TREASURE AUCTION #1
The
Joseph R. Lasser Collection of Colombian Cobs
A
former New York Stock Exchange partner and decorated WWII veteran, Joe
Lasser has been a coin collector for a full 70 years. Prior to
attending college he assembled a collection of U.S. commemorative half
dollars and foreign paper money, which was liquidated for college tuition.
When he resumed collecting in 1970, he focused on American colonial paper
money and (within a short time) the coins that circulated in colonial
America. Joe has contributed to the field of numismatics via dozens of
articles in various coin publications, co-authored The Cob Coinage of
Colombia (2002) with Jorge Restrepo, provided a strong scholastic
resource to our hobby by gifting his numismatic materials to the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation and serving on the Board of Directors of the
American Numismatic Society. He has also provided expertise to several major
standard catalogs in his areas of interest and lectured on the coins that
circulated in the American colonial period.
The
Bruce Prior Collection of Shipwreck Coins
Bruce
Prior, of New South Wales, Australia, started collecting shipwreck coins
after spending nearly 30 years scuba diving all over the South Pacific. Most
of his diving (salvaging items where permission was granted) was centered
around WWII wrecks and pre- and post-WWII commercial shipping. Bruce was
fortunate enough to be able to dive shipwreck sites along the east and
west coasts of Australia, where the earliest wrecks in this part of the
world can be found. Bruce started collecting coins from these wrecks,
especially from the Gilt Dragon, which formed the core of his
collection. About 10 years ago Bruce was lucky enough to visit the U.S., in
particular the state of Florida, and that is where his interests in
shipwreck coinage took off, as he was given a Daniel Frank Sedwick catalog
of shipwreck coins. From that moment onwards his interests changed
dramatically to include mostly coins from wrecks in U.S. waters, and thanks
to Daniel's expert guidance and knowledge he was able to put together a
fantastic and varied collection. Unfortunately all good things come to an
end, and due to family commitments Bruce put his coins up for sale, with
most of the Australian-wreck coins selling in his own country. Bruce hopes
that whoever buys his coins gets the same pleasure and sense of adventure
out of owning them as he did, as “each and every one of these coins have a
story to tell.”
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