Stack’s Bowers Galleries Opens Pre-Sale Bidding for Its May 2025 Showcase Auction

Stack’s Bowers Galleries has opened pre-sale bidding for its May 2025 Showcase Auction, a 375-lot event centered on United States federal coinage. The sale will take place Tuesday, May 6, and will be broadcast live from the firm’s Griffin Studios in Costa Mesa, California.

A highlight of the auction is a Mint State 1851 Augustus Humbert $50 "slug," struck by the United States Assay Office of Gold during the height of the California Gold Rush. Graded MS-62 by NGC, the large gold piece ranks among the finest known of its type.

"With the strength of the current coin market, we decided to add a showcase auction to our schedule and provide our clients with an additional opportunity to add great coins to their collections," explained Stack’s Bowers Galleries President Brian Kendrella.

Further highlights from the May 2025 Showcase Auction include:coins

Interested bidders can view the auction lots by appointment at Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ New York City flagship, April 30–May 1, and at the firm’s Costa Mesa headquarters on May 5. Additional details are available at www.stacksbowers.com.

About Stack’s Bowers Galleries

Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducts live, internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency 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 currency 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.