Following the death of the Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun in 1923, his will had a curious order: His vast accumulation of coins, notes and medals, amassed over more than six decades, should be ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the items going under the hammer is a 100 ducat gold coin of Ferdinand III of Habsburg, which was minted in 1629. - Courtesy ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. The inaugural sale of the Lars Emil Bruun coin collection, held by Stack's ...
One of the most valuable privately-owned coin collections is headed to auction later this year after spending more than a century shrouded in secrecy. The collection once belonged to Danish ...
A coin collection with an intriguing backstory is so big—and so valuable—that auctioneers Numismatica Ars Classica are splitting the sale into 15 auctions over the next four years. The auctioneers say ...
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COPENHAGEN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The 20,000-piece coin collection of Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun, worth an estimated $74 million, is set to go under the hammer on Saturday in Copenhagen, a ...