Stack’s Bowers Galleries Announces Sale of the Sydney F. Martin Collection

Sydney F Martin (Image Courtesy of The American Numismatic Society)

The following is a Press Release from Stack’s Bowers, announcing the sale of the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Sydney F. Martin, the former President and Trustee of the American Numismatic Society, passed in January 2021 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Mr. Martin’s collection is considered to be one of the best with a broad depth and a number of rare specimens. For three decades, Sydney F. Martin of Doylestown, Pennsylvania and Amelia Island, Florida …

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The American Numismatic Society announces death of its Trustee and former President, Sydney F. Martin

Sydney F Martin (Image Courtesy of The American Numismatic Society)

The American Numismatic Society (ANS) has announced that Trustee and former President of the Society, Sydney F. Martin, has passed after a long battle with cancer. Sydney Furman Martin, of Amelia Island, FL, passed away peacefully on Jan. 19, 2021, after a protracted battle with cancer. An entrepreneur, philanthropist, and world-renown collector, he was born on Dec. 21, 1945, at the Smoky Hill (Kansas) Air Force Base to Furman C. Martin Jr. and Naomi Louise (Stevens) …

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