As part of the October 2024 Hong Kong (SAR) Auction Stack’s Bowers Galleries is proud to present the Howard A. Daniel III Reference Collection of Southeast Asia, offered as Session C on October 20 at 9 AM HKT. The sale contains 379 lots and is the reference collection of researcher, author and collector Howard Daniel III, who passed away in April 2023 at age 81 after a battle with advanced melanoma cancer. Included are large groups of research material, handwritten annotations and a variety of items from Southeast Asia, ranging from the common to the extremely rare or even unique. Howard was a well-known specialist of the region’s numismatics. He served in the United States Army, retiring in 1981 as Master Sergeant. Among the places he served was Viet Nam, where he met his wife, and where is interest in the numismatic history of the region began.
The Howard Daniel III Reference Collection is offered in a unique format. Online bidding is available now, with all lots starting at $1. Many notes have been kept in Howard’s original holders, many of which contain annotations as to where they came from, unfinished research and other information. Numerous lots contain groupings of varieties that were not yet added to Howard’s reference works. We strongly urge you to take a look at this unique collection, as an opportunity such as this seldom appears, and once the gavel falls on this sale another chance is unlikely to present itself.
Selected highlights include:
-A fantastic group of Vietnamese settlement checks from the 1990s, including specimens, perhaps the most advanced collection assembled. Offered in lots 32307 to 32318.
–A single lot of four albums containing many banknotes, coins and handwritten annotations and corrections from Howard Daniel. Includes many plate notes to his references. Offered as lot 32324.
–A possibly unique note for an internment camp of Japanese Civilians in French Indo-China. The plate note in World War II Remembered and one of just two notes known from this issuer. Offered as lot 32098.
-Perhaps Howard’s most treasured possession, an Anti-French Restoration Society Bond from the government of Phan Boi Chau issued in the early 1920s. Offered as lot 32118.
–A lot of two notes on card with the signature of Le Van Hien. Also included is a photo of the currency production department in North Viet Nam, with several people identified. Offered as lot 32120.
We are always accepting consignments for future auctions. To start the consignment process, please contact Stack’s Bowers Galleries at 800-458-4646 or email Dennis Hengeveld at Dennis@stacksbowers.com.
