Review auction
Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio, USA-New York
April 2012 Hong Kong Sale, 31. March 2012 - 03. April 2012
Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio conducted its April 2012 Hong Kong sale from March 31 to April 3, 2012 realizing an impressive total of $10,546,612. In three catalogs, the sale covered everything from Chinese coins and provincial issues to modern Chinese coins and paper money. [ more ]
Münzenhandlung Fritz Rudolf Künker
Auctions 204-209, 12. March 2012 - 16. March 2012
New record hammer price for a Medieval coin at Künker’s: the portrait denarius of Charlemagne, that had been estimated at 30,000 euros, was sold for 160,000 euros. That result was the outright highlight of the spring auction from March 12 to 16 in Osnabrück. [ more ]
Heritage Auctions, USA-New York
Shoshana Collection of Ancient Judaean Coinage, Part One, 08. March 2012 - 09. March 2012
A trio of historic Judaean coins realized nearly $3 million on March 8-9 as part of The Shoshana Collection of Ancient Judaean Coin, offered by Heritage Auctions. The whole auction realized $7,672,726. [ more ]
Gorny & Mosch, D-München
Auction week, 05. March 2012 - 08. March 2012
The auction week at Gorny & Mosch was full of surprises. From 5 to 8 March material ranging from Antiquity to Modern Times were auctioned. And one thing became apparent: Russian coins are brought back down to earth. The most expensive coin was an ancient specimen!
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A. Tkalec AG, Zurich
Finest quality at maximum prices, 29. February 2012
On February 29, 2012, auction A. Tkalec AG was conducted. 308 lots of superb quality were offered for sale. Pieces of finest quality reached excellent prices. [ more ]
Münzenhandlung Fritz Rudolf Künker, D-Osnabrück
Auctions 201-203, 02. February 2012
Auction house Künker has set a new record on the German market with 650,000 Euros. A Family Rouble of Russian Tsar Nicholas I struck in 1835 is the most expensive coin ever sold in Germany. [ more ]
Kolbe & Fanning, USA-Gahanna, Ohio
New York Book Sale 123, 07. January 2012
Kolbe & Fanning’s characterization of their January 7, 2012 New York Book Sale as “Small but Mighty” has turned out to be quite apt. Of the 350 lots in the sale, 305 sold for a total of $514,000, or an average price per lot of nearly $1700. [ more ]
Heritage, USA-New York
Signature® Orlando FUN Currency Auction, 05. January 2012 - 10. January 2012
In Heritage Auctions’ Orlando FUN Currency Event on January 5-20, 2012 the finest of three known $20 Nevada Red Seal notes from The Platte River Cash Hoard leads the way with $66,125 realized. A $10,000 note from the famous Binion’s Horseshoe display brings $63,250. [ more ]
Heritage Auctions, USA-New York
U.S. Coins & Platinum Night FUN Signature® Auction, 04. January 2012 - 06. January 2012
On January 4-6 Heritage Auctions hold its U.S. Coins & Platinum Night FUN Signature® Auction at Orlando, Florida. Top seller were a 1793 Chain Cent and a $5 Large Date gold coin: both brought $1.38 million. [ more ]
Baldwin’s, GB-London
The Prospero Collection, 04. January 2012
The Prospero Collection has been auctioned by Baldwin as part of the New York Sale XXVII and the total for all 642 lots is approximately US$ 25,000,000, more than double the pre-sale estimate. The catalogue cover coin broke all previous world records for an ancient Greek coin, selling for a phenomenal US$ 3,250,000! [ more ]
Heritage, USA-New York
World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction New York #3016, 02. January 2012 - 03. January 2012
A pair of South African rarities led all lots as Heritage’s first auction of 2012 brought in over $9 million in New York, January 2 and 3. All prices include a 15% Buyer’s Premium. A unique bronze 1928-SA pattern sovereign realized $184,000, around four times its estimated value. [ more ]
Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung, München
Auction 202 – Antiquities, 14. December 2011
On December 14, 2011 Gorny & Mosch auctioned objects of the Waltz Collection. The collected items spoke of the collector’s good taste and his technical expertise: Not a single piece was returned, maximum prices were guaranteed. The end result was of 2.2 million Euros. [ more ]
Münzenhandlung Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, D-Osnabrück
Auction 199-200, 13. December 2011 - 14. December 2011
On December 13 and 14, 2011 the auction house Künker closed the year 2011 with an additional and unusual fifth Christmas auction all shining with gold. The one and only complete collection of gold coins of the German Empire worldwide and the first part of an important Ottoman collection resulted in record prices. [ more ]
Numismatik Lanz, Munich
Auction 153 – Numismatic Rarities, 12. December 2011
