On behalf of Rick Ponterio and myself, we invite you to join us today in the Charles Street VIP Suite for three amazing sessions of World and Ancient coins and international banknotes, presented by Ponterio & Associates.
We start early with Session A for World paper money at 9 a.m. Watch for Lot 6382, a remarkable [...]
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Bowers and Merena Auction Update
Ponterio & Associates Announces 2010 Auction Schedule
Ponterio & Associates, Inc., the world and ancients auction division of Bowers and Merena Auctions, is thrilled to announce a very full auction schedule for 2010, which includes a trip to New York and three visits to Baltimore.
Read the rest of this entry »More Than $8 Million Realized in Official Auction
Bowers and Merena Auctions, America’s premier rare coin and currency auction house, continues to bring success to its consignors as the Official Auctioneer of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo. The 6,000+ lot auction conducted November 12-14, 2009 realized more than $8 million, with U.S. coin and currency sales totaling $5.8 million, and Ponterio [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Official Auction Update from Bowers and Merena
Today we invite you to join us in the Charles Street VIP Suite for three sessions of live auction excitement.
We start early with World Session B at 10 a.m., which will present world paper money, orders and decorations. The session features a lovely selection of Straits Settlements highlighted by Lot [...]
Bowers and Merena Auction Update
Welcome back to beautiful Baltimore! I am very happy to report that Bowers and Merena and Ponterio & Associates have brought more than 6,000 extraordinary U.S. and World coin and currency lots that will cross the auction block this week. We will present seven sessions over Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and I invite you to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bowers and Merena Official Auction Schedule
Here is the schedule for the Official Bowers & Merena Auctions at Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo:
Thursday, November 12
9 a.m.-7 p.m. Auction Lot Viewing Booth 1400
1 p.m. World Auction Session A Charles Street VIP Suite
6 p.m. U.S. Auction Session One Charles Street VIP Suite
Friday, November 13
9 a.m.-11 a.m. Auction Lot pick-up Booth 1400
9 [...]
Numismatic Fanfare at Stack’s Session Four
Friday evening opened with numismatic fanfare as Stack’s Session 4 of The Philadelphia Americana Sale begin to cross the block.
On hand were collectors, dealers and investors from all across North America. There were also eager bidders on the Internet plus so many phone bidders that extra telephones had to be brought into the auction [...]
Price Records Abound at Stack’s Auctions
Starting on Wednesday night, Stack’s Americana Sale, has attracted attention from Whitman Expo attendees as well as worldwide bidders on the Internet and by telephone. As we go to press on Friday afternoon well over $3,000,000 in coins and paper money has changed hands. More action is to come on Friday night and on Saturday, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bowers and Merena Realizes Over $2.5 Million as Official Pre-Show Auctioneer
IRVINE, Calif. – Bowers and Merena Auctions presented the Official Pre-show Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Philadelphia Expo on September 22, 2009. The two-session auction realized $2,520,460.
“Philadelphia was a wonderful choice for this Whitman show and Bowers and Merena’s pre-show auction,” said Steve Deeds, president of Bowers and Merena. “The city is so [...]
1906 Indian Cent, Struck in Gold, Fetches $276,000
When the hammer fell at last night’s Session Three of the Official Auction by Stack’s on Lot 4299 at the Whitman Philadelphia Expo, a 1906 1C Indian Cent, struck in gold had fetched a remarkable $276,000.
Plated in the “Significant U.S. Mint Errors” section of the current edition of The Red Book, it was the cover [...]





