This past weekend saw the start of the Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio April Hong Kong Auction. Kicking off the sale in Session 1 were Imperial and Republic era issues with a Tai Ching Pattern Dollar graded NGC MS-65, Lot #20038, realizing a tidy sum of $77,000. Following this in Session 2 was the vast array of Provincial issues including the extremely rare Lot #21559 Kwan Ping Trade Coinage Pattern 1 Mace, previously reported on in this newsletter (see entry of 2/10), which realized $107,550. Almost immediately after came the beautifully toned Finest Certified Corrected Design Kwangtung Specimen Dollar graded NGC SP-67, Lot #21565, which finished at a strong $167,300. Rounding out the first of our three catalogs for this sale was Session 3 featuring incredible rarities from Burma, Thailand and Cambodia. The real belle of the ball however was Lot #22146 the Finest Certified Circulation Strike Hong Kong Dollar which realized more than $65,500. There are, of course, many more highlights in all categories in the catalog which reached noteworthy prices and all of them are available for review on StacksBowers.com. Still to come are modern Chinese issues in Session 4 and Paper Money featuring the Neil Nelson Collection in Session 5, each sure to have noteworthy prices on their own highlights.
