Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio

Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio ⸱ October 2023 Hong Kong Auction ⸱ 12-21 October 2023 ⸱ Hong Kong

Stack’s October 2023 Hong Kong auction, featuring over 7,500 lots of coins and medals and 2,800 lots of paper money, realized a total of $21.34 million. This marks the company’s sixth consecutive Hong Kong event to exceed $20 million in total sales.

Künker

Künker ⸱ Auktion 391-394 ⸱ 25-29 September 2023 ⸱ Osnabrück

In the last week of September, Künker held its Fall Auction Sales. Numerous special collections were on offer. The result: the more than 4,000 lots soared from an estimate of 7.2m euros to a hammer price of 13.4m euros, exceeding expectations by 85%. See the top sellers of the auctions here.

CDN Acquires Whitman: What Does This Mean for the Coin Market?

CDN Publishing acquires Whitman Publishing: who is behind the companies and why will this deal affect the international and US coin markets? A commentary by Ursula Kampmann.

Goldbeater. Frontispiece from a register of creditors of a Bolognese lending society. Illuminated by Nicolò di Giacomo di Nascimbene, called Nicolò da Bologna Italy, Bologna, ca. 1394–95. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1056, fol. 1v detail. Photography by Janny Chiu.

Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality

The new exhibition in the Morgan Library & Museum examines the economic revolution in medieval Europe and charts the expanding role and perception of money during that period. The medieval manuscripts shown in the exhibition are truly stunning!

The Titlis air cable car follows the Klein Matterhorn air cable car.

The Second Issue on Swiss Cable Cars: The Titlis Cable Car

Attention cable car enthusiasts: Swissmint is launching the second issue in its series on Swiss cable cars. The subject of the third and final coin in the series has also already been announced.

Important Volumes on Ancient Numismatics Will Soon Be Freely Available Online

A great piece of news: Over 6,000 volumes primarily on ancient numismatics from the S&S Library will be digitized and made available for everyone through the Newman Numismatic Portal.