Review

Stack’s Bowers Galleries rang in the New Year with tremendous results at the January New York International Auction. An excellent array of coins was anchored by several superb collections. Ancient coins, Russian issues and Great Britain coinage saw impressive results.

Heritage Auctions announced that it sold $70,822,868 in U.S. coins, U.S. and World Currency and World & Ancient Coins at the FUN show and the NYINC during the first three weeks of 2017 – a 30 percent increase over 2016. Find here the reviews.

Heritage Auctions looks back at its third-best year ever, with Sports, Comics & Comics notching record 2016 growth. In the $192 million U.S. Coin auction sales, the firm records 23 individual lots for at least $250,000, and a “Holy Grail” Dime for $2 million.

Classical Numismatic Group held their annual Triton auction in conjunction with the 45th Annual New York International Numismatic Convention featuring 1696 lots of ancient coins and realized $11,292,580 on the hammer.

Ultra-rare glass coin sold for $70,500 in a public auction conducted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and online by Dallas, Texas-based Heritage Auctions on Friday, January 6, 2017.

46,000 euros was the final bid a connoisseur placed for the 27 cm high statue of a donkey-headed demon that was once venerated by an Egyptian worshipper. This is only one of many excellent results obtained in the Gorny & Mosch Auction.

The overall estimate of 934,000 € for 868 lots at Peus’ autumn sale resulted in a total hammer price of 1,713,000 €, i.e. an increase of 83 %. Above all, it were the collection’s peculiarity and outstanding quality which encouraged the bidders.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries concluded the 2016 auction season at Baltimore Convention Center. United States Coins Surpass $6.5 Million in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Official Auction of the November 2016 Whitman Baltimore Expo.

On 1 November 2016 London Coin Galleries, in cooperation with Künker, sold the second part of the Preussag Collection. Having been estimated at 630,000 pounds, the end result of the 772 lots with mining coins and medals amounted to 1.6 m pounds (= 1.8 m euros).

Sincona hosted seven auction sales realizing an impressive total of 9.7 Mio Swiss Francs (= 9.5 Mio $). The auction week featured special collections of Russia, Tunis, Switzerland, Banknotes as well as World Coins.