Top-Notch: Croatian lace and the coin issued in its honour. Image: © Branimir Kralj / Croatian Mint.

Croatia’s New “Lace-Making in Croatia” Gold Coins

Croatia has released three new gold commemorative coins to pay tribute to lace-making, a tradition recognised by UNESCO. The manufacture of lace in Pag, Hvar, and Lepoglava has been part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2009.

George Frederick Kolbe.

George Kolbe Retires from Bookselling

After over 55 years in the numismatic bookseller business, George Kolbe decided to retire from the partnership of Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers.

Classical Numismatic Group

Classical Numismatic Group ⸱ Electronic Auction 550 ⸱ 15 November 2023 ⸱ Online

CNG’s Electronic Auction 550 includes 1155 lots from different noteworthy collections. The Byzantine section presents a fascinating group of rare bronzes, while the World section offers a number of interesting Italian coins.

Numismatisches Antiquariat Lang

Numismatisches Antiquariat Lang ⸱ Stock List 1 ⸱ 9 November 2023 ⸱ Online

Numismatisches Antiquariat Lang presents its first stock list exclusively for all readers of CoinsWeekly. The 116 numbers include sought-after numismatic standard works and bibliophile rarities..

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.