Fall 2017

Would you leave $1 million on your coffee table for a week? A year? A few decades? Maybe… if it didn’t quite look like $1 million. That was the case with the Grant family, only it was a Norman Rockwell painting hanging on the wall of their New Jersey home. As The New York Times […]

LEGENDARY COLLECTOR’S 1815 HALF EAGLE ACQUIRED FROM BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER By David Stone Between 1820 and 1854, pioneering collector Matthew Stickney formed one of the most important coin collections of all time. Stickney’s achievement was truly remarkable, considering the state of the hobby in those early days. As a hobby, American numismatics was in […]

HERE ARE THREE FUNDAMENTAL GUIDELINES TO ACHIEVING YOUR IDEAL HANDBAG COLLECTION By Barbara Stone Conn Buy what you love, follow your heart, and sell what you no longer need in your life. These are the words we share each day when asked about curating a handbag collection. It’s a simple premise based on a sophisticated […]