The extraordinary Rev. Dr. James Gore King McClure Collection of U.S. and world coins, medals and tokens – a pristine, fresh-to-market grouping of more than 3,000 coins collected between the 1860s and the 1930s – will be offered at by Heritage Auctions, beginning with the company’s June 8-13 Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction … Read more
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce that beginning March 8, 2016, its clients will be able to access its entirely new, integrated technology platform including website and iOS mobile and tablet apps. “Worldwide, our clients have been increasingly engaging with us online, particularly on their mobile devices,” said Brian Kendrella, president of Stack’s Bowers … Read more
With the third sale of a planned series of five, the D. Brent Pogue Collection sales, presented by Stack’s Bowers Galleries in association with Sotheby’s, became the most valuable series of numismatic auctions in history. When Lot 3132, a MS-67+ (PCGS) 1807 half eagle, brought $282,000, the D. Brent Pogue sales officially surpassed the $62 … Read more
A singular and spectacular U.S. Mint error coin, a Roosevelt Dime struck on a zinc-coated sixpenny nail — graded MS65 PCGS – sold for $42,300 on Jan. 6, 2016, in Heritage Auctions’ Florida United Numismatists (FUN) U.S. Coins Signature® Auction in Tampa, FL. The pre-auction estimate on the “coin&rdquo was $10,000+. It was purchased by a … Read more
An 1894-S Barber Dime, Branch Mint PR66 PCGS CAC, the finest known survivor, will offer one collector a once-in-a-generation opportunity to own one of the most famous, mysterious and elusive coins in American numismatics when it comes to auction on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night offerings at the … Read more
A single choice uncirculated $10,000 1934 Green Seal note, PMG 64, that once greeted gamblers in the entryway to Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas is expected to sell for over 12 times its face value in Heritage Auctions’ Florida United Numismatists Currency Signature Auction’s Platinum Night Jan. 6-12 in Tampa, Florida. The note (est. … Read more