Heritage, USA-New York
A unique proof 1855-S three dollar gold piece, a supreme rarity in the world of numismatics, brought $ 1,322,500 as the top lot of Heritage Auctions’ August 11-12 Signature U.S. Coin & Platinum Night Auction at the Marriott-Chicago O’Hare...
D-Munich, Numismatik Lanz
Impressive provenances and selected quality – those are the two criteria that make the price of a coin today. Auctions 151 and 152 again testified to that...
Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich
On June 29, 2011, auction house Gorny & Mosch conducted its auction of ancient art in Munich. On offer were numerous rarities and historically important pieces, which reached impressive prices...
D-Osnabrück, Künker
From June 20 to June 24, 2011 the German auction house Künker had its sale 188 to 192. The results? Convincing, as always. 7,000 lots sold for more than 9.2 million Euro hammer price...
Stack Bowers and Ponterio, USA-New York
The Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio Official Baltimore World Auction realizes over USD 2 million...
GB-London, Morton & Eden
June 23, 2011 – Orders awarded by Czar Alexander II to the diplomat who negotiated the deal for the United States to buy Alaska from Russia and his son sold for GBP 187,680 (Rub 8.5m, USD 307,791), in a sale by specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden in London on Friday June 10 (C50), 2011...
USA-New York, Kolbe & Fanning
The sale closed on June 2, 2011 and was one of the firm’s largest and most diverse sale offerings in several years. The estimates of the 1576 lots in the catalogue totaled USD 165,000; the sale, including the buyer premium, brought over USD 179,000...
Millon & Associés, F-Paris
At the first European auction devoted primarily to PCGS-certified coins, the combined prices realized were remarkable 90.5 percent higher than the pre-sale estimates. The auction was conducted by the prominent French antiques and collectibles auction house Millon & Associés at gallery VV, Drouot in Paris on May 31, 2011...
CH-Zürich, Nomos
Nomos offered in Zurich an important part of the BCD collection: Thessaly. The prices were exorbitant. A stater of Alexander of Pherae was knocked down at 580.000 Swiss Francs, approximately 649.000 $. The collector himself will give us a few impressions of the sale.
CH-Zürich, Tkalec
On May 9, 2011 Tony Tkalec held his sale in Zurich. Connoisseurs could spot some marvelous coins. And they paid enormous prices.