Stack’s Bowers Galleries Announces Record Year in 2024
Stack’s Bowers Galleries achieved a record-breaking $275.6 million in total prices realized for 2024, leading the auction industry with five million dollars in coin sales and exclusive offerings from the U.S. Mint and The Royal Mint.
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 it was the only firm to sell any million-dollar coins from February through December, five in total. In addition, the company was selected to bring to market several unique offerings on behalf of the United States Mint and The Royal Mint.
At the top of the prices realized list for 2024 was the newly discovered Undated (1652) Massachusetts silver threepence graded EF-45 (PCGS) CMQ-X. After heated competition, this piece set a record for any non-gold U.S. coin struck before the founding of the United States Mint when it sold for $2,520,000 in the November Showcase auction held in conjunction with the Whitman Expo. One of only two known and the only example available to collectors, the threepence in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries sale represented the first auction offering of the type in more than 150 years.
Also sold in the November Showcase event was the finest certified 1870-CC Liberty Head double eagle, a legendary Carson City rarity currently unknown in Mint State. Off the market since 1986, this coin was graded AU-55 (PCGS) CMQ and realized $1,440,000. In the same auction, an exquisite 1850 Baldwin & Co. $10 graded MS-63+ (PCGS) CAC CMQ, held privately since 1988, crossed the block at $1,260,000.
Looking forward to 2025, the list of extraordinary events planned by the Stack’s Bowers Galleries team continues to grow.
For more information on Stack’s Bowers Galleries auctions and numismatic programs, please visit StacksBowers.com or email Info@StacksBowers.com. To consign to a Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction, call 800-458-4646 or email Consign@StacksBowers.com.
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