Stacks Bowers Galleries ispleased to announce that Mark Schimel has joined their organization as the NewYork gallery manager at the companys flagship store at 123 West 57th Street. Stackshas been at this address since 1953, the longest any numismatic firm hasremained in the same location. Situated in the center of the Art District ithas long been a magnet for visitors.
Stacks Bowers Galleriesis pleased to announce the results of their January 2017 NYINC World PaperMoney Sale. This sale produced pleasingresults, with many lots fetching above their high estimate. This sale solidifiedthe notion that many areas of the World Paper Money market are continuing togrow! (All prices realized include the standard buyers premium).
Stacks Bowers Galleriesrang in the New Year with tremendous results at the January New YorkInternational Auction. An excellent array of coins was anchored by severalsuperb collections, including Selections from the Estate of Richard Doty,Selections from the Michael Druck Collection, The Mezo Toth Kalman Collection,The Dr. Michael Popoff Collection and Selections from the Richard StuartCollection. In total, the World and Ancient coin sessions realized nearly $4.9million (all prices reported include the standard buyers premium).
In the Stacks BowersGalleries tradition of presenting old-time cabinets at auction, The BlueMoon Collection will delight bidders in the firms upcoming sale to be heldMarch 29-31, 2017, in Baltimore, Maryland. The collection was started over 50years ago and comprises chiefly private acquisitions from Stacks along withastute auction purchases from many of their most famous sales of the 1970s and1980s, including the Garrett Collection (1976), the 1976 ANA auction, andAuction 81.