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The Atwater Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:55.00 USD Estimated At:80.00 USD
The Atwater Sale
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Mehl, B. Max. CATALOG OF THE FAMOUS AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS FORMED BY WILLIAM CUTLER ATWATER... INCLUDING THE CELEBRATED STICKNEY 1804 DOLLAR AND THE IDLER 1804 DOLLAR... Fort Worth, June 11, 1946. 4to, original printed embossed card covers. 199, (7) pages; 2398 lots; frontispiece portrait of Atwater; text illustrations. Prices realized list included. Near fine. A coin collector for over a quarter century, William Cutler Atwater’s penchant for quality is evident throughout the sale. Indeed, the superb condition of the coins have prompted many to consider it superior to the Dunham collection in overall importance. Mehl himself, in a 1946 letter to Thomas Elder, described the Atwater auction as “the most important I have ever held.”