World Largest -Biggest Stamp Collection

"As for the collection that just sold for 340k, that means a catalog value of around one million dollars or more"

Or more. No one is paying 34% for a WW collection unless the quality is unbelievable.

First --- Like to say RASDALE STAMP'S did a excellent job putting this whole collection in a presentable way for both the seller and for the many bidders and buyers .

Sorry we can't give a person credit , who spend years building it over the many years it took . It was a long road to put that collection together .
Decades of buying specialty items and thousands of complete sets with a eye toward maintaining a clean well balanced stamp collection .
To me it was a masterpiece ,maybe because I am trying to do the same .

I always enjoy those personal bio's that Kelleher Auctions write about their sellers . Learn something about them . Would like to know something about this person who made the effort that so many other collectors will enjoy .

Kelleher's upcoming October 20-21 large lot auction has a few large worldwide collections for sale:

Lot 763 is an intact A-Z collection of 200 volumes with an estimated catalog value of $175,000 and a starting bid of $7,500.

Lot 766 is another intact A-Z collection in 250 binders. Sounds like a large collection of common stamps. Starting at $5,000.

Lot is 767 is a massive worldwide dealer stock. 50 moving boxes and a 4-drawer filing cabinet. I assume it's part of low-end stock of Sam Houston Philatelics that Kelleher's is liquidating. I can't even imagine the time it would take to go through all of that. Starting at $5,000.

https://stampauctionnetwork.com//V/v85420.cfm#200

A large one owner collection that Rasdale recently had in their last auction was lot 275.

This looked to me as a great worldwide in Scott's internationals 1840-1975. It shows what could be done over time in one set of albums by a determined collector.

Realized 30,000 with a conservative estimate of 14,000. I suspect that there was more here than what is shown in the many images.

The collection realized more than I could ever buy at one time. But I enjoyed viewing some of the images. If you have not viewed it, you may enjoy doing so before Rasdale fully closes.