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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 4492673, member: 1765&quot;]If you want to spend some time getting lost in old auction catalogs, go to the <a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctioncompanies" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctioncompanies" rel="nofollow">Newman Numismatic Portal</a> (NNP).&nbsp; 285 auction companies represented, going back well into the 1800s, some famous, some obscure.&nbsp; Most with bidder notes written in.&nbsp; I just took a peek at an 1880 sale cataloged by Chapman.&nbsp; It included a 9 piece 1878 proof set, &quot;including Bland and Trade dollars, and 20-cent piece&quot; and sold for $9 -- almost 3x face value for a modern set!&nbsp; A word of warning, however, is that time can get away from you fast this way.&nbsp; If you like puzzles, you can even try to string together provenances of high-powered or exceptionally rare coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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