Christine Karstedt serves as our President and oversees auction operations and customer service. Additionally she handles our marketing and publicity with unbridled enthusiasm. A fixture at numismatic conventions and auctions for two decades, Chris has built a vast network of industry contacts during her extensive career. Chris’ ability to attract worldwide attention to the sale of numismatic material placed her at the center of the marketing of the $100 million treasure of the S.S. Central America and the S.S. Brother Jonathan. Chris has worked with numismatic trade publications as well as the mainstream press in bringing to market the early sales of the Eliasberg Collection, the Bass Collection, the Norweb Collection of Canadian coins, the Norweb Collection of Washingtonia, and countless other sales over her incomparable career. During her most recent tenure, she has been responsible for the marketing and publicity of the Dr. Haig A. Koshkarian Collection, a fabulous array of valuable copper and silver coins; the Oliver Jung Collection, one of the finest type collections ever assembled; Richard Jewell’s collections of commemorative and three-dollar gold coins; the Cardinal Collection, the finest Bust dollars ever assembled and the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals whose prices realized stunned the foreign world. Her unstinting and tireless efforts help consignors receive the highest possible prices for their coins. Chris is involved with our day-to-day operations and is one of our auctioneers.