Two huge California Gold Rush era assayers’ ingots, recovered from the fabled SS Central America and with a combined weight of over 100 pounds of gold, will be exhibited at the next Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo, September 10 – 12, 2009, in the Long Beach, California Convention Center, 100 S. Pine Ave.
The Kellogg & Humbert gold bar is stamped as number 804 and with a value in 1857 of $12,225.62. It is the fourth largest gold bar among...
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Collectors Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLCT), a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2009. As previously reported, the Company exited the jewelry grading businesses as of March 2, 2009.
As a result, the remaining assets and liabilities of the jewelry grading businesses have been classified as held for sale and their related operating results, as well as the operating results of the currency grading business which was sold in the third quarter, have been classified as discontinued operations...
Full Article: Collectors Universe Reports Results for Third Quarter - PRNewswire
Collectors Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLCT), a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, diamonds and colored gemstones, today announced that, on January 9, 2009, its Board of Directors unanimously adopted a limited duration stockholder rights plan.
The Plan has an initial term of one year ending in January 2010, but may be extended for two additional years if the Plan is approved by the stockholders on or prior to the end of that initial one-year term. [click to continue…]
A virtually non-stop flow of bourse floor traffic, nearly $35 million of coin and bank note auctions and visits by California’s Attorney General and former Governor, Jerry Brown, and Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, highlighted the busy September 18-20, 2008 Long Beach Coin, Stamps & Collectibles Expo.
"Gold jumped about $40 an ounce on opening day, and we saw many ‘new faces’ among the thousands of attendees. Thursday is usually a busy day, and attendance this time was about 20 percent higher than recent, previous opening days," said Ronald J. Gillio, Expo General Chairman.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Collectors Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLCT), a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, diamonds and colored gemstones, today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2008 ended March 31, 2008.
For the third fiscal quarter of 2008, the Company reported net revenues of $10.9 million and a loss from continuing operations of $966,000, or $0.11 per diluted share. This compares to net revenues of $11.1 million and a loss from continuing operations of $68,000 or $0.01 per diluted share, for the third fiscal quarter of 2007. Results for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 reflect lower coin trade show revenues of approximately $950,000, reflecting one less trade show and more challenging conditions for trade show gold coin submissions in the quarter, due primarily to the rapid increase in gold bullion prices.
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