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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 [...]

Led by the $6.8 million Norman Jacobs Collection, featuring an absolutely stellar 1909 set of Korean gold coins that realized a total $1,391,500, Heritage Auctions' Sept. 8-9 Signature® World and Ancient Coins Auction at the Long Beach Coin, Stamps & Collectibles Expo realized more than $20.5 million, a record total for a single auction since the category's inception at Heritage 11 years ago.

More than 3,580 bidders vied for the 2,835 lots in the auction, translating into an astounding 98% sell-through rate by total lot value. All prices quoted include 15% Buyer's Premium. The auction represented the largest multi-consignor world coin auction ever presented in the United States, and saw super high grade coins -- especially those with a grade of MS-65 and above -- bringing premiums never before seen in the market, akin to those that are usually associated with high grade U.S. coins [...]

Professional Coin Grading Service will sponsor a wide range of amazing exhibits and informative presentations at the American Numismatic Association's Chicago World's Fair of Money, August 16 - 20, 2011.

The eagerly anticipated exhibit will in Hall F of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd. in Rosemont, IL, site of the big ANA convention.

"PCGS will host or co-sponsor exhibits showcasing some of the world's most famous rare coins, including the 1849 and 1933 Double Eagles from the Smithsonian's National Numismatic Collection," said Don Willis, President of PCGS, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. [...]

With great pleasure Stack's Bowers Galleries will be offering at the World's Fair of Money one of the very few United States rarities listed in the Guide Book of United States Coins that has never before sold at public auction.

The focus will be on one of just two examples known to us of the 1975-S Proof Roosevelt dime lacking the S mintmark. The presently offered coin was purchased in February 1979 by dealer Fred Vollmer, a professional who specialized in Proof coins and sets and appreciated the unique opportunity [...]

The Stack's Bowers Galleries June 2011 Baltimore Auction will feature 7,107 total lots, including more than 4,100 lots of U.S. coins and exonumia and an additional 680+ lots of U.S. currency, plus three foreign coin and paper money sessions by Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, presenting more than 1,700 lots of world coins and 520+ lots of world paper money.

Lot viewing will be conducted by appointment at the firm's Irvine, California, headquarters May 27-June 1, at the firm's New York office June 6-June 9, and onsite at the Baltimore Convention Center June 13-18 [...]

Silver dollars and golden treasures are among the most important highlights of Heritage Auctions' Official Auction of the June 2011 Long Beach Expo, with floor sessions held June 2-3 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA.

"For more than a decade, Heritage has been the Official Auctioneer of the Long Beach Expo," said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage. "We've put together another great catalog for this year's summer installment with close to 2300 lots ready to cross the auction block." [...]

The $460,000 winning bid for a headline-making, 100-ounce gold nugget was made by Spectrum Numismatics International of Irvine, California, a division of Spectrum Group International, at a public auction in Sacramento, California on March 16, 2011.

Nicknamed the "Washington Nugget" because it was discovered last year near Washington, California, it is believed to be the largest, verifiable California gold nugget still in existence. The auction on the eve of the [...]