Position 84

Position 84
Position 84

Gum:

NH

Condition:

Sound

Perf Condition:

Intact

Summary

The Amick book notes it was sold in a 1950 Kelleher auction to Bruce Daniels, a prominent Boston dealer, who then sold it to a collector, Jack Dick, in 1954 for $3,500.

It was next sold in the Siegel auction of the Jack Dick collection in 1955. It was next sold in the H.R. Harmer auction of the Thomas A. Matthews collection in November 1964, to famous dealer Raymond Weill, for $15,500.

The stamp was next sold at a H.R. Harmer auction in 1969 on behalf of the U.S. Trust Company. It sold to Myron Kaller for $31,000. Its next appearance at auction was in a H.R. Harmer's auction in May 1974, where it realized $47,000

The stamp next appeared in a Siegel auction in 2005, where it realized $280,000. It was subsequently sold privately by Harry Hagendorf of Columbian Stamp Company through Heritage Auctions for $825,000 to an unnamed Wall Street executive.

Owners:

Certification

1969
PF
Certificate No. 31163
 
IT IS GENUINE, UNUSED WITH O.G.
2008
PSE
Certificate No. 1159157
75
It is Genuine, ogNH

Transactions:

Date
Type
Where Sold
Seller
Buyer
Condition
Cat. Value
Realization
1918-05-20
Sound
$ 15,000
1918-05-21
Sound
$ 20,000
1950-01-14
Kelleher
Anon.
Sound
$ 4,000
$ 2,650
1954-00-00
Sound
$ 4,000
$ 3,500
1955-05-26
Siegel
Anon.
Sound
$ 4,000
1964-11-04
HRH NY
Sound
$ 11,000
$ 15,500
1969-05-28
HRH NY
Sound
$ 20,000
$ 31,000
1974-05-30
HRH NY
Anon.
Anon.
Sound
$ 35,000
$ 47,000
2005-12-10
Siegel
Anon.
Anon.
Sound
$ 325,000
$ 280,000
2007-12-26
Anon.
Sound
$ 375,000
$ 825,000

Graph of Realizations for This Position in Relation to Catalogue Value:

Date
Type
Where Sold
Condition
Cat. Value
Realization
% Cat. Val.
1950-01-14
Kelleher
Sound
$ 4,000
$ 2,650
0.663
1954-00-00
Sound
$ 4,000
$ 3,500
0.875
1964-11-04
HRH NY
Sound
$ 11,000
$ 15,500
1.409
1969-05-28
HRH NY
Sound
$ 20,000
$ 31,000
1.55
1974-05-30
HRH NY
Sound
$ 35,000
$ 47,000
1.343
2005-12-10
Siegel
Sound
$ 325,000
$ 280,000
0.862
2007-12-26
Sound
$ 375,000
$ 825,000
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Position 84: Scott Catalog Value vs. Realizations
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