Review

Kolbe & Fanning sold on 18th September 2021 in cooperation with Fritz Rudolf Künker the important library of Mark and Lottie Salton. The sale brought $381,520 hammer against an estimate of $176,280.

CNG’s Feature Auction 118 was highlighted by coins from important collections as the Archytus Collection of ancient coinage from the Indian subcontinent, and the collection of Dr. Jay Galst with ancient Judaean and related coinages. The auction more than doubled its pre-sale estimate.

Heritage Auctions’ ANA World’s Fair of Money Auction did not take place in Chicago but at the company’s premises. The result is more than impressive: the sale achieved a total result of over $68 million and US coins saw a perfect sell-through rate of 100%, including a 1861 Paquet Double Eagle sold for $7.2 million.

With a total of $50m, the ANA sale of Stack’s Bowers Galleries realised the highest result in the company’s history. One piece contributed significantly to this success: a 1804 dollar from the Muscat, Watters, Brand, Childs and Pogue Collections.

Stephen Album Rare Coins held its Internet Auction 11 on 16th August 2021. The auction vastly exceeded all expectations, with a total hammer price of $120,588 on a middle estimate of $43,500. Many items went for multiples of their estimates.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold the finest 1804 Draped Bust Silver Dollar for $7.68 Million. The coin is thus currently the fifth most expensive United States coin.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Internet Auction 10 exceeded expectations with a total hammer price of $213,000 for 1,000 lots and a sell-through rate of 93.8%. Especially Chinese and Islamic Coins saw very high results, and some catalog prices will need an update.

On the last day of auction 350 Künker celebrated the firm’s 50th anniversary. On this occasion the auction house presented itself with an outstanding result of 8.3 million euros for 2,195 lots. Here you can find the Top Ten of the auction sale.

MDC Monnaies de Collection’s numismatic auction 7 saw strong results for high quality coins and medals. Especially Modern French and British Gold coins were in high demand. A rare 1921 five pounds and an extremely rare sovereign almost hit the 1 million euro mark.

The Lulu Collection of Walking Liberty half dollars realized over $971,000 in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Costa Mesa Auction. This sets a new benchmark for quality and value in this popular category comprised of a certain set of half dollars.