Maximum prices for Byzantine empresses, Maria Theresia doubles her estimate and Italy is completely en vogue. The results of the latest Lanz auction show how strong the market is at the moment in every department... [ more ]
Morton & Eden, GB-London
C53: Chinese, Russian, British and World Orders, Decorations and Medals, 01. December 2011
The sale of orders, decorations and medals from various countries was dominated by Russian Orders, notably the Napoleonic War and Order of St George group of five. The sale also proved there is still strong demand for outstanding British gallantry awards... [ more ]
Morton & Eden, GB-London
C52: Coins, Banknotes and Historical Medals, 29. November 2011 - 30. November 2011
On November 29 and 30, 2011 at Morton & Eden’s collectors found many interesting offers. The famous Hackney Hoard eagles sold for a total of GBP 98,280. But a single-owner collection of modern Greek coinage rose interest too... [ more ]
USA-Winter Park, FL, Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure and World Coin Auction #10, 25. October 2011 - 26. October 2011
Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC’s Treasure and World Coin Auction #10 on October 25 and 26, 2011 was a success, garnering a new world record price in South American gold coins with the sale of a Brazilian gold monetary ingot for $218,500... [ more ]
Morton & Eden, GB-London
C51: A Collection of Exceptional Ancient Greek Coins, 24. October 2011
On October 24, 2011 at Morton & Eden’s a collection of exceptional ancient Greek coins was auctioned realizing GBP 4,071,156 (EUR 4,676,136, $6,518,842) for the total of 168 lots... [ more ]
Sincona AG, CH-Zürich
Fall auction, 24. October 2011 - 01. November 2011
Sincona AG in Zurich conducted its Fall auction from October 24 until November 1 with a remarkable offering of coins and medals. Russian and byzantine coins fetched high results, but chinese coins were very succesful as well... [ more ]
Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich
Auctions 199-201, 10. October 2011 - 14. October 2011
In the middle of October, another auction week of the Munich auction house Gorny & Mosch set up in cooperation with pro aurum numismatik was conducted. The market proved once again that today customers are willing to pay highest prices for interesting and well preserved coins – no matter the date, be it Antiquity, the Middle Ages or Modern Times... [ more ]
D-Osnabrück, Künker
Autumn auction No. 193-198, 26. September 2011 - 30. September 2011
During the autumn auction at Künker’s Part two of the Hagander collection was liquidated in Osnabrück. A total of 12 million Euros hammer price for roughly 8000 lots has been reached... [ more ]
Heritage, USA-New York
Combined Long Beach, CA numismatic auction, 07. September 2011 - 12. September 2011
With total prices realized across three auctions totaling more than $34 million, Heritage Auctions is celebrating its most successful combined Long Beach, CA numismatic auction events ever... [ more ]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries, USA-New York
ANA World’s Fair of Money Auction, 13. August 2011 - 20. August 2011
Stack’s Bowers Galleries realizes over $57.7 Million in live coin auctions in August. Those were held at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Chicago an in Hong Kong... [ more ]
Heritage, USA-New York
Signature U.S. Coin & Platinum Night Auction, 11. August 2011 - 12. August 2011
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... [ more ]
D-Munich, Numismatik Lanz
Auction 151: Numismatic Rarities / Privy Council Diez Collection - Auction 152: Coins before the Turkish Assault, RBS Collection, 30. June 2011 - 01. July 2011
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... [ more ]
Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich
Auction 198 - Antiquities, 29. June 2011
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... [ more ]
D-Osnabrück, Künker
Auction 188-192, 20. June 2011 - 24. June 2011
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... [ more ]
Stack Bowers and Ponterio, USA-New York
Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Baltimore World 2011, 17. June 2011 - 18. June 2011
The Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio Official Baltimore World Auction realizes over USD 2 million... [ more ]
GB-London, Morton & Eden
Auktionen C49 und C50, 09. June 2011 - 10. June 2011
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... [ more ]
USA-New York, Kolbe & Fanning
121st sale, 02. June 2011
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... [ more ]
Millon & Associés, F-Paris
PCGS Coins, 31. May 2011
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... [ more ]
CH-Zürich, Nomos
Hype for coins from Thessaly, 10. May 2011
