The Stack’s Bowers Galleries June 2011 Baltimore Auction will feature 7,107 total lots, including more than 4,100 lots of U.S. coins and exonumia and an additional 680+ lots of U.S. currency, plus over 1,700 lots of world coins and 520+ lots... read more »
June 7, 2011 7:27 AM / no comments
By Paul Fraser Collectibles
A week ago, St James’s Auctions in association with Baldwin’s held an auction of fine ancient, British and foreign coins with a number of gold rarities in particular which were always likely to excite... read more »
June 2, 2011 11:27 AM / no comments
“A true Uncirculated 1895 Silver Dollar would be one of the greatest finds in numismatic history.”
Thus begins Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth’s discussion of the issue, listed as number 76 in 100 Greatest U.S. Coins. The authors... read more »
May 23, 2011 6:15 AM / no comments
Discovery Ranks Among the Finest Known.
GreatCollections is proud to auction a newly discovered Mint State 1842-O Eagle, which ranks among the finest known.
The coin was originally purchased in the early 1960s for $225 at Woodward and Lothrop,... read more »
May 19, 2011 11:10 AM / 2 comments
Baldwin’s are delighted to be offering The David Heuer Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman, British and Foreign coins as part of their 4th June Argentum auction. The collection comprises 151 lots amassed by the Heuer family during the... read more »
May 17, 2011 2:11 PM / 1 comment
As one of the largest surviving Roman medallions, this piece is one of only two known.
circa A.D. 308 8-Aureus Gold Medallion
According to the auction firm Numismatica Ars Classica and as reported by CoinWorld’s Jeff Starck, ” A... read more »
May 8, 2011 3:44 PM / no comments
Rare gold was the order of the night as Thursday’s Platinum Night festivities at the 2011 April Rosemont CSNS Signature & Platinum Night US Coin Auction rose to nearly $14 million in total sales. Overall proceeds from this auction... read more »
April 29, 2011 10:23 AM / no comments
Records also set for coins from Hungary, Cuba; Auction totals doubled from 2010 prices realized
A 1928 Chinese “Auto Dollar” Year 17 KM-Y428, L&M-609, AU58 PCGS brought $74,750 – a record price for the type – as one of the top lots... read more »
April 25, 2011 9:29 AM / no comments
Stack’s Bowers Galleries realized an impressive $13,892,475 over eight U.S. and world sessions conducted March 29-April 2, 2011, continuing its lengthy tenure as the only official auctioneer of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo.... read more »
April 13, 2011 4:01 PM / no comments
News and Analysis of scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #48
A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds
As I reported last week, the first live auction conducted by the new Spectrum-Stack’s-Bowers entity was held in Baltimore... read more »
April 13, 2011 7:05 AM / no comments