Goldberg-Millenia Collection auction

[jackson64]

Does anyone have any info on the Millenia Collection auction by Ira & Larry Goldberg?...It is supposed to be the biggest (highest value) world coin auction/sale in the history of numismatics.

 

I'd love a catalog or on-line reference so that I could look for sailing ship coins...I think the dates are May 24-28..... I might be able to put aside enough for a real special coin by then...

[RareSov]

I have the book "Money Of The World : Coins that made History"

 

Will be bidding on one lot in particular

 

May 24-28 yes

 

NGC highlights here Millenia Sale Highlights

[physics-fan3.14]

Yeah, I can't wait for this one. I haven't seen too much in the way of catalogs yet, but I am looking forward to it.

 

Just checked their website, it has this message - "To Pre-order a special-edition catalogue, call 1-800-978-2646 "

[World Colonial]

I receive Goldberg's catalogues and though this has not come out yet, they did send me a promotional brochure.

 

It is divided into five sections: Ancient, English, European, Latin America and everywhere else. To say that this collection is absolutely awesome is a modest understatement. The combination of rarity, quality and eye appeal is unbelievable. There are so many coins in this sale that would be among the highlights of many others, it seems hard to believe that one collection has them all. I'm a collector of Pillars and the collection is so good, it did not even bother to include any of the Peru 8 reales.

 

Unfortunately, almost all of them are gold or crown sized, at least outside the ancients. I think the pickings will be real slim for anything less than $5000 or so though I cannot be sure. Also, because of the publicity, there is a real risk in overpaying substantially for an item that might bring a lower price in a sale with less exposure.

[World Colonial]

From your handle, I wonder if it is the 1923 South Africa Sovereign. I collect all of South Africa and would really like to own that coin.

[RareSov]

Nope, nor the 1852 Adelaide Pound

 

Nor the 1813 Holey Dollar

 

Its the 1732 12800 Reis, as mentioned late last year on this forum