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. [ more ]
CH-Zürich, Tkalec
Tkalec sale in Zurich: Coins of the finest quality, 09. May 2011
On May 9, 2011 Tony Tkalec held his sale in Zurich. Connoisseurs could spot some marvelous coins. And they paid enormous prices. [ more ]
USA-Winterpark, Daniel Frank Sedwick
Results from the Daniel Frank Sedwick Auction 9 featuring the Fred Sedwick collection of Colombian coins, 26. April 2011 - 28. April 2011
On April 26-28, Daniel Frank Sedwick hold his Auction 9 featuring the Fred Sedwick collection of Colombian coins. 90 percent of the auction sold for $ 1.7 mio (including buyer’s fee). Several lots sold for record prices. [ more ]
Heritage, Chicago
Rosemont, IL Signature® World & Ancient Coins Auction, 18. April 2011
A 1928 Chinese “Auto Dollar” Year 17 KM-Y428, L&M-609, AU58 PCGS brought $74,750 ? a record price for the type ? as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ $9.6+ million Rosemont, IL Signature® World & Ancient Coins Auction... [ more ]
Heritage
Heritage-Gemini Signature Ancient Coins Auction, 14. April 2011
Outstanding ancient coins brought strong prices in the 2011 April Heritage-Gemini Auction, which took place at the Chicago International Coin Fair in Rosemont, IL on April 14. Overall, this auction realized over $3.3 million, including all buyer’s premiums... [ more ]
Morton & Eden, GB-London
Rarest of Islamic Coins at Morton & Eden, 04. April 2011
The Umayyad dinar, dated 105h and struck from gold mined at a location owned by the Caliph himself, was the second most expensive coin ever sold at auction... [ more ]
Stack Bowers, USA-New York
Baltimore Auction, 29. March 2011 - 02. April 2011
Stack’s Bowers Galleries realized $13,892,475 over eight U.S. and world sessions conducted March 29-April 2, 2011, continuing its lengthy tenure as the only official auctioneer of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo... [ more ]
Stack Bowers and Ponterio, USA-New York
Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio Official Baltimore World 2011, 29. March 2011 - 02. April 2011
U.S. and World Realization Totals Combine to Reach Nearly $14 Million... [ more ]
Gorny & Mosch
Auction 195-197, 07. March 2011 - 11. March 2011
With the impressive publication of the Dogan Collection “Ottoman Empire” the numismatic world became aware of this new collecting field. Now, Gorny & Mosch went one better with the Ede-Uçta Collection. It realized more than four times the estimate... [ more ]
Heritage, Tampa FL
FUN U.S. Coin auction, 10. January 2011
A 1907 rolled edge Indian Head eagle formerly belonging to Mint Director Frank A. Leach has sold for $ 2,185,000 to a Platinum Night floor bidder... [ more ]
Bowers & Merena
Tampa Bay Rarities Sale (California, USA), 10. January 2011
Malibu Collection Part II kicks-off promising year for numismatic auctions... [ more ]
Kolbe & Fanning, New York
Kolbe & Fanning Book sale, 08. January 2011
Ninety percent of the lots sold bringing 150 % of the total of their estimates or an average of well over $ 1,000 per lot... [ more ]
Stack’s-Bowers and Ponterio, New York
New York International Numismatic Convention, 07. January 2011 - 10. January 2011
Stack’s-Bowers and Ponterio Realize Nearly $8 Million at 2011 N.Y.I.N.C. [ more ]
New York
New York Sale XXV-XXVI, 05. January 2011 - 06. January 2011
The New York sale was very successful achieving extremely high prices for key pieces... [ more ]
CNG
Triton XIV auction, 04. January 2011 - 05. January 2011
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (CNG) recently concluded two immensely successful sales. Both sales set volume and price records for the company... [ more ]
Heritage
World & Ancient Coins Auction, New York, 02. January 2011 - 03. January 2011
Rare gold led the way as the recent World & Ancient Coins Auction realized over $8.2 million January 2-3 in New York... [ more ]
Ponterio & Associates
Wa She Wong Collection, 03. December 2010 - 04. December 2010
The sale marks most important array of Chinese coinage offered at auction in 20 years. Over 300 anxious bidders bought the 1,107 lots with total sales reaching $10.7 million... [ more ]
Morton & Eden, London
Auction 47, 30. November 2010
Here are the Top Ten sales results from Morton & Eden's London sale of British War Medals and Decorations Russian and World Orders and Medals, on Tuesday November 30th, 2010... [ more ]
Teletrade, Irvine (California, USA)
Santa Clara Coin, Stamp and Collectibles Expo, 29. November 2010
Teletrade, the largest Internet auction company for certified coins and currency, wrapped up the Santa Clara Expo with the successful sale of 2,700 lots that realized $1,072,219... [ more ]
Spink, London
Sale 1008, Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria, 25. November 2010
