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Same, 7 coins  ! what a collection, what a beautifull legacy! I was the third bidder for the 1953 nsf sp-67, it seems the price moved quite a lot since 2019 ! On the other hand, I'm stunned to get so many top pop coins for very cheap ! I didn't expected to see the bid that I put on the very first day, did hold untill the end haha! https://www.greatcollections.com/Co...y-CollectionThose coins will always be special to me, Blay was truly a talented, passionated numismatist who knew how to recognise quality and it shows! Edited by Dollar 1935
02/12/2023 11:55 pm
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I agree. I bought the Heritage sp67 1953 in 2019. The one tonight went for three times what I paid in 2019.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Prices seemed pretty wild. I still wonder how well some of the Landon coins kept their value. I've picked up a few since the sale, but seemed to be lower prices than the auction night. I wonder if the same will be true for this auction.
I liked the 1959pl and 1967, but forgot to come back and bid. The 1961pl, 1955 NSF seemed to do well.
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Some very cool material.. I'm happy with how I made out in the sale. Congrats to all those who got what they were looking for, and to the many who were shocked by hammer prices and couldn't score what they wanted: better luck next time!
I wonder if we'll see more Canadian on GC now... nearly no consignment fees, and a low buyer's premium. I love Heritage, I'm sure they're pretty disappointed that this collection didn't go to them.
Congrats to GC..they had a very successful sale and proved themselves to the Canadian market.
Feel free to call me Will.
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02/13/2023 03:44 am
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United States
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I bid on many and got clobbered on all but one: the 1948 A to large denticles in 65RED. Upgrade from my 63red.
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I picked up a couple. I am going to print off the auction pages and send them with the coins back to PCGS, I would very much like the "Stewart Blay" pedigree on my coins.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
Canada
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I totally missed this auction and hadn't heard of GC until reading this thread last evening. Anyone know if if they've sold other Canadian material prior to last week's auction?
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Taiwan
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Only 10,800+ lots. You can check their
auction archives..
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Canada
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Some have made their way to new PCGS sets today.
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United States
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Will there be more auctions? Seems like a rather small and narrow grouping to me. Also wondering if the Blay-Duckor Collection is the same Blay - several Lincoln cents sold there in 2020 with that provenance. And there is a Lincoln 1922 No D in MS65 Red currently being auctioned, listed as a "duplicate from the Stewart Blay Red Copper Collection", $62.5K so far with 3 days left.
GC does a fair amount of Canadian but I've only bought US from them so far. 165 current listings. More bang for the buck than Heritage especially if you pay by eCheck.
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Canada
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There have been several auctions of his material already. All of his collections were copper as far as I know. His US cents were truly outstanding and included many amazing grade rarities. They are now just dealing with leftovers I think.
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eCheck doesn't work for canadian account unfortunately, you have to use other options like Wire transfer where they add a $35 fees, add that to the Bank transaction fees and you are around Cad$80 by payment, (up to 4 payments if you use the 3 months plan). Especially if your credit card have a cash return or something similar, its something to think about if your invoice is under US$10K Also, it seems S. Duckor knew S. Blay quite well, calling him his ''copper mentor'' and Blay collected a few other series in the shadow of his monumental copper collection ( Barber dimes notably) so its likely him. ''Buy the very best, stretch to buy it. It means if you can't afford to buy it, buy it anyway."
-Steven Duckor
Edited by Dollar 1935
02/23/2023 10:33 am
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United States
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I guess the other auctions were elsewhere? I searched GC archives for Blay and only got a couple dozen results, mostly the coins mentioned here and the handful earlier from Blay-Duckor. I noted quite a few Belzberg coins. Sucks that you can't use eCheck across the border. I suppose I get around 2.5% cash back on my CC so the eCheck discount is probably a wash anyway.
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Edited by Smallcentguy
02/23/2023 12:46 pm
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Canada
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''Buy the very best, stretch to buy it. It means if you can't afford to buy it, buy it anyway."
-Steven Duckor
Edited by Dollar 1935
02/23/2023 2:54 pm
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