Stack’s Bowers Galleries will auction the Battle Born Collection, which is only the second complete 111-piece set of Carson City coinage ever assembled. The only other complete set belonged to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., which was sold in three auctions over a 15-year span in 1982, 1996 and 1997.
The Battle Born Collection is the only complete Carson City set to be sold during a single auction, making this an exceptional opportunity for rare coin enthusiasts. The collection will cross the block during the Rarities Night Auction at the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [...]
Continuing a longstanding tradition, Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio will again serve as an official auctioneer at the New York International Numismatic Convention, presenting 2,945 lots of world and ancient coins and paper money during three sessions, January 4-9, 2012.
"It is always a thrill to begin the New Year in New York City at the N.Y.I.N.C. show, which is such an exciting international numismatic event," said Rick Ponterio, president of Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio [...]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducted its official auction of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Expo November 15 to 19, 2011. The impressive sale presented 8,858 lots and realized a total of $15.6 million.
U.S. coin, currency and exonumia offerings totaled 6,030 lots and realized $13.2 million. An additional 2,828 ancient and foreign coin and paper currency lots garnered $2.4 million in prices realized. Significant highlights featured in the United States coin sessions included selections from the Teich Family Collection, the Brandywine Collection, the [...]
The Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2011 Official Baltimore Auction will feature more than 8,000 total lots, including four foreign coin and paper money sessions by Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio, presenting more than 2,800 lots.
In addition, there will be four U.S. coin sessions and one U.S. currency session. Lot viewing will be conducted by appointment at the firm’s Irvine, California, headquarters October 27-November 2, at the firm’s New York office November 8-11, and onsite at the Baltimore Convention Center November 14-18.
The auction will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center beginning Tuesday, November 15, concluding Saturday, November 19 [...]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce that Part I of The Teich Family Collection will be crossing the block as part of our the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Auction to be held November 14-19, 2011, sure to be one of the great shows of the autumn season.
The name of the Teich Family now joins the illustrious ranks of "name" collections, as Stack’s Bowers Galleries prepares the first in a series of major offerings from the Teich holdings. This old-time family collection has been in private vaults since the 1950s, and has already caused worldwide excitement in the selected previews Stack’s Bowers has hosted at several numismatic shows this year [...]
On September 14-16, Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducted its annual Americana Sale in Philadelphia as the Official Auctioneer of the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Philadelphia Expo.
The sale featured over 4,000 lots of U.S. medals and tokens, colonial and federal U.S. coins, and U.S. paper money, offering something for every U.S. collector. At the end of the auction, $4,480,136 and thousands of numismatic items changed hands [...]
Stack’s Bowers Galleries numismatic auction house and subsidiary of Spectrum Group International, Inc., announced that live U.S. and world coin and currency auctions held in August realized a combined total of $57,733,927.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries and world division, Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio, conducted the only official auctions of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Chicago August 13-20, the premier annual coin show and convention in the United States.
The entire auction realized an impressive total of $40,036,290, which consisted of $29.8 million U.S. coins, $6.2 million U.S. currency, and $3.4 million foreign coins, and $385,000 foreign paper money [...]

Stack’s Bowers Galleries proved the current strength of the coin and currency market last week by realizing an astounding $40,084,165 at the Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money, with U.S. coins realizing over $29.9 million of the total.
The only official ANA auction in Chicago presented more than 9,000 lots of U.S. and world coins, paper money, medals and tokens over 11 sessions, August 13-20, 2011, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago [...]
Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio will present an exceptional selection of more than 2,700 lots of Chinese and East Asian coins and banknotes at The Mira Hong Kong, August 22-24, 2011, HKT.
The three-day auction event will spotlight a multitude of collections and highlights including:
- The Chin Family Collection,
- The H.T. Nance Collection,
- The Frank Robinson Collection, and the
- Wa She Wong Collection, Part II.
Interested bidders are invited to join the live auction at The Mira in Kowloon, Hong Kong, or to bid online at www.stacksbowers.com [...]
The number one-ranked collection of United States large cents in both the PGCS and NGC Set Registry listings will be publicly displayed in Chicago at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money, August 16 – 20, 2011.
The historic coins from the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation include some of the finest known examples of large cents struck from 1793 to 1857, as well as 18th century colonial coppers, and small cents struck from 1857 to the present day.
The foundation’s exhibit is co-sponsored by Stack’s Bowers Galleries and Collateral Finance Corporation, and will be displayed at the Stack’s Bowers booths, #805 & #906, during the five-day show [...]