there was originally a
peg-board, we don't see it. Perhaps
other small things we didn't notice,
but this is still largely very well
intact, and the playing pieces in
unheard of pristine condition.
Speaking of condition, the table, as
would be expected, is not perfect
and does have some issues. Corners,
and a couple surface scratches look
as if someone attempted a bit of
repair, but it doesn't look
professional. Still feels quite
solid, but probably could easily be
cleaned up by anyone who deals with
wooden surfaces. See photos
below...
HUGE GAMING COLLECTION
HUNDREDS OF REAL
SILVER CASINO LIMITED-EDITION
"STRIKES"!!
CASINO CHIP COLLECTION, AND MORE!!
CASINO ROYALE,
GENUINE
JAMES
BOND
$1 MILLION MARKER FROM MOVIE!!
WE KID YOU NOT,
THIS SUPER RARE PIECE WAS LIKELY
HANDLED BY "JAMES BOND" HIMSELF!!
MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN THE MOVIE? This
is an ACTUAL Million Dollar marker
from the movie. Very, very few
exist, only a handful were specially
made for the production.
Surprisingly, it was manufactured to
the highest real industry standards,
it is a heavy piece! How few of us
will ever get to handle one of
these! Some high-denomination chips
too.
NOT QUITE AS RARE,
but still very
Limited
Edition, there is a
genuine $100 marker from the very
first annual "VegasChips" Poker
Tournament! Today, Poker
Tournaments are all the rage as the
younger generation has discovered
the game. This is a real historic
piece, sure to climb in collector
value in the years to come...ONLY
200 WERE ISSUED!!
ABOVE, BABE RUTH, BELOW, BILL COSBY,
AND MORE...
THE FAMOUS
"MARILYN MONROE" SILVER STRIKE
INVEST IN .999
SILVER!! If you're
not familiar with these, then you
are either too young, or weren't
frequenting Casinos much over a
decade ago when these were being
issued by all the best casinos, not
only in Las Vegas, but other
locations as well. Many are
actually marked ".999" silver of
course, but even the ones that
aren't are still silver. NONE of
these are plated, such as perhaps
similar looking ones put out by the
cruise lines a few years back.
These are all SOLID! Although, the
rings around are probably not (and
plated with 24K gold), it obviously
didn't legally stop them from still
making the .999 claim. So, call it
some "free" gold too! Seriously,
these are highly sought after today,
not only for their high silver
"bullion" value, but because
collectors know how scarce many of
them are. Virtually all of them are
true Limited Editions, and while
most will bear the standard $10
denomination, every one of them cost
substantially MORE than that!
THE
ONLY WAY TO GET THESE ORIGINALLY
was to WIN it the "hard way", by
pumping the slot machines with
money! With a Ten Dollar face
value, do the "casino math", and
then guess how much each of these
actually cost on average. It might
surprise you! Today, there are
issues that are impossible to find,
such as the true Marilyn Monroe
issue, as an example. Individual
coins can often run $50, $100 or
more!!
HUNDREDS
OF THEM!! Just the
pure silver value here is tremendous
of course, but realize this is not
just a typical "accumulation". You
can find "collections" here and
there, and too often they are
comprised of the same common
material, repeated. THIS COLLECTION
IS VIRTUALLY
ALL
DIFFERENT!! We have
never seen anything like it. Just
the original 1980's and 90's
acquisition cost probably exceeded
$10,000!!! Condition comments:
Well taken care of. Plastic
protectors scratchy perhaps, as
would be expected, and maybe only a
few with plastic cracking here and
there. Coins themselves appear
SUPERB.
AND DON'T FORGET THE OLD
CASINO CHIP COLLECTION TOO! YOU GET
IT ALL!!
It's
all here, everything you see, some
close-ups above so you can get a
feel for the kind of stuff here. By
the way, some of these casinos no
longer exist! In case you don't
know, these old chips are highly
collectable, with premiums even paid
over the original face value, and in
some cases significantly more!
Collectors can really go crazy over
some of the super special releases
in this collection, notice how many
were special event? If you are a
collector, you know how hard it is
to find some of these!
YOU WILL
NOT FIND A COLLECTION LIKE THIS
AGAIN PERHAPS IN YOUR LIFETIME!
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