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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 8245990, member: 73489&quot;]<b><font size="5"><span style="color: #b30000">The Menjou Catalog (1950):&nbsp; </span></font></b>Just got this beaut&nbsp; this week.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Adolphe Menjou was an actor from Silent Era and The Golden Era of films. </b> Wow, talk about a trip down memory lane.&nbsp; Created to sell part of his collection, the catalog had a Quintuple Stella 1879.....1841 Quarter Eagle....1815 Half Eagle....1875 $3 gold.....Trade Dollars of 1884 and 1885.</p><p><br /></p><p>Abner Kreisberg and Abe Kosoff prepared the catalog and oversaw the auction.&nbsp; You veteran guys must know those names.</p><p><br /></p><p>Total raised was $134,627.&nbsp;&nbsp; 2,200 items for sale.....the <b>Quintuple Stella</b> was estimated to sell for $5,000 but went for $3,400.&nbsp; The <b>Trade Dollars</b> of 1884 and 1885 were estimated to sell for $1,000 and $2,000 respectively....actually sold for $765 and $1,350.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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