Official Whitman Expo Auction realizes a total of nearly $24 million Santa Ana, CA. — The Official Currency Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo presented by Stack’s Bowers Galleries saw total sales that exceeded $11.1 million. Part III of the Joel R. Anderson Collection realized over $8.6 million, while the Caine Collection […]
Recently discovered 1854-S $5 now in PCGS holder
(Santa Ana, California) October 30, 2018 — The fourth known 1854 San Francisco Mint Liberty Head half eagle, discovered earlier this year and subsequently sold at auction this past August for more than $2 million, now is in a Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) holder. The current owner took the coin to the Baltimore Winter […]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Joel. R. Anderson Collection Part III auction realizes over $8.6 million
1890 $1,000 “Grand Watermelon” note brings over $2 million Baltimore, MD — Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ October 25 offering of Part III of the Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money achieved $8,619,240 in the firm’s Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo in Baltimore. Among the many rarities featured in […]
NGC certifies additional Newman selections
Rare medals, patterns, and error coins are among the NGC-graded highlights headed to auction in November. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has certified an additional 137 coins, medals, and tokens from the Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. These selections are included in Newman Part XI, the final of a series of auctions of the legendary […]
NGC-graded California gold tops Heritage U.S. Coins Auction
Two NGC-certified California gold pieces from the 1850s realized $360,000 and $444,000. Two NGC-certified California gold “slugs” from the 1850s led the way at Heritage Auctions’ U.S. Coins Signature Auction in Chicago on October 11. Private firms stepped in during the California Gold Rush to meet the new state’s coinage needs. These companies helped fill […]
Bowers on collecting: The 2018 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo
As you read these words I am getting ready to go to the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo in Baltimore next week from Wednesday the 24th through Saturday. What a nice event this will be! Guaranteed! It always is! On the program is the annual meeting of the Colonial Coin Collectors Club, founded in 1993, […]
Legend Rare Coin Auctions is making a huge announcement about its auction schedule and program starting in 2019
Legend Rare Coin Auctions’ (LRCA) Regency Auctions have experienced very strong growth in 2018, with two sales containing enough material to justify two-day auction events. The boutique concept LRCA has created found a niche that was long overlooked. The market for hand-selected, high-quality U.S. coins was much stronger than expected. It is with great pride […]
CAC coins bring premiums in September
CAC-approved coins outperformed other certified coins in auctions in California and Internet sales during September. Here are 10 examples which were selected from a large number of results that could have been listed. On September 3, in Los Angeles, the Goldbergs auctioned a CAC-approved MS-66 grade 1955-D quarter for $168. Certified MS-66 1955-D quarters that […]
Stack’s Bowers to offer near Mint 1783 Chalmers threepence at October 2018 Whitman Baltimore Expo auction
Annapolis, Maryland silversmith John Chalmers produced silver threepence, sixpence, and shillings, the dies for which seem to have been engraved by Thomas Sparrow, who also engraved plates for Maryland paper currency. The Chalmers pieces were produced in Annapolis at the corner of Fleet and Cornhill streets. Judging by the number of examples extant, the shilling […]
NGC-graded California gold energizes Heritage U.S. Coins Auction in October
Two NGC-certified rarities from the Gold Rush era are set to sell for six figures Two NGC-certified California gold “slugs” from the 1850s are bringing excitement to Heritage Auctions’ U.S. Coins Signature Auction in Chicago on October 11. An 1855 Kellogg $50, graded PF-63, is among the finest-graded of the 12-15 known survivors of an original […]
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