Review

The prices realized at Steve Album’s auction 43 were once again strong, coming in at $2.46 million with a sell-through rate of 93.8%. Many items sold for multiples of their estimates, including some world-record results.

In his usual manner, Alan Walker presents some remarkable and interesting results of the Obolos 23 auction.

Once again, numerous bidders jumped at the extensive range of high-quality coins and medals from SINCONA AG. In many cases the estimates have been doubled, even increased tenfold!

Alan Walker discusses some of the remarkable hammer prices of Nomos 24. The exciting didrachm with the portrait of Homer fetched 360,000 CHF.

The spectacular Justh & Hunter gold bar, discovered in the ship wreck of the S.S. Central America, realized $1.32 million in a record-smashing sale by Heritage.

With the stunning final figure of prices realized by Stack’s Bowers’ May 2022 Hong Kong Sale, the auction house appears to have set a new world record for coin auctions.

Stack’s Bowers Rarities Night Hong Kong auction established a new record for the most valuable world coin sold by an American auction firm.

Kolbe & Fanning sold the outstanding numismatic library built by former ANS President Syd Martin. More than ten lots closed at $10,000 or higher.

A remarkable collection of engraved gems that once belonged to Prince Stanislas Poniatowski sold at Woolley and Wallis for an outstanding price of £325,000.

Künker’s Spring Auctions Sales were held from 21 to 25 March and from 4 to 6 April 2022. They will go down in the company’s history as the auction week with the highest turnover that was ever achieved. In this review, we present the Top Five of Celtic, Greek and Roman coins.