- 13 - not assign a number grade to any of the remaining 226 coins. The following chart shows the number of coins that received each grade from the decedent: Grade Number of Coins 60 13 63 38 64 73 65 50 Proof 1 General proof 132 Choice proof 56 General to choice proof 37 Total 400 Superior proposed to sell the Trompeter Collection in two auctions, the first of which it held on February 25, 1992. Superior auctioned 209 of the 400 coins in the Trompeter Collection for sale at the first auction, and there was a high demand in response thereto.6 Two hundred and one of the 209 coins auctioned for sale sold for the total amount of $3,850,622. Approximately $2,628,730 of the gross proceeds was attributable to the decedent's proof coins which he had valued at $2,598,000. Shortly after the first auction concluded, Superior began preparing a catalog of the 191 coins for sale at the second auction which was scheduled for October 13, 1992. The decedent had graded many of these coins as either general proof, choice 6 The 209 coins auctioned for sale at the first auction did not include any of the 191 coins mentioned above.Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Next
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