Heritage’s HA.com Passes 400,000 Registered Bidder-Members
Heritage Auction Galleries, the world’s third largest auction, has announced that their count of registered bidder-members in their online community at HA.com has now reached and surpassed 400,000 collectors.”Heritage first began registering bidder-members in February of 1999,” calculated Heritage Co-Chairman Jim Halperin. “Some five years later, at the end of 2003, we were thrilled to have reached the level of 100,000 registered bidder-members. Two years later, at the end of 2005, we reached the 200,000 registered bidder-members mark. A little more than a year later, we passed 300,000 registered bidder-members, and now, after a similar short period, our HA.com collector community has more than 400,000 members. This is an incredibly exciting time for the auction business, and the wide array of material we bring to our bidders makes the entire market more vibrant.”
“We attribute our steady, impressive growth to both the services and items we offer on the HA.com website,” added Michael Weems, Heritage’s Vice President of eCommerce. “Our accelerated growth can be attributed to the high quality items we offer, a wide range of free valuation information with every lot (including over 2 million previous prices realized records in our Permanent Auction Archives), a commitment to technological innovation, and our reputation for dealing with integrity. Applying these principles to new areas of collectibles and art has fueled our growth over the past decade, as well as creating many new opportunities and collecting interests for our clients.”

Heritage Auction Galleries, the official auctioneer of the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectible Expo, will conduct a 6,000+ lot Currency Signature® Auction on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, September 17-19, 2008 at the Long Beach Convention Center, 100 South Pine Ave., Long Beach, California. The Convention Center is also the site of the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectible Show, as well as the location for lot viewing for all Heritage auctions. Nearly 2,000 of the lots will be included as part of the online session.”The auction is anchored by the impressive $5mm+ Jupiter Collection and the Dr. Edward and Joanne Dauer Collection of Demand Notes,” said Dustin Johnston, Consignment Director for Dallas-based Heritage. “Other notable collections include offerings from the Albert Rollins Collection, The Norman Collection, The Sandpoint Collection of Idaho Nationals, and another installment from the Collection of a Louisiana Gentleman.”
“Wednesday evening’s session will open with more than 300 Colonials anchored by the Collection of a Louisiana Gentleman,” Johnston said, “and will then continue on move to a selection of more than 400 Obsoletes, including a complete denomination set of PMG graded Kirtland Safety Society Mormon Notes, and many high grade Proofs. Confederate Notes, MPC’s, Canadian Currency, Encased Postage, and Fractional Currency will round out the evening. Perhaps the most important highlight of this session is one of Canada’s most coveted rarities, a newly discovered DC-19 1911 $500 ‘Queen Mary’ graded Very Fine 20 by PMG.”
A wonderful series of Long Beach auctions is about to take place, with offerings featuring U.S. Coins, U.S. Currency, Tokens & Medals, and Ancient & World Coins. Literally, there is something of interest for every collector. Our 















