IRVINE, Calif. – H.R. Harmer, one of America’s leading auction houses of philately, announced today that it is moving to its parent company’s headquarters in Irvine, California, effective July 2009. Current CEO Larry Gibson and President David Coogle will continue to head H.R. Harmer, and philatelic staff experts David Graham, Bill Bergstrom, Bill Crowe and Tom Mills will also be relocating to the new facilities.
CEO Larry Gibson stated, “We are delighted to be joining our parent and sister auction houses in our expanded, state-of-the-art facility in Irvine. With this move, all of our U.S. collectibles operations will be centralized in one location, under common management, which we believe will provide for greater teamwork, collaboration and innovative thinking, and ultimately better service to our customers across all areas of collecting interest, including our stamp customers. Our trusted philatelic team will continue the same traditions and commitment to customer service that has made H.R. Harmer one of the most prestigious auction houses in the world.”
As part of this expansion, Nutmeg Stamp Sales will be merged into H.R. Harmer. Going forward, and starting with its inaugural West Coast auction in Fall 2009, H.R. Harmer will be offering a wider variety of material in quarterly live auctions, including U.S. and World Collections/Accumulations, single stamps and covers and graded U.S. material. In addition to the quarterly live auctions, H.R. Harmer will soon offer monthly online auctions of individual stamps, sets and covers at a variety of price ranges.
H.R. Harmer’s June Collections Sale will take place in Bethel, Connecticut on June 12th and 13th, and Nutmeg Stamp Sales’ June auction will take place on June 9th, also in Bethel. The dates of the Fall sale in Irvine will be announced shortly.
H.R. Harmer’s parent company, Spectrum Group International, Inc. is a consolidated global collectibles network. Its auction operations in Irvine include Bowers and Merena (rare coins and currency), Ponterio & Associates (world and ancient coins and currency), Teletrade (full-service online coin auctions) and Greg Martin Auctions (arms, armor and militaria).
About H.R. Harmer
H.R. Harmer was founded in 1940. In 1946, H.R. Harmer Inc. of New York was selected to sell the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s stamp collection. This represented the first of many important landmark auctions conducted by the firm. Over the next seven decades, the firm was chosen again and again to sell many of the finest stamp collections ever formed, including the most valuable philatelic collection sold at any U.S. auction -- the famed Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein collections -- through a series of 25 sales beginning in 1968 and ending in May of 2004. H.R. Harmer has also offered many valuable properties including the Princeton University Block of Four of the Inverted U.S. 24¢ Airpost, the Charnley, and Whelan Find.
For more information about H.R. Harmer please call 800.782.6771. For media inquires, ask for CEO Larry Gibson. Complete Prices realized for all past auctions are available at www.hrharmer.com.