LOUIS ELIASBERG'S 70TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

 

 

Louis Eliasberg's 70th Birthday Party

From the Stan Kesselman papers, currently being processed by Newman Portal, comes this invitation to Louis Eliasberg's 70th birthday party in 1966. Eliasberg, Sr. (1896-1976) is well-known as the only collector to complete the United States coin series, less a couple asterisks that nit pickers breathlessly recall at a moment's notice. Nevertheless, the effort to recreate the legendary achievement of this Baltimore collector is now simply known as the Eliasberg quest.

The black tie nature of the Eliasberg affair stands in contrast with the informality of the current generation, and it is hard to imagine today's coin dealers, not generally known for sartorial elegance, in such an environment. In any case, this delightful piece of ephemera harkens to a more traditional era, when a sense of fashion lent import to a milestone event.

Link to Stan Kesselman papers on Newman Portal
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/archivedetail/552738

Link to Eliasberg's United States Gold Collection sale (Bowers & Ruddy, 1982):
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=510373&AuctionId=520557

Link to Eliasberg auction sale catalog (Bowers & Merena, 1996)
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=4&AuctionId=525063

Link to Eliasberg auction sale catalog (Bowers & Merena, 1997):
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=4&AuctionId=525069

Link to Eliasberg auction sale catalog (ANR, 2005):
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=1&AuctionId=517705

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