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The New York AMERICANA Sale The Rarities Night Auction January 24, 2013 Le Parker Meridien New York New York, New York The January 2013 New York Americana Sale SPECTRUM GROUP INTERNATIONAL UPCOMING AUCTION SCHEDULE COINS AND CURRENCY Date Auction Consignment Deadline Continuous Teletrade Weekly Internet Auctions Continuous Held every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday March 11-17, 2013 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – U.S. Coins & Currency January 18, 2013 Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo Baltimore, MD March 31- April 3, 2013 Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio – World Coins & Paper Money January 17, 2013 Hong Kong Auction of Chinese and Asian Coins & Currency Hong Kong May 9-11, 2013 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – U.S. Coins March 18, 2013 Official Auction of the ANA National Money Show New Orleans, LA June 17-23, 2013 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – U.S. Coins May 1, 2013 Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo Baltimore, MD August 9-18, 2013 Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio – World Coins & Paper Money May 13, 2013 Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money Chicago, IL August 9-18, 2013 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – U.S. Coins & Currency June 17, 2013 Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money Chicago, IL August 18-22, 2013 Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio – World Coins & Paper Money May 20, 2013 Hong Kong Auction of Chinese and Asian Coins & Currency Hong Kong September 17-22, 2013 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – U.S. Coins July 29, 2013 The September 2013 Whitman Philadelphia Auction Philadelphia, PA November 4-10, 2013 Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio – World Coins & Paper Money August 12, 2013 Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo Baltimore, MD November 4-10, 2013 Stack’s Bowers Galleries – U.S. Coins & Currency September 16, 2013 Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo Baltimore, MD WINE Date Auction Consignment Deadline Continuous Spectrum Wine Internet Auctions Continuous Every Thursday March 2013 Spectrum Wine Spring 2013 Rare Wine Auction February 8, 2013 Beverly Hills, CA June 2013 Spectrum Wine Summer 2013 Rare Wine Auction TBD Hong Kong Stack’s Bowers Galleries presents THE JANUARY 2013 AMERICANA AUCTION Featuring The High Desert Collection Le Parker Meridien New York Estrela Penthouse 119 West 56th Street New York, NY 10019 212.245.5000 January 24, 2013 Stack’s Bowers Galleries California Office New York Office New England Office Hong Kong Office 1063 McGaw Ave Ste 100 123 W. 57th St. P.O. Box 1804 Unit 1702, 17/F, Dina House Irvine, CA 92614 New York, NY 10019 Wolfeboro, NH 03894 Ruttonjee Centre Telephone: 800.458.4646 Telephone: 800.566.2580 Telephone: 866.811.1804 11 Duddell Street, Central, HK Telephone: 949.253.0916 Telephone: 212.582.2580 Telephone: 603.569.0823 Telephone: 852.2117.1191 Fax: 949.253.4091 Fax: 212.245.5018 Fax: 603.569.3875 www.stacksbowers.com HOW TO BID BEFORE THE LIVE AUCTION There are several ways to bid prior to the start of the live auction. FAX/MAIL BID SHEET Use the enclosed bid sheet and mail or fax it to us. If sending by mail, please allow sufficient time for the postal service. Mail: Att. Auction Department Fax: 949.253.4091 Stack’s Bowers Galleries 1063 McGaw Ave, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92614 United States PHONE Telephone Stack’s Bowers Galleries at 949.253.0916 INTERNET View additional images and add items to your personal tracking list. You may also place bids and check their status in real time. Visit our website at www.stacksbowers.com. DURING THE LIVE AUCTION ATTEND IN PERSON Auction Event: Le Parker Meridien New York Estrela Penthouse 119 West 56th Street New York, NY 10019 LIVE ONLINE BIDDING Stack’s Bowers Galleries will offer live online bidding for this auction. We strongly recommend that you register to bid at www.stacksbowers.com at least 48 hours before the start of the auction. LIVE BIDDING BY PHONE If you wish to bid by phone during the live auction, please register your interest at least 48 hours prior to the start of the auction. Stack’s Bowers Galleries will ask for the lot numbers you are interested in with your complete contact information. Stack’s Bowers Galleries will call you during the auction and you can place bids with our representa- tive in real time. We regret that we can only offer this service for lots estimated at $2500 or more. If you wish to arrange live bidding by phone, contact Customer Service at 949.253.0916 or email [email protected]. ii THE JANUARY 2013 AMERICANA AUCTION JANUARY 24, 2013 LOT