Saturday, April 05, 2008 (USA)
DGSE Companies Inc, which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds, precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and internet channels, announced that Superior Galleries has acquired the Roadrunner Collection of Rare U.S. Coins and Currency to be auctioned in their Beverly Hills Pre-Long Beach Elite Auction May 26-27, 2008, held immediately prior to the Long Beach Coin Convention. This particular collection will be held as an exclusive evening session on the 26th of May, and is anticipated to realize in excess of $1,300,000-1,500,000.
This exciting collection includes almost 125 lots of fresh U.S. coins that have been privately held for years. Included are a number of shipwreck recovery coins - both silver and gold, patterns, superb Morgan and Peace dollars, branch mint Liberty gold eagles, No Motto double eagles, California Fractional gold, and rare currency. The consignor spent many years acquiring the finest pieces as evidenced by the grades assigned to each by NGC and PCGS.
Paul Song, Senior Vice President of Superior Galleries stated, “We are delighted that this exceptional collection has been entrusted to Superior Galleries, and we look forward to offering it to an extremely eager collecting public. The collection will certainly be the cornerstone to our May 26-27, 2008 Pre-Long Beach Elite Auction, and we are working vigorously to make this a memorable auction indeed.”
DGSE Companies Inc