Lot 130. Hess-Leu: 24. Antike Münzen, 16 April 1964

Time left: Bidding closed (Sunday, September 25th, 20:05:00 CEST) Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 20:10:16 CET Price realised: CHF 25.00 (3 bids) Approx. EUR 26.85 / USD 27.98 / GBP 22.33 Bid history Amount Bidder Date CHF 25.00 Bidder 1 * 2016-09-25, 14:24:52 CHF 20.00 Bidder 2 * 2016-09-14, 22:53:22 CHF 20.00 Bidder 1 * 2016-09-25, 14:24:45 * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. High bidder: Bidder 1

Hess-Leu. Lucerne, 16 April 1964. Auktion 24. Antike Münzen. 475 lots, 18 plates. Estimates sheet and prices realized list. Glossy white illustrated card covers as issued. Very Good.
Spring 358

A note from BCD: The writer remembers examining a copy of this catalogue after pleading with a local coin dealer to allow him to “just have a look”. This dealer was in the enviable position of receiving all Hess-Leu and M&M auction catalogues and for local collectors to be allowed to even look through them was considered a great favour. The Greek rarities pictured on the plates appeared to be almost mythical, coins the like of which could only be seen and touched when visiting places like the British Museum. To own such masterpieces was beyond the wildest dreams of a young collector. Fifty years later it can be said, looking through the BCD auction catalogues with a feeling of quiet satisfaction, that an “impossible dream” did actually become reality.