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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 8246548, member: 73489&quot;]<b><font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff">Saints In The Mengou Catalog: </span></font></b>First, I noticed a &quot;Rare St. Gaudens Proof Double Eagle&quot; headline.&nbsp; This is an alleged Proof MCMVII High Relief Saint.&nbsp; So the term &quot;proof&quot; was used formally in catalogs like this prior to NGC creating them on the label.&nbsp; The commentary notes that the proof <i>&quot;came from the widow of a gentleman associated with the mint in 1907.&quot; </i> I think this could be Barber Coins, I have to check RWB&#039;s Saints book.&nbsp; The widow had 2 of these Proof High Reliefs...and <i>&quot;the $10 rolled edge with periods and the wire edge with periods.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Kosoff &amp; Kreisberg noted that the coin was rarer than the <b>MCMVII UHR which was &quot;valued at $3,000.&quot;&nbsp; </b>But despite a $1,000 estimate the &quot;Proof&quot; HR Saint only sold for $825.&nbsp;&nbsp; A pair of <b>MCMVII HR&#039;s (wire &amp; flat)</b> were estimated to sell for $125 each but sold for $117.50 and $112, respectively.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>1921 Saint</b> estimated to go for $750 but nabbed $575.&nbsp; A 1929 Saint estimated at $500 but got $300.&nbsp; Both coins &quot;Uncirculated.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A <b>1924-S Saint </b>is called &quot;the rarest of all double eagles&quot; (did K&amp;K know something about the 1933&#039;s ? <img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/r266626/emoticons/laugh.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> )...estimated for $2,250, went for $2,000.&nbsp; K&amp;K said it was &quot;the best&quot; they&#039;ve seen.&nbsp; A <b>1930 Saint</b> estimated at $475 went for $385.&nbsp; The &quot;Excessively Rare&quot; (they like that phrase ! <img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/r266626/emoticons/laugh.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> ) <b>1926-D</b> Saint went for $2,000 with an estimate of $2,500.&nbsp; <b>1925 Saint</b> Uncirculated went for $560 after a $650 estimate.&nbsp; <b>1931-D</b> Saint was one of the few coins that went for a higher amount than expected:&nbsp; $1,325 vs. $1,100 estimate. </p><p><br /></p><p>Remember...excluding the 1933 Saint (the confiscations had started)...<i>the rarest at the time of this auction were the 1924-S, 1926-D, and 1926-S.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cheapest Saints listed as &quot;Very Fine&quot; and considered commons was about $44.&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Most coins, Saints and all others, went for LESS than the estimates.&nbsp; I wonder if the outbreak of the Korean War a few weeks later impacted bidding.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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