The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 46, November 11, 2007, Article 22

PROOF GOLD PURCHASED BY LYMAN LOW FOR VIRGIL BRAND AT ELDER'S WOODIN SALE

Responding to an earlier Saul Teichman note on proof gold
coins purchased by Virgil Brand at Thomas Elder's 1911
Woodin Sale, Dave Hirt noted that in Dave Bowers' book on
Virgil Brand the coins were "incorrectly identified as coming
from dealer Lyman H. Low. The cantankerous Tom Elder must be
turning over in his grave over that one."

Saul Teichman writes: "Lyman Low acted as Brand's agent at
the Woodin sale. The key point is that Woodin-Newcomer pedigrees
are only accurate for half eagles and not for the other gold
denominations - thus much of Breen's proof encyclopedia with
regard to many of the gold pedigrees he supplied with
Woodin-Newcomer pedigrees may be suspect."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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