Stack’s Bowers Record Year in 2024

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Stack’s Bowers Galleries successfully executed a year filled with remarkable price records, numerous awards and exciting growth. In the auction category, total prices realized set a new firm record of $275.6 million for the year! Several items crossed the million-dollar mark and, in fact, Stack’s Bowers Galleries was the only firm to sell any million-dollar coins from February through December.

lso sold in the November Showcase event was the finest certified 1870-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle, a legendary Carson City rarity that is currently unknown in Mint State. This coin, off the market since 1986, was graded PCGS AU55 and realized $1,440,000. In the same auction, an exquisite 1850 Baldwin & Co. $10 graded PCGS MS63+, held privately since 1988, crossed the block at $1,260,000.

Another seven-figure item was the landmark 1825/4/1 Capped Head Left Half Eagle pedigreed to the Bass Collection. Graded PCGS PR62, the coin realized $1,080,000, which is $450,000 more than it brought less than two years ago.

Prices realized achievements continued in all numismatic areas, including the following highlights:

1, In the Numismatic Americana category, the extraordinary John Stewart at Stony Point Medal in bronze graded PCGS MS62, the key to the entire Comitia Americana series, brought $900,000.
2, Among U.S. banknote offerings, a magnificent 1934 Light Green Seal Fr. 2231-B $10,000 Federal Reserve Note graded PCGS MS64 sold for $240,000.
3, Asian coins were led by the remarkable Gold K'uping Tael Pattern, CD (1907) PCGS SP61 from China, which exceeded presale estimates at $720,000.
4, In the fairly new category of physical cryptocurrency, an incredibly rare Series 2 Casascius 5 Bitcoin graded PCGS MS66 sold for an amazing $360,000.

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About Stack's Bowers Galleries

Stack's Bowers Galleries conducts live, internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and banknotes, and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company's 90+ year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and banknote collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection, The Sydney F. Martin Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few.

World coin and banknote collections include The Pinnacle Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Salton Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, the Augustana Collection of gold rarities from across western Europe, the Richard Margolis Collection of world coins and medals, and The Thos. H. Law Collection. Recently the firm was awarded the privilege of bringing the most valuable world coin collection to auction – the L. E. Bruun Collection.

The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with galleries in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Offices are also located in New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Sacramento, South Carolina, Virginia, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Paris, and Vancouver. Stack's Bowers Galleries hosts an annual Global Showcase in August featuring United States coins and banknotes, ancient coins, and world coins and banknotes in its Costa Mesa auction gallery. They are also the Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic events, including the New York International Numismatic Convention; the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer, and Winter Expos; the spring and fall Hong Kong shows; and the Maastricht Paper Money shows.