The panorama of American numismatics has many landmarks. One of the first was the establishment of the Mint Cabinet in July 1838-setting the foundation for what is the core of the NationalNumismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution today. Similarly, the founding of the American Numismatic Society in 1858 and of the American Numismatic Association in 1891 will be foreverremembered. Some of our readers were part of the November 1962 Treasury release of the exceedingly rare (up to that point) 1903-O dollar. And then there was the discovery and marketing of theunequalled treasure of American gold ingots and coins from the treasure of the S.S. Central America.

In the field of great collections and their sale, the 19th century had its own landmark events-the Bushnell Sale in 1882, the Parmelee Sale in 1890, and others. Similarly, a number of greatcollections crossed the auction block in the early 20th century.

This brings us to relatively modern times when quite a few great collections have been cataloged and sold, with Stack's Bowers Galleries and its antecedents handling more than all otherauction firms combined. A short list includes the Garrett Collection for the Johns Hopkins University, the Amon Carter, Jr. Family Collection, the Norweb Collection, selections from the Virgil M.Brand Collection, the unique Louis E. Eliasberg Collection, the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, and the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection.

Then, starting in 2015 came our offering of the greatest collection ever formed in terms of high quality, rarity, and value. In four events we have showcased the D. Brent Pogue Collection Parts Ito IV. Already, the total realization is greater than any rare coin collection sold anywhere in the world! Part V, to be held on Friday evening, March 31, in conjunction with Sotheby's, will beepochal as well.

The sale will be held at the Evergreen Museum & Library in Baltimore. Owned by and under the custodianship of the Johns Hopkins University, this is the ancestral home of the Garrett family,starting with T. Harrison Garrett, who began his interest in coins while a student at Princeton in 1864, A scion of the family that developed and controlled the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Garrett, inaddition to his business activities, was a collector extraordinaire. In Evergreen House he had a complete set of autograph documents of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, a fulldouble-elephant-folio set of John J. Audubon's Birds of America, and an incredible library. A special area connected to the library was set aside for his coin collection-which grew to become thefinest in America in its time.

Our sale of the D. Brent Pogue Collection Part V will be extraordinary for the coins it contains and for the venue in which it will be held. Nothing like this has ever been done before.

You are invited to attend in person. Our staff will be at the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center on Thursday and Friday-a dynamic event in its own right. Ourauction will include sessions of coins, tokens, medals, and paper money-including the Blue Moon Collection, a cabinet that has been off the market for more than a generation. A lively dealers'bourse will be a drawing card as well. Lot viewing for the Pogue Collection Sale V will be in a special area.

The staff of Stack's Bowers Galleries will be on hand to meet and greet you-the red carpet will be rolled out! Plan to be there!

To read the complete article, see:
Be a Part of History in the Making (http://www.stacksbowers.com/News/Pages/Blogs.aspx?ArticleID=2479)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NEW BOOK: THE D. BRENT POGUE RARE COIN CABINET (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n06a05.html)
KRALJEVICH ON POGUE COLLECTION, PART V (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n11a19.html)
SELECTIONS FROM THE POGUE COLLECTION, PART V (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n11a20.html)