Review

The 25th Auction of Stephen Album was held May 19-21, 2016. 2680 lots of Ancients, Islamic, China, India, World, and Literature crossed the auction block with a total volume of $1,188,755 and a sell through rate of 77%.

Baldwin’s Flagship London Auctions 98 & 99 took place on 3 and 4 May 2016 at their 399 Strand Saleroom. The highlight was a 1933 George V Copper Pattern Penny sold for £72,000, which was, however, not even the largest realisation.

Early American rarities top the bill as collectors descend on April 27-May 1, 2016 Heritage Central States Numismatic Society auction. US & World Currency auctions bring $5.2+ million. Market remains vibrant with over 92% sold by dollar value.

The Zeilinger Collection of Bows and Crossbows tripled its estimate; and this was only one highlight of the many spectacular militaria which were sold at auction 72 of Hermann Historica.

Famous rarities from Australia and Canada led the results in Heritage’s April 14-19, 2016 CICF World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction Chicago, hammering prices totaling more than $6.3 million in all.

The 40th anniversary auction sale conducted by Noble Numismatics realised almost $5.6 million, with a clearance of 90 percent and 110 percent of estimate for lots sold.

Once again, Stack’s Bowers Galleries exceeded expectations with a tremendous showing at the 2016 Official Auction of the Baltimore Expo March 30 through April 6. When all was said and done, the total prices realized topped $13.5 million, well above presale estimates.

Four auction catalogs contained the material auctioned off during this year’s Künker spring-auction. Top results were achieved in all collecting fields – expected and not.

Alan Walker reports in his inimitable way about the last e-sale of Nomos featuring a number of impressive results.

The third part of the D. Brent Pogue sale realized a total of more than 17 Mio $, which means that all three parts together are the most valuable collection ever sold with 68,5 Mio $. And two parts are still missing.