Stack's Bowers and Ponterio is pleased to announce the results of their Spring 2019 auction presented in conjunction with the 6th Hong Kong Coin Show held at the Mira Hotel. The vibrant market, aided by an impressive and dynamic offering of desirable rarities, helped the sale exceed expectations, with total prices realized of $6,969,395 (all prices reported include the standard buyer's premium).
The Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo gathered collectors from all over the country to Baltimore's Inner Harbor for the first of three exciting Expo auctions in 2019. This event met with resounding success, with over $10.3 million in United States coins sold out of $20,848,000 in overall prices realized. Headlined by the Fairmont, Greenway, and Twin Leaf collections, the Stack's Bowers Galleries sale included impressive material from every corner of the Red Book and beyond. By the close of the final session, more than 4,200 lots of coins and exonumia had been placed into new collections.
The Stack's Bowers Galleries February 28 offering of Part IV of the Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money in Baltimore, achieved nearly $8 million. Online bidders competed with those in the room for 54 lots in this final offering, bringing the total prices realized for the Joel R. Anderson Collection to $34,126,980, and making it the most valuable United States paper money cabinet ever sold at auction. Three notes crossed the million-dollar mark and nearly a quarter of the lots exceeded $100,000.
Stack's Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce the results of their January 2019 New York International Numismatic Convention Auction. An important and diverse selection of coins, including some magnificent European gold issues, made this a memorable auction event. In total, the Stack's Bowers Galleries NYINC auction realized $4,945,277 (all prices reported include the standard buyer's premium). Complete prices realized can be found at archive.stacksbowers.com.
Stack's Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce a complete rebuild and relaunch of their online Auction Archives, available at https://archive.stacksbowers.com/. The site now features nearly 650,000 past auction records, including many Stack's and American Numismatic Rarities sales dating back to 2002, which have not been available before.
Stack's Bowers Galleries is pleased to present details of their auction of world coins, world paper money and ancient coins to be held in conjunction with the prestigious New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). This event will be held January 10-12 2019 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
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 of Federal Proofs and Essays, Part I, brought over a million dollars.
With over $23.9 million in total prices realized, including $12.7 million in United States coins, the Stack's Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo was a successful conclusion to the firm's 2018 showcase auction season. Highlighted by the Archangel Collection of Colonial and 1792 Coinage, the sale featured a parade of exceptional rarities, many of which had been off the market for decades prior to the Baltimore event. All prices listed include the 20% buyer's fee.
Stacks 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 firms Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Winter Expo in Baltimore. Among the many rarities featured in the catalog, the highlight was the finest known 1890 $1,000 Grand Watermelon Treasury Note which realized over $2 million. With an average lot price of nearly $160,000, Part III brings the total to date for the Joel R. Anderson Collection to over $26 million, with one more offering planned for February 2019 in Baltimore.
Stack's Bowers Galleries' August 14-16 Official Currency Auction of the ANA World's Fair of Money was a great success, with many items exceeding estimate on their way to new homes. Two name collections, Part II of the Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money and Part I of the John E. Herzog Collection of United States Treasury Bonds attracted intense interest, as well as enthusiastic bidding. In all, the paper money portion of the firm's Philadelphia auction realized $12,294,094.
