(U.S. Coins) Catalog - Stack's Bowers

Session Six Ends 3:00 PM PT • Tuesday, November 12, 201310272 New York—New York. H.M. / N.Y. / 3 / Cents on an 1828cent. Brunk M-28, Rulau-E-NY 303. Host coin Fair.Chocolate brown with hints of maroon.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Rulau plate coin.10273 New York—New York. MACKRELL & / RICHARDSON/ NEW YORK on a worn 1830s era cent. Brunk M-74,Rulau-NY 2112. Host coin About Good (no date).Chestnut brown overall with wisps of navy blue at theborders. Longworth’s New York Directory for 1837-1838lists Mackrell & Richardson as being in lock businesswith addresses at: “228 Hous[ton] & 24 Jefferson.” Trow’sNew York City Directory, 1862, provides the followinglisting: “Mackrell & Richardson Manufg Co. locks, 243 E.Houston.” Mackrell & Richardson is also known to haveproduced castings that were used by other companies forthe production of machinery.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Rulau plate coin.10274 New York—New York. MACKRELL & / RICHARDSON/ NEW YORK on an 1839 cent. Brunk M-74, Rulau—NY2112. Host coin Fair. Golden brown overall with wisps ofcharcoal gray.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier ex: the Nathan EglitCollection.10275 New York—New York. USE / [L.] MILLERS / HAIR /INVIGORATOR / N.Y. on a Spanish colonial (probablyPotosi) real. Brunk-694, Rulau-NY 582S. Host coin Poor.Date and mintmark are missing; assayer’s initials appear tobe JR. Blended pearl gray and charcoal gray toning.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10276 New York—New York. USE / L. MILLER’S / HAIR /INVIGORATOR on a Mexican 178[///]-Mo FM tworeales. Brunk 690, Rulau—NY 582A. Host coin Fair. Graywith wisps and blushes of gold, blue, and violet. A mid-19th century New York hairdresser and hair dye dealer.“Hair invigorators” in the 19th century apparently had thesame role as “Hair conditioners” in the 21st-century, i.e. topreserve and improve the attractiveness of the user’s hair.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10277 New York—New York. OIL, GAS / N.YORK on an 1826cent. Brunk O-58, Y-29, Rulau—Unlisted. Punchesstamped on obverse two times and three times respectively.Host coin Very Fine. Chocolate brown surfaces.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10278 New York—New York. 47 / ONDERDONK / & CAPRONN.Y / J.R.G. on an 1846 cent. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Fine. Golden brown. Verdigris. TheTrow New York City Directory for 1864 has the following:“Newman, Onderdonk & Capron (Allen G. Newman, JohnW. Onderdonk & Jacob Capron) 1172 B’way.” This firmmanufactured decorated bronze hardware. Presumablythe firm consisted only of Onderdonk and Capron, beforeNewman’s participation in the concern. Later Onderdonkand Capron retired leaving Newman as sole proprietor.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10279 New York—New York. PARISIAN / VARIETIES / 16.ST. & B’WAY. N.Y. on an 1858-O Liberty Seated halfdollar. Brunk P-125, Rulau NY-NY 230. Host coin VG.Warmly toned pewter gray surfaces with the counterstampnicely executed in the left and right obverse field. The 2003edition of Gregory G. Brunk’s book Merchant and PrivatelyCountermarked Coins includes an extensive write up aboutParisian Varieties in New York City:”Robert Leonard (Numismatist 1993: 728-729) traceda series of Parisian Varieties advertisements in The NewYork Times. These were published from September 1875until it closed in October 1876. Its first notice appeared onSeptember 15th.“The Parisian Varieties, formerly Robinson Hall, has openedwith good promise, and seems likely to offer throughout thewinter a lively and attractive entertainment. The scope ofthe performance is wide, and certainly takes in as muchvariety as need be.”Parisian Varieties did not prosper with a traditionalapproach. It soon became a burlesque house, and advertisingthat its ‘fifty handsome young ladies’ had ‘the highest orderof artistic talent.’ Their repertoire included ‘Legs on theBrain’ and ‘Satan’s Vendue.’ These countermarks are of thesame style as the Bradley and Smith pieces, and must havebeen made by the same die sinker.”10280 New York—New York. PARISIAN / VARIETIES / 16.ST. & B’WAY. N.Y. on an 1876 trade dollar. Brunk P-125,Rulau NY-NY 234. Host coin Good. A second exampleof this counterstamp, this piece exhibits light silver graysurfaces with evidence of mount removal at both the left andright obverse borders. Cleaned at one time, and now with asomewhat glossy texture to both sides.This counterstamp is usually encountered on LibertySeated half dollars (see the example in the previous lot), andit is much rarer when offered on a trade dollar, as here. BothBrunk (2003) and Rulau (2004) report only two ParisianVarieties counterstamps on trade dollars, both of which aredated 1876. Assuming that no other examples have beendiscovered in recent years, the only two trade dollars knownare the present example and the Brunk plate coin.10281 New York—New York. W.A. RANSOM / N.Y. on an1865 Plain 5 two-cent piece. Brunk—Unlisted, Rulau—Unlisted. Host coin Good. Tan surfaces. The 1866 Trow’sNew York City Directory has the following which maybe relevant: “Ransom W.A. & Co. (Warren A. & Aaron P.Ransom, Robert H. Boyd & Darius W. Geer) 884 B’way.’Possibly a wholesale dealer in boots and shoes.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10282 New York—New York. REES & CO. / 289 BROADWAY onan 1843 cent. Brunk—Unlisted (related to R-160, wherethe address is given as 385 BROADWAY),. Rulau—NY2135. Host coin Fair. Porous, cleaned and retoned blue andviolet-brown. A daguerreotype studio at this address wasoperated by Charles R. Rees. This stamp was evidently usedby Rees to sign his images.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate.10283 New York—New York. WM G. SCHULZE / MAKER/ NEW YORK on a 1864 Small Motto two-cent piece.Brunk S-202, Rulau-NY-NY 273. Host coin Fair. Goldenbrownsurfaces. William G. Schulze was a manufacturer ofclarinets in the latter half of the 19th century.From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. Earlier from our (Bowers andMerena’s) sale of the Patterson Collection, lot 1664.10284 New York—New York. W.C. SINCLAIR / N.Y. on an1819 cent. Brunk S-474, Rulau-NY 2152. Host coinFair. Blended chestnut brown and chocolate toning. Botha locksmith a watchmaker had this name. The logotype ismuch larger than that typically used by a watchmaker, soperhaps the locksmith attribution would be a better guess.The 1859 Trow’s New York Directory provides the followinginformation: “Sinclair William C. locks, 204 Bleecker.”From the Stephen L. Tanenbaum Estate. The Rulau plate coin.Bid online at www.stacksbowers.com Page 487