Stack’s Bowers Galleries, USA-Costa Mesa, Ca
Stack’s Bowers sold in its Winter 2022 Showcase Auction over $23 million in US coins and currency. The focus was on Americana, U.S. colonial and federal coinage, and physical Bitcoins and Cryptocurrency featuring pieces from the Sydney F. Martin Collection.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
T. Boone Pickens was an influential businessman and financier who also collected coins. His collection spans a wide range with a focus on Liberty Head gold and modern U.S. commemorative issues and will be sold by Stack’s Bowers in December 2022.
Gorny & Mosch, D-Munich
Gorny & Mosch’s auction 292 in December 2022 offers more than 770 lots. The sale comprises a fine selection of marble objects and Aegyptiaca, and rare Pre-Columbian American items.
Künker
In eLive Auction 75, Künker offers 1,679 lots with orders, decorations, medal buckles, miniatures and certificates from Germany, Europe and overseas, including the Peter Groch Collection and the Ottoman Collection.
One of the Largest Celtic Gold Hoards Stolen
The Celtic and Roman museum in Manching, Bavaria, has been the victim of a spectacular heist. Almost 500 Celtic gold coins were stolen. The sequence of events recalls the burglaries in Berlin and Dresden and raises questions about complex security issues of museums.
The Met Shows How Colorful the Ancient World Was
Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture was once colorful and vibrantly painted. This is demonstrated in an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art based on recent studies. Coin enthusiasts should look out for the gems in the display!
NGCX – A 10-Point Grading Scale for Coins
Numismatic Guaranty Company introduced NGCX, the first 10-point grading scale for coins. The new 10-point grading scale will supplement the 70-point Sheldon scale, which will continue to be used by NGC.
The New RPC VII.2: Gordian I to Gordian III
The long awaited new RPC VII.2 volume features all provincial coins from Gordian I to Gordian III (except Asia). Though this period is short, coin production was at its peak. Read on what this volume offers in detail.
Kolbe & Fanning
Kolbe & Fanning’s Auction 165 will be held on 3 December 2022. The sale offers a wide range of rare and out-of-print works on coins, medals, and paper money from antiquity to the present.
Heritage Auctions, USA-Dallas (TX)
On December 12, 2022 Heritage offers for sale almost 500 gold pieces, coins and jewelry from the famous treasure chest hidden by Forrest Fenn in 2010. After being buried in the Rocky Mountains for a decade collectors can now see what it contained – and bid on it.