The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 27, July 8, 2007, Article 13

WILLIAM ASHBROOK 1909 FIXED PRICE LIST AND CATALOG SOUGHT

Roger Burdette writes: "I am searching for the following items for
research and hope someone can direct me to copies.  Many thanks.

1. Fixed price list dated February 1909 issued by William Ashbrook,
Johnstown, Ohio.

2. Auction catalog Ohio State Numismatic Association, October 28-29,
1909. Auctioneer was Ray Patton. 745 lots.

"There will be an article in Coin World (written by Jeff Reichenberger
and myself) in a month or so that lists most of the original owners of
the 1907 $10 with normal rim and periods - only 50 survived melting.
Jeff examined all of Ashbrook's 40-year-long personal diary and
discovered quite a trove of numismatic information.

"William Ashbrook acquired more than 1/5 of the total available during
the 1908 Assay Commission meeting. He also had a huge run of gold proof
sets bought from a Delaware estate. The private sale and auction were
of duplicate pieces from his collection. I'd like to know more about
what he sold in 1909 so I can try to trace a couple of the pieces or
proof sets to institutional or possibly private owners."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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