334

Pennypacker Sale of the Ira Reed Collection

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 USD
Pennypacker Sale of the Ira Reed Collection
A buyer’s premium of 17.5% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. See shipping info and full terms.
Pennypacker Auction Centre. AN EXTRAORDINARY AUCTION OF COINS AND STAMPS, ALSO ENCASED POSTAGE, TOKENS AND INDIAN RELICS, FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF IRA S. REED, DECEASED. Reading, Pa.: Kenhorst, May 16, 1955. 8vo, self-covered. 16 pages; no lots numbers: fine collection of stamps; (48) lots of encased postage; 9 pages listing U.S. federal coins; 3 pages listing Indian artifacts, books and furniture. Fine. An unlisted Pennypacker catalogue, not included in any numismatic bibliography of which we are aware. While most of the material is poorly described, the collection of encased postage is noteworthy, as is the provenance. Ira Reed was a Glenside, Pennsylvania coin dealer who issued a number of auction catalogues and other publications, including the 1941 ANA sale. He died in October of 1954. The fact that this sale apparently had been completely forgotten is really quite remarkable. Indeed, it is a month earlier than the earliest Pennypacker sale included by Gengerke.