The medals of Wing Commander R.F.T. 'Bob' Doe sold for 185,000 Pounds. Here you will find the history of this British hero... [ more ]
Spink, London
Sale 1008, Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria, 25. November 2010
The outstanding Great War July 1916 Somme Victoria Cross casualty group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant D.S. Bell, Yorkshire Regiment, was sold at Spink for £252,000... [ more ]
Morton & Eden, London
Islamic, Ancient, British and World Coins, 11. November 2010
The latest Morton & Eden auction No. 46 offered outstanding historical coins, medals and memorabilia... [ more ]
Heritage Stamford
COINFEST auction, 02. November 2010
Rare U.S. Coins continue to provide for steady, even stellar prices in a crawling national economy, as evidenced by Heritage’s $9.42 million COINFEST sale... [ more ]
Gorny & Mosch
Auction 190-193, 11. October 2010 - 14. October 2010
On October 11th to 14th, 2010, Gorny & Mosch / Munich conducted no less than four auctions: auctions 190 and 191 containing ancient coins, 192 with medieval and modern coins and... [ more ]
Numismatica Ars Classica
Sale 55 BCD Collection of Lokris and Phokis, 08. October 2010 - 08. October 2010
There are different ways that this subject can be approached, but... [ more ]
Lanz Numismatics / Munich
Auction 149 – Numismatic Rarities, 24. June 2010
Ships on coins: this motif is collected worldwide. But no attendant of the Lanz sale could have imagined before that a perfect bronze medallion of Perinthos featuring a warship could fetch 21.000 Euros instead of its estimate of 4.000 Euro. And this is just one of many interesting prices realized. [ more ]
Gorny & Mosch, Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich
Auction 189 – Antiquities, 23. June 2010
The result of this sale was impressive, about 1.87 Mio. And this auction once again showed, how interested collectors are in testimonies of past cultures. Of course, spectacular objects sold for spectacular prices, but especially the little, inconspicuous, but attractive pieces realized incredible prices. Just have a look at these ordinary oil lamps! [ more ]
Ponterio & Associates, Baltimore
Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo Sale, 17. June 2010 - 19. June 2010
Ponterio & Associates, a division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, realized $1,608,082 as the Official Auctioneer of the June 2010 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. [ more ]
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers
Numismatic Booksellers, 03. June 2010
On Thursday, June 3, Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers held the second sale of the Stack Family Numismatic Library... [ more ]
Ponterio & Associates, Irvine / California
Auction, 12. March 2010
Ponterio & Associates, Irvine / California [ more ]
Künker / Osnabrück
Künker Auction in March, 08. March 2010 - 12. March 2010
"The Russians are selling like hotcakes again". That was the general consensus at ... [ more ]
Sale Gorny & Mosch, Munich
185-188, 08. March 2010 - 12. March 2010
From 8th to 12th March 2010, Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung held four auction sales. They featured 4.500 lots, which ... [ more ]
Georg Frederick Kolbe, Crestville/CA
Book sale, 21. January 2010
Overwhelming results at the George Frederick Kolbe book sale of the Stack library...
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Ponterio & Associates
New York 01/2010, 08. January 2010 - 09. January 2010
Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, conducted its Official Auction of the January 2010 New York International Numismatic Convention and realized ... [ more ]
Baldwin / Dmitry Markov / M&M Numismatics, New York
THE NEW YORK SALE XXIII - XXIV, 06. January 2010 - 07. January 2010
Held as part of the 38th annual New York International Numismatic Convention, The New York Sale proved to be a ... [ more ]
Numismatik Lanz Munich and Numismatica Bernardi, Trieste / New York
Auction 148 Numismatic Rarities, 04. January 2010
Good prices for Roman gold. On January 4th, 2010, this year’s joint auction of the companies Lanz, Munich, and Numismatica Bernardi, Trieste, was conducted in New York. There was high demand for the numerous ancient gold coins that ... [ more ]
Heritage, New York
Canadiana Collection, 03. January 2010 - 04. January 2010
Heritage Auctions' World Coins division kicked off 2010 with a bang over the New Year's weekend at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, setting an in-house record ... [ more ]
Astarte S. A., Lugano
Auction sales 20 and 21, 30. October 2009
A sensational range of offers of Russian coin rarities concluded the day of the Astarte S. A. company sale at the Hotel Savoy Baur en Ville in Zurich. The hammer price of... [ more ]