VIEWING Lot Viewing will be conducted in the NY offices, 110 West 57th Street, Second Floor: January 17-24 Thursday, January 17 Friday, January 18 Monday, January 21 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET Tuesday, January 22 Wednesday, January 23 Thursday, January 24 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET AUCTION LOCATION Le Parker Meridien New York Estrela Penthouse 119 West 56th Street New York, NY 10019 212.245.5000 AUCTION DETAIls The Auction will be conducted at the Estrela Penthouse as follows: SESSION FIVE - RARITIES NIGHT Thursday, January 24, 2013 6:00 PM ET Start Lots 13101-13352 Immediately following the conclusion of the Cardinal Collection. LOT PICK UP Lot Pick Up will be conducted at the NY Office, 110 West 57th Street, Second Floor: Friday, January 25 9:00 am – 12:00 PM ET Bank Wire information Dates, times and locations are subject to change. HSBC 950 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022 For credit to (Payee): Stack’s Bowers Numismatics Account #000186236 US Routing #021001088 International Routing (Swift Code) #MRMDUS33 California Office New York Office New England Office Hong Kong Office 1063 McGaw Ave Ste 100 123 W. 57th St. P.O. Box 1804 Unit 1702, 17/F, Dina House Irvine, CA 92614 New York, NY 10019 Wolfeboro, NH 03894 Ruttonjee Centre Telephone: 800.458.4646 Telephone: 800.566.2580 Telephone: 866.811.1804 11 Duddell Street, Central, HK Telephone: 949.253.0916 Telephone: 212.582.2580 Telephone: 603.569.0823 Telephone: 852.2117.1191 Fax: 949.253.4091 Fax: 212.245.5018 Fax: 603.569.3875 iii WELCOME TO RARITIES NIGHT A STACK’S BOWERS GALLERIES TRADITION WITH OUR AMERICANA SALE EVENT Welcome to Rarities Night 2013! What a great way to start our beautiful Proofs. Onward into the 20th century and more delights await auction season! The venue for Rarities Night and our companion Cardinal you. Proofs, a Gem 1920-S double eagle and the rare 1930-S of the same Collection Sale will be the Parker Meridien Hotel, one of the nicest of New denomination will bring bids from all directions. York City facilities. A memorable event awaits you. If commemorative coins are your forte—and what delightful coins these Rarities Night continues a tradition started back in the 1970s when are with their stories and history—you will find many high level Gems, Stack’s was a part of the famous “Apostrophe Auctions” offerings with quality not often found at “ultra” levels. Pattern coins come to the fore as 500 important coins each time, continuing to our Rarity Sales series of well, each one a rarity and quite a few so elusive that another purchase a decade or so ago, down to our present famous Rarities Night. Several opportunity may not recur for years. times a year we offer the finest of the fine, the rarest of the rare in a The combination of pedigree names and also the consignors to tonight’s single-session that attracts worldwide attention. Tonight’s event will be sale are a virtual Who’s Who in American Numismatics. If you are a fitting capstone for our Americana Sale presentation that began on building a great collection you are in the right place at the right time. January 22 and continued to the Cardinal Collection this evening, now Throughout Rarities Night and also in our companion Cardinal Collection on to the Rarities Sale! and Americana Sale events the opportunity to acquire coins is often In the pages to follow you will find rare dates and mintmarks, condition more important than the price paid. A record price of today can be a census and Registry Set coins and candidates, and a parade of memorable bargain price a decade from now—a general rule, hardly an exception, for coins that will make the Rarities Night Sale another memorable event in those who form fine collections. We think back to the Garrett Collection, the Stack’s Bowers Galleries roster of great auction presentations and the Eliasberg Collection, the Norweb Collection, the Harry W. Bass, Jr. another memorable event in your list of “I was there!” accomplishments. Collection, the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, past Rarities Sales, and the like, To list the highlights would be tantamount to describing most of the each of which was exciting in its time with countless price records, but coins to be sold tonight. That said, there are many items to catch your eye, wouldn’t we love to buy at those prices today? and we’ll mention just a few: Now is indeed the opportunity to buy. As you read these words every coin Large copper cents play to a wide audience that will delight in the Choice is available for you. We appreciate your interest in Rarities Night and Mint State 1793 S-9 Wreath, the Superb Gem 1794 S-31, and others, hope you will peruse the catalog very carefully and bid enthusiastically to after which small cents are featured into the 20th century.