Treasure Paintings Feature

Stack's Bowers Galleries BRIDGING THE GAP LIBERTY 1794 Stack's Bowers 1794 Dollar Sold for $10,016,875 Original Art by @itsbissell SCROLL --- 1000 E14336 Quited tales payable to the ONE THOUSAND 1000 IVER CERTIFICATE SILVER CERTIFICATE VENO NITED ST 1000 18- 15 SILVER CERI CATE STANES El Re 18 PA B3 M 5 Bridging the Gap - An Overview of Colliding Worlds Author: By Aris Maragoudakis, Director of World Currency Auctions / Thursday, February 07, 2019 / Categories: Paper Money of the Week While art and numismatics are both collector driven industries, they have long been considered completely separate from each other, even though they have more in common than would seem at first glance. For those with an affinity for both industries, it is easy to see the overlap, as the gap between them has begun to close, particularly in the field of modern art. An ongoing concern for hobbyists or dealers with established collections has been the need for new blood and the worry that collecting itself may fizzle out in the decades to come, due to a lack of interest in the modern world. Fortunately, thanks to crossover from popular modern artists, and some validation from one of the most prestigious numismatic museums, this may be far from the truth. One may not have to look any further than the most popular modern artists for answers as to why. In 2004, Banksy, the legendary anonymous street artist, printed £1 million worth of fake £10 notes to circulate at the Reading Festival and Notting Hill Carnival. The notes, which are known among the art circuit as Di-faced Tenners, show a defaced £10 banknote from the Banksy of England with a vignette of the adored Princess Diana replacing Queen Elizabeth II (who is printed on more banknotes than any other historical figure). The jeu de mots --- PIRATE GOLD COINS PIRATE GOLD ORIGINAL PAINTING @itsbissell --- Even notable second generation numismatic dealers like San Diego's JR Bissell (@itsbissell) have taken an interest in fusing their passions for the worlds of art and numismatics. When not selling five to six figure coins from shipwrecks, Bissell is painting renditions of some of the pirate treasures he and his father have unearthed and brokered through their company, Pirate Gold Coins. M Coin and Painting of Mexico 1715 8 Escudos Photo Courtesy of JR Bissell (@itsbissell) --- Even notable second generation numismatic dealers like JR Bissell have taken an interest in fusing their passions for the worlds of art & numismatics. He is painting renditions of some of the pirate treasures he & his father have unearthed and brokered through their company.