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RUSSIA: Irwin Goodman collection
I just recently purchased a catalog of the auction of the Irwin
Goodman collection of Russian coins, mostly dated pre-1917 and almost exclusively silver coins. The catalog is entirely in Russian. Although there is no indication of who published it or the date of publication, the contents lead me to believe that it was published shortly after the auction of this collection (February 1991) but before the Soviet Union split up and became Russia + independent states (previously "autonomous republics"). I'm sure that anyone who has been collecting Russian coins for longer than I have (only about a year and a half) will know about this collection and the auction. It is quite impressive. The collector is/was Canadian/American, amassed an incredible collection of Russian and Chinese coins as owner of a furniture store (or factory?) in California, and became one of the most "voracious" auction purchasers in history. According to the Russian introduction, he regularly attended auctions all over the world during his business trips, and at one of the important Sotheby's auctions of Russian coins in 1969 in Europe, he apparently bought just about every 2nd lot! He always attended the auctions in person and never used a proxy bidder. I was hoping to find some more literature about this -- e.g., where the auction took place, perhaps some better pictures of the coins sold -- but Google turned up zilch! Maybe I'm mis-spelling his name (all I have to go by is the Russian transliteration, i.e.: "IRVIN GUDMAN")?? Thanks for any tips! -- Bob Hairgrove |
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RUSSIA: Irwin Goodman collection
In article , Bob Hairgrove
wrote: I just recently purchased a catalog of the auction of the Irwin Goodman collection of Russian coins, mostly dated pre-1917 and almost exclusively silver coins. The catalog is entirely in Russian. Although there is no indication of who published it or the date of publication, the contents lead me to believe that it was published shortly after the auction of this collection (February 1991) but before the Soviet Union split up and became Russia + independent states (previously "autonomous republics"). [snip] I was hoping to find some more literature about this -- e.g., where the auction took place, perhaps some better pictures of the coins sold -- but Google turned up zilch! Maybe I'm mis-spelling his name (all I have to go by is the Russian transliteration, i.e.: "IRVIN GUDMAN")?? Try "Irving Goodman" ... his Chinese and Russian collections were sold by Superior in the early 1990's. The catalog you mention is probably a Russian translation of the English version of the catalog, which I described as follows when I sold it on eBay some time ago: # "The Irving Goodman Collection of Russian Coinage", sold by Superior # Galleries on February 11 - 12, 1991 # # 120 pages plus 6 color plates, 1767 lots. Softbound, very fine condition. # The Prices Realized List is not present. # # One of the standard reference collections of Russian coinage. The sale # included 50 lots of Russian gold coinage, 750 lots of Silver and Copper # Coins and Medals of Russia (issued under Alexei Michailovitch, Peter I, # Catherine I, Peter II, Anna Ivanovna, Ivan III, Elizabeth Petrovna, Peter # III, Catherine II, Paul I, Alexander I, Poland Under Russia, Nicholas I, # Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II), 13 lots of errors and 79 lots of # Soviet Union coinage 1917 - 1940's. Well-illustrated throughout via # high-quality halftones plus six stunning color plates. A "must have" for # the serious Russian numismatist ... You can probably get a nice copy of the original catalog if you look on eBay for a while ... I may even have a duplicate around here somewhere ... -- Ken Barr Numismatics P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com San Jose, CA 95152 (souvenir cards, MPC, Hickey Bros tokens) 408-272-3247 Next show: San Jose CC show 01/13-15/2006 (no table) |
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In article , Bob Hairgrove
wrote: On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:49:30 -0800, Ken Barr wrote: The Prices Realized List is not present. BTW ... the "Prices Realized List" seems to be part of this Russian catalog... If the PRL printed and bound in the catalog, then it's a "post-sale" edition of the catalog, intended to be used as a reference document for the collection. If the PRL is printed separately and then tipped in, then the catalog may or may not have been translated into Russian and printed prior to the sale actually taking place. If it lacks the information on the cataloger, bidding instructions, etc., I suspect that it's the former rather than the latter ... P. S. I checked my pile of Superior catalogs ... sorry, no Goodman Russian in there at present ... -- Ken Barr Numismatics P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com San Jose, CA 95152 (souvenir cards, MPC, Hickey Bros tokens) 408-272-3247 Next show: San Jose CC show 01/13-15/2006 (no table) |
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