Review

The November 2021 Showcase Auction of Stack’s Bowers featured U.S. coins, currency, and Americana. The sale was marked by several significant collections, notably the Aberg, Birdwatcher, and Fricke cabinets and saw strong bidding.

Alan Walker summarizes the most interesting results of Nomos 23 featuring coins from Sicily from “the Collection I”.

SINCONA’s Fall Auctions had a total estimate for the 3,800 lots of about 6.1 million Swiss francs and realised 16.55 million Swiss francs. This demonstrated vividly how much high-quality modern coins, medals and banknotes are sought-after.

The first public auction of Via Numismatic on 23rd November 2021 was a great event despite the current Covid lockdown. A 10-ducats piece of Ferdinand III was sold for 105,000 euros.

1790s rarities, Old West wonders and modern marvels: Heritage Auctions’ US coins auction exceeded expectations on numerous occasions. A fierce bidding war drove the final price of an 1870-CC $20 Liberty from The Prestwick Collection up to $1,620,000.

The Obolos 20 auction from Nomos AG featured a selection of 1,604 lots with a total starting price of 185,308 CHF. After 7,426 bids 93% of the sale was sold and realized a total hammer price of 418,520 CHF.

Stack’s Bowers Hong Kong September auction reached the $30 million mark a second consecutive time. Among the six-figure results stood out a pair of Republic of China Year 10 (1921) “Pavilion” Dollars, and a popular Year 28 (1949) “Bamboo” Dollar in EF-45.

Heritage offered a newly discovered 1870-CC Double Eagle at the Long Beach Expo Coins and Currencies Auctions. It sold for $360,000. The coin auction produced a sell-through rate of 100% by value and by lots, and the currency sale saw many very strong results, too.

13.6 million euros: that’s the total result of Künker’s Fall Auction Sales. This is almost twice the estimate of about 7 million euros. A remarkable result that was achieved thanks to numerous prices in the six-digit range, including a new record for a Prussian coin!

In Auction 41 Stephen Album Rare Coins established a new record for the company totaling $2.14 million. While all areas performed well, the Chinese, Indian, and World Coin sections were standouts and many items went for multiples of their estimates.