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In 1975, Venezuela nationalized its oil industry – an important step in the long and eventful relationship between the country and its oil supplies. A gold coin commemorates the event. It is one of the rarest pieces of Venezuelan numismatics.

On 20 June 2022, the auction house Künker will be auctioning the first part of the Dr. Walter Kemlein Collection “Saxonia in Nummis”. It includes a double taler depicting the leaders of the Schmalkaldic League, among them Maurice of Saxony, who would have preferred not to be seen in this context.

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.

At 14.8 million euros, the total hammer price of the first part of Künker’s Spring Auction Sales was more than twice its estimate of 6.5 million euros. This was also, but not only, due to twenty six-digit results. We’ll take a look at results from all price segments.

700,000 euros for the eightfold rose noble from Campen, making it the most expensive gold coin ever auctioned on German soil; 16 hammer prices in the six-digit range; prices increasing to more than ten times their estimates: Künker’s sale of the Salton Collection with its unique history was a complete success. Here you can find the top ten results.

The Mark & Lottie Salton Collection was the topic of an online talk held by the American Numismatic Society on 4 March 2022. Ursula Kampmann discussed the history of the Jewish coin trade in Germany. Here you can watch the conversation.

On the occasion of the sale of the Salton Collection, auction house Künker and Stack’s Bowers Galleries entrusted the historian Ursula Kampmann with the task of investigating the history of the Hamburger-Schlessinger dynasty of coin dealers. Her findings revolutionize what we know about the German coin trade.

On 5 April 2022 auction house Künker offers the Christian Flesche Collection, which is probably the most spectacular collection of Celtic coins that has entered the market in recent years. Of course, it also contains the mysterious rainbow cups.

The second part of Künker’s Spring Auction Sales is completely dedicated to antiquity. In addition to important collections of Greek, Roman republican and imperial coinage, a collection with world-class Celtic coins will be on offer: the Flesche Collection.

In 2021 Künker celebrated its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the auction house commissioned a chronicle, which reflects the history of the German coin trade since 1971. It’s the centerpiece of a heavyweight commemorative publication.