Dallas, TX. Heritage Auction Galleries’ inaugural Signature Auction at the Money Show of the Southwest took place in Houston, November 29-30, 2007. Prices realized at the final hammer were $4.8 million, and will push well past $5.5 million after Post Auction Buys and Final Session results are included. Descriptions and images of all lots are currently posted at www.HA.com in the Permanent Auction Archives. Nearly 4,000 lots in the combined Signature and Final Session catalogs were offered.

According to Heritage President Greg Rohan, “Our year-end events continue to be very successful, and our two November Signature Auctions - Dallas and Houston - together realized more than $13 million. Registry coins continue to be extremely popular and the market continues to reward freshness and originality - and if you can add rarity, the triumvirate becomes irresistible.”

African Wildlife Preserve Gains $299,001 at Heritage’s Inaugural Houston Signature Auction

The Khumbula Thina Trust, a wildlife preserve in the Zulu lands, was the beneficiary of selected lots from the Fleur Wales-Baillie Collection sold during the auction.

According to Heritage President Greg Rohan, “Among the most interesting anchors we have had in some time, Fleur Wales-Baillie dedicated proceeds from some of her most important coins to benefit the Khumbula Thina Trust. This is a U.S. 501(c)(3) Private Operating Foundation working in the Zulu lands of Africa. These funds will be used to expand the territory for existing wildlife, and establish a water system of lakes and ponds for aquatic birdlife following their successful drilling of a rich well in that parched landscape. I encourage you to view their fascinating website at www.Khumbula.org for additional details and plenty of photographs of the important work that is being done there.”