1933 Double Eagle has sold for $18,872,250

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...ble-eagle-sells-for-19-5-plus-million-dollars

 

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I saw their estimate of 10-15 million and I knew that was low. Who is the lucky winner?

 

Wow!

 

I wonder if the new owner is going to entomb it?

 

Another addition to D.L. Hansen's collection?

 

The Jenny, the 1933 DE, and the 1856 Magenta British Guiana..... no luck involved at the prices these pieces sold for. Just investment, that's all.

Weitzman can do what he wants, it is/was his property. Leaving a heel i.d. on the Magenta, while I understand, is sort of sad, in a way.

He simply saw a high end to the market for these 3 pieces. Can't really blame him.

 

Don’t know, I was outbid before the auction even started :-D

 

Here’s the complete auction story from Coin World.

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...ops-18-point-8-million-dollars-for-new-record

 

Almost certainly not since David Lawrence already commented on it on CU and said nothing about them being the winners

 

Winner might have been "Tyrant". The $10 U.S. gold set that will be displayed
at this years ANA in Chicago will be worth the trip just to view. The set belongs
to "Tyrant".

 

So the curtain came down. And the TPGs are still afraid to slab it...

 

Darn, I missed it!

 

According to a PCGS blurb from April: "Due to the unique circumstances and rarity of the 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, PCGS is taking the unusual step of, at the auctioneer's request, grading and certifying, but not holdering this rarity in PCGS' tamper-evident holder. The winning bidder of the coin may submit it to PCGS for holdering to provide state-of-the-art security at no additional charge."

 

Yeah, I read that, back in the April thread. I didn't believe it then, and I still don't. First-off, MS65 is a gift, given that broken kneecap. But, OK, gift it. Is it ever going to do any better? It barely makes MS64, how is it going to better MS65 CAC? So there's no reason for the owner to balk. There's #1. And name me a TPG that wouldn't pay to get its brand on this coin? There's #2. So, what do we got? #1, an owner with every incentive to lock in at this grade, and, #2, a TPG that'll do it for free if asked. How does this coin not get slabbed? They're afraid of it. Now just figure out why...

 

I probably will.

 

He probably has the best collection of all time but from the comments so far it’s highly doubtful it was him either as it likely would have been know pretty fast. There’s some controversy about the bidding as well as apparently the under bidder bid more than the winner.

That said Tryant or someone else could easily try and purchase it privately from the winner if they wanted to which does happen fairly regularly on monsters to avoid massive bidding wars

 

If memory serves, I think that was graded MS-63 at one point, which is the right number. Now PCGS and CAC say it’s MS-65. I guess the gash on Ms. Liberty’s shin doesn’t count. I’ll have remember to mention that the next time I think that a TPG has shortchanged me.

 

Perhaps the date got graded instead of the coin. Maybe it doesn’t make a lot of difference. It would have sold for big bucks with a tire tread across the obverse.

 

It doesn't mean anything unless a miracle happens the pieces the government confiscated get on the market. Then it might mean a lot.