Saddle Ridge Gold Coin Collection
The Saddle Ridge Hoard refers to a stash of 1,427 gold coins found in the Sierra Nevada in the Gold Country region of California. The face value rests at $27,980, but its actual value is instead $10 million. It consists of $27,460 in $10, $20, and $500 coins, as well as $20 in $5 coins. It is believed that the coins go back to 1847 to 1894. Did you know that the Saddle Ridge Hoard is the biggest-known cache of gold coins found in the United States? It was originally found on private property, and the owners hid the stash in an ice chest buried beneath a pile of wood. They kept it there until they decided that it was time to sell.
Saddle Ridge Gold Coin Collection
Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet
The Corcoran Gallery of Art sold 25 rugs and carpets at an auction in 2013. This was done to raise funds for new acquisitions. The Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet was among those auctioned pieces. It is a Persian carpet with swirling vines and vibrant flowers. Corcoran assumed that it would only go for $10 million to $15 million, so you can imagine their shock when its final auction price totaled $34 million. It broke the previous record, which was once held by a southern Iranian rug from the 1600s. In a post-sale interview, the auction company said that the piece was almost unrivaled in terms of “beauty and rarity.”
Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet
