Inverted Jenny Plate Block Going To Auction In June

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Peter

That's Siegel. The plate block is Sotheby's.

I know. Just wanted to show how they are "coming out of the woodwork"
It is strange that for years you hear or see nothing and then.....


Peter

Imagine!! An auction where the Inverted Jenny Plate Block is the 'runt' of the auction!! I am off now to see how much I have in my piggy bank.

It's probably coincidence that various items come to market at the same time. But I remember when Mr. Gross liquidated his collection and thinking "is the smart money getting out". As I said before this is a hobby for me, (as the IRS defines it.) So I don't have a nickel in that race so to speak. But these are all folk that I wouldn't think need the dough so it begs the question? Tired? Bored?
Just a thought, not an opinion.
Cheers.

I would buy it but I don't need two blocks.

Same guy owns all 3. He stated his kids had no interest and basically just wanted the money, so he's selling so they get their wishes.

These are unique or near-unique things like major paintings that are going to appreciate, better than my old US 3c plate block collection. Weitzman is 80 or going to be, so if his kids are around their 50s, it makes sense for them to let them go also.

Since Weitzman started collecting stamps in childhood, one has to wonder what else he might have. Yeah, I know, anything he wanted.

I saw the 1c British Guiana at a national show or perhaps Pacific 97 (an international). It was in a frame with all the rest of the exhibits and no guard in sight. All photos including the current Sotheby's ones show quite a dirty stamp, a common comment from people who had seen it before. What I saw was cleaner, a surprise to me, which other people noted also. It might be the red color that fools the camera, but I wonder if I saw the real thing. It was definitely typographed.

The British Guiana definitely looks like the front has faded over the past 20+ years.

I note that much of the press over it in recent years has switched from the front to the back - where all the graffiti resides.

I found this a while back, but it appears to be printers waste or something (no perforations).

Don