Spink are delighted to announce the auction dates for the remarkable and historic Nicholas Rhodes Collection. The collection features a number of extremely rare items, some of which are expected to reach record prices.
Nicholas Rhodes built... read more »
June 18, 2013 11:49 AM / no comments
In the fall of 2012, I received an e-mail from a man (John Doe, if you will) who said he had military notes from his grandfather’s estate. I started exchanging correspondence and decided it would be worthwhile to see John. It proved to be... read more »
June 12, 2013 7:10 PM / no comments
Tom Eden said: “This was a wide-ranging two-day auction embracing everything from ancient Greek and Roman coins alongside Islamic, Oriental, British and Foreign coins, paper money and Renaissance medals and plaquettes. It was in the latter... read more »
June 12, 2013 9:32 AM / no comments
By Dr. Ursula Kampmann - CoinsWeekly.com …….
In the evening of May 27, Peter Rapp called out 161 lots with a starting price of 242,000 Swiss francs. Not a single one was sold for its starting price or was returned. The room, which was filled... read more »
June 11, 2013 7:54 AM / no comments
A packed auction room and sixty one online bidders competed to buy a piece of numismatic history last Friday, in the second of three auctions that see the David Fore Collection of coins of British India going under the hammer. The auction totalled... read more »
June 6, 2013 3:29 PM / no comments
Posted by Jim Bisognani for NGC Market Report
Rare Coin Market Shows Unprecedented Strength and Scope. Goldberg’s, Bonham’s and Heritage’s Sales Take Spotlight; Key Date, Low Pop and High Grade Coins Will Be Targeted in Long... read more »
May 31, 2013 11:37 PM / no comments
Legend-Morphy Rare Coin Auctions is in final preparations for its fifth auction, to be held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on July 18th in conjunction with the PCGS Members Only Show. This sale promises to be their biggest and most spectacular... read more »
May 29, 2013 1:17 PM / no comments
Bob Merrill, Auctioneer, Heritage.
David McCarthy & Don Kagin, Purchasers, Kagin’s.
The only known variety of a 1783 Nova Constellatio silver coin sold for $1.175,000 in the recent Heritage Auctions Platinum Night session at the Central... read more »
May 27, 2013 3:09 PM / 1 comment
On May 9-10, Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducted the Official Auction of the ANA National Money Show in New Orleans, Louisiana. The sale was a resounding success and sales totaled $7,264,344. Anchored by two old-time collections, this sale... read more »
May 24, 2013 8:49 AM / no comments
One of the most impressive and historical collections of British gold coinage auctioned in the United States will fall under the gavel at Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money — the largest national... read more »
May 22, 2013 6:59 AM / no comments
There was an air of sadness in the room as the final part of the Bentley Collection went under the hammer. The end of an eighteen month journey of auctions, and thirty four years of collecting, did not however go out with a whimper. 306 lots... read more »
May 13, 2013 11:32 AM / no comments
Samuel Foose, Senior Consignment Director, Heritage Auctions
Interviewer: David Lisot
Sam Foose explains why he attends the annual EAC Convention and the importance of the relationships established there for doing business.
He talks about the... read more »
May 13, 2013 7:21 AM / no comments
Baldwin’s are delighted to present part two of the most impressive collection of Indian coinage ever to be sold by public auction. Due to be held on the 31 May at the CIPFA Conference Centre in London the auction will contain 291 lots of... read more »
May 9, 2013 11:39 AM / 1 comment
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are extremely pleased to announce that they will be offering at public auction the outstanding and comprehensive library on ancient numismatics formed over decades by New York coin dealer Herbert Kreindler.... read more »
May 9, 2013 11:25 AM / no comments
A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds
News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #167 …..
An excellent 1794 large cent is ‘in the news’! On Thursday, April 25, Heritage sold a gem quality... read more »
May 8, 2013 11:57 AM / no comments