⇚ Position 39 - 1995-09-27 Transaction Summary ⇛
Purchase Date:
1995-09-27
How Purchased:
Auction
Where Purchased:
Christie's Robson Lowe
Auction No.:
RLNY 100-8224
Lot No.:
4132
Sound/Fault:
Sound
Catalogue Value:
$ 135,000
Realized:
$ 148,500
Seller:
Anonymous
Buyer:
Anonymous
Description
24c Carmine Rose & Blue, Center Inverted (C3a), position 39, a phenomenal
example possessing intense well-balanced margins with near perfect centering,
beautiful deep rich colors on very fresh bright paper, exceptionally fresh, bright and
crisp, full original gum,
AN EXTREMELY FINE GEM IN ALL RESPECTS, VERY RARELY DOES AN 'INVERTED JENNY' OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY COME ON THE AUCTION MARKET, ONE OF THE FINEST CENTERED 'INVERTED JENNY'S' EXTANT, Scott retail $135,000.00
Note: Position 39 was sold in the 1970 Rarities of the World auction to Irwin Weinberg who described it as 'one of the finest known copies'. It was auctioned by Sotheby's in 1978 for $100,000.00 to a Boston dealer who subsequently placed the stamp privately. It has been off the auction maarket since that date.
Provenance: ex J.K. Storrow, Col. Green, Henry B. Close, Norman Newman
Expertization: 1970 P.F. certificate which states 'that it is genuine'
est. $160,000-180,000
AN EXTREMELY FINE GEM IN ALL RESPECTS, VERY RARELY DOES AN 'INVERTED JENNY' OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY COME ON THE AUCTION MARKET, ONE OF THE FINEST CENTERED 'INVERTED JENNY'S' EXTANT, Scott retail $135,000.00
Note: Position 39 was sold in the 1970 Rarities of the World auction to Irwin Weinberg who described it as 'one of the finest known copies'. It was auctioned by Sotheby's in 1978 for $100,000.00 to a Boston dealer who subsequently placed the stamp privately. It has been off the auction maarket since that date.
Provenance: ex J.K. Storrow, Col. Green, Henry B. Close, Norman Newman
Expertization: 1970 P.F. certificate which states 'that it is genuine'
est. $160,000-180,000