LOOSE CHANGE: JANUARY 12, 2020

The Kyle Ponterio Collection

If you ever meet someone with a real passion, there is a genuine excitement there. It is a love and devotion that cannot be faked, something that has been achieved through hard work and dedication. This passion from many people can be addictive, and every time I talk to Kyle Ponterio, I see this passion, and I learn from it. I have known Kyle for years; I have seen him grow from having a passive interest in numismatics to becoming a world-class specialist with a love that can surpass even the most devoted numismatists. With this, he has focused his pride on his collection over the years to make it something special. However, even the most passionate people sometimes make a choice to sell their collections.

At Stack’s Bowers Galleries, Kyle has the unique advantage of transforming his collection into a publication, to be shared with the world and further the numismatic study with the research he has done over countless years. From this, the Stack’s Bowers Galleries January 18th sale in NYINC Session C will offer an important catalog of reference going forward, publishing this impressive collection and study of numismatic pieces that feature this history and movement of money through its authorization and revaluation across the world.

To read the complete article, see:
The Kyle Ponterio Collection (https://www.pcgs.com/news/kyle-ponterio-collection)

Matchbox Cars Collection Sells for nearly $400,000

Sixty-eight-year-old Simon Hope's Matchbox collection was so massive that he had to use three different auctions to clear the whole lot. Hope amassed almost 3,000 of the tiny toys, and all told, the auctions pulled in nearly $400,000. The most expensive vehicle almost hit the $10,000 mark.

Hope is the founder and Chief Auctioneer at H&H Classics in the United Kingdom. There, he's been running the show for approximately 30 years and has dealt with a variety of items such as classic cars, motorcycles, aircrafts, carpets, and other antiques. His first classic car was a 1947 Sunbeam Talbot Ten in high school, and he has owned a De Dion Bouton, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Riley, Cadillac, Jaguars, Aston Martins, Maseratis, Ferraris, Lotuses and a Mille Miglia Allard J2 since.

Before (and after) the Talbot, his passion for motor vehicles was stored in small rectangular cardboard boxes. In a note written by Hope himself, he says his parents started buying them for him at age 2. The passion infiltrated his imagination, but he was not one to drive them on the wall in the bath or down the driveway outside.

"I simply opened the box, took the model out, looked it all over, ran it a couple of times along the table or floor, and promptly put it back in the box," the note details. "It didn’t help when Gran simply refused to let me play with them at all when we went to see her. It then got put on a shelf in my bedroom and waited until the next birthday etc for another friend to join it on the shelf. This continued until I started to earn pocket money or ‘paper round’ money, and it all went on models (well maybe the odd sweet) and most of those models are included in this sale."

Because of this, the collectibles are in incredible condition and still in the original packaging. Although some of the cars in the collection are extremely rare and desired, Hope points out he was never chasing. If he saw something that sparked joy, he bought it.

To read the complete article, see:
A nearly 3,000-piece Matchbox collection sold for almost $400,000 (https://www.autoblog.com/2020/01/10/matchbox-car-collection-sells-for-400000/)

Large Denomination U.S. Paper Money

To read the complete article, see:
Pictures of big bills: You probably won't see them in circulation, but you can see them here (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/pictures-of-big-bills-you-probably-wont-see-them-in-circulation-but-you-can-see-them-here/ss-BBQdo55)

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