Catalogue Click for Auction info

The Arthur Gray Collection (#76MG) Closed

Auction Info

Lot 44THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 4 die proof with the Emu's feathers & neck re-engraved, in carmine-red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with manuscript "4th State" at lower-right BW #70DP(14)Bb with an unusual "belt & buckle" Perkins Bacon cachet on the reverse, Cat $16,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only three examples with endorsements recorded. [Hugh Morgan's example without endorsements sold for £6600]

Click image to enlarge
Lot closed - Price Realized:$7,500
Estimate: $10,000

The Arthur Gray Collection (#76MG) Closed

Auction Info

  • THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 4 die proof with the Emu's feathers & neck re-engraved, in carmine-red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with manuscript "4th State" at lower-right BW #70DP(14)Bb with an unusual "belt & buckle" Perkins Bacon cachet
  • THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 4 die proof with the Emu's feathers & neck re-engraved, in carmine-red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with manuscript "4th State" at lower-right BW #70DP(14)Bb with an unusual "belt & buckle" Perkins Bacon cachet - 2
  • THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 4 die proof with the Emu's feathers & neck re-engraved, in carmine-red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with manuscript "4th State" at lower-right BW #70DP(14)Bb with an unusual "belt & buckle" Perkins Bacon cachet - 3