!766 No Stamp Act button

[RonNH]

I was lucky enough to find a No Stamp Act button this past season. When I popped it out, it was covered in a black crust so I soaked it for a couple of weeks in mineral oil and started picking at it with a softened toothpick. The crud was coming off pretty good but when I saw the crack on the right side, I stopped cleaning it.

I tried sending the image to an auction house, they couldn't put a price on it and even were doubting it was authentic. I thought I would try the forum and see if I could get any leads on the value and maybe some leads on where I could get it refurbished or at least stabilized.

Thanks for any help and I couldn't help but notice on the banner that another member has found the same button, congrats to him!

 

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[villagenut]

According to Coinman it may be worth up to 9 grand......awesome button.http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...e-no-stamp-act-button-1766-a.html#post6008200

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find!

I hope that button is worth 9K...

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice button.

 

[RonNH]

Nice find!

I hope that button is worth 9K...

The button in Coinman's post that fetched $9K was a copper struck one, maybe those are worth more.

 

[coinman123]

Great find! The value is hard to tell for a unique find like that. I asked an auction house about mine, and they said that it is hard to tell what it would go for. They said they would set an estimate of $6000 if it were to be sold, though as you may know, estimates mean nothing in the auction world. The one that sold for $9000 had an estimate of $5000 according to Heritage Auctions. Condition is big too, when I did research about mine, I found some in much worse condition that sold in the $4000-$5000 range, but those had serious problems. Yours looks to be in pretty good shape, other than that crack. Almost every single one I found sold, including the $9000 one, had some cracks on it. Honestly, I still have no clue what mine is worth, but don't care much right now as I don't intend on selling it. I would guess that ours are worth as much as someone would pay at an auction. Also, in terms of authenticity, I am 100% sure your is the real deal. I just hope you didn't find it at my site lol!





Here's one that sold a few years ago, I think it reached around $3000 in auction, though I will need to confirm. Yours is clearly a million times nicer than it.

 

[RonNH]

Great find! The value is hard to tell for a unique find like that. I asked an auction house about mine, and they said that it is hard to tell what it would go for. They said they would set an estimate of $6000 if it were to be sold, though as you may know, estimates mean nothing in the auction world. The one that sold for $9000 had an estimate of $5000 according to Heritage Auctions. Condition is big too, when I did research about mine, I found some in much worse condition that sold in the $4000-$5000 range, but those had serious problems. Yours looks to be in pretty good shape, other than that crack. Almost every single one I found sold, including the $9000 one, had some cracks on it. Honestly, I still have no clue what mine is worth, but don't care much right now as I don't intend on selling it. I would guess that ours are worth as much as someone would pay at an auction. Also, in terms of authenticity, I am 100% sure your is the real deal. I just hope you didn't find it at my site lol!

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Here's one that sold a few years ago, I think it reached around $3000 in auction, though I will need to confirm. Yours is clearly a million times nicer than it.
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Thanks Coinman. Which auction site were you dealing with?

 

[RonNH]

I guess I should have read the fine print on the bottom of the button - Heritage Auctions

 

[smokeythecat]

Value depends on what day it is auctioned, and who wants one that day. I would not clean it or preserve it or do anything else to it. You can ruin it very quickly if you do.

 

[coinman123]

I'm curious which auction house said that it was possibly not authentic (yours is 100% genuine) and wouldn't give you a simple auction estimate? I know that heritage has a free item appraisal, and will normally give you a fairly straight forward estimate. I recommend asking another auction house in hopes of getting a clearer answer.

 

[RonNH]

I'm curious which auction house said that it was possibly not authentic (yours is 100% genuine) and wouldn't give you a simple auction estimate? I know that heritage has a free item appraisal, and will normally give you a fairly straight forward estimate. I recommend asking another auction house in hopes of getting a clearer answer.

It was Heritage Auctions that I sent the image to, they referred me to someone with the handle of Jasper, I guess it's one of their appraisers. His team said it was in poor condition and doubted it was authentic, I kind of stopped my searching there due to family things taking up most of my time. I have also contacted an appraiser who has a storefront near me and in a week, he hasn't gotten back to me, I'm assuming he is probably swamped with work but maybe he doesn't know enough about the button to put a starting price on it.

 

[A2coins]

Amazing button wow

 

[huntsman53]

It was Heritage Auctions that I sent the image to, they referred me to someone with the handle of Jasper, I guess it's one of their appraisers. His team said it was in poor condition and doubted it was authentic, I kind of stopped my searching there due to family things taking up most of my time. I have also contacted an appraiser who has a storefront near me and in a week, he hasn't gotten back to me, I'm assuming he is probably swamped with work but maybe he doesn't know enough about the button to put a starting price on it.

Well, it sounds as if as an Appraiser, Jasper is not worth his weight in the sedimentary/metamorphic rock he was named after!