I received a gift in the mail today, just getting around to really looking at it. It is a May, 1970 Hathaway and Bowers Coin Catologue, Vol 3 no 5. Interesting, the address is the Hathaway Bowers building in Santa Fe Springs, CA, I have never seen anything from Bowers that was not from NH. This is WAY before Bowers and Merena in Wolfsboro New Hampshire....another interesting thing, " Mr Bower may be reached evenings...at his home #", those were the days, huh? Anyways, the prices are to die for, here are just a few examples: Large Cent 1793 Chain, Ameri Fine, $875.00 1877 Indian Cent , nice VG $89, or Brilliant Proof, just $995 ( WOW ) 1908-S Indian Cent, VF.....$25 ( wow, not much movement to date) 1909SVDB Brillliant Unc $195 ( I'm wiping away a tear.....) 1924-D Lincoln AU....$49 ( again, amazing, not much movement to date) 1955 Double Die Lincoln, sharp AU and sure to please...$249 or 5 for $1095......( tears are now pouring onto my keyboard) 1872 Two Cent Piece, Brilliant Proof.....$149 1794 Half Dime, "EF".....$695 1794 Half Dollar, very attractive Fine......$449 1837 Bust Half,Brilliant Uncirculated and scarce.....$195 Last of All............................ 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar, take your pick VG $99, VF $375 EF $695 1863 Seated Dollar, Brilliant Proof, $395 1881 Brilliant Proof Morgan.........$189 1894 Brilliant Proof Morgan.........$549 This thing is downright a heartbreaker, and you know with Dave Bowers, these are stand-up coins and graded right !!!
that is so cool, thanks for posting it what i woildnt do for a time machine, and unlimited funds (like RickieB ... i just had to RickieB lol)
Now here is something that most collectors ever seem to realize. Coin catalogs of the bigger and better known collections can be even more collectible than the coins contained in them. They often sell for huge prices and I have never even heard of one going down in price. Note - this does not apply to just any catalog, but all of them are valuable.
I can see these being collectible, they are fascinating to read, and I have seen some major cash go out for original clean old Redbooks as well. I guess auction catologues are pretty popular also by the numjber of them for sale on Ebay.
Many years ago I puchased a 1938 proof set from Bowers and for a couple of years they sent me their catalogs for their auctions, very interesting reading and all top line coins. I am glad that I have held on to these old books.
