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Heritage Auctions’ Mark Borckardt Named 2020 Numismatist of the Year by American Numismatic Association
Heritage Auctions · Mar 16, 2020Press Release Auctions Coin Dealers
Award places Heritage Auctions Senior Numismatist in elite company among top numismatists.
DALLAS, Texas (March 16, 2020) – Heritage Auctions Senior Numismatist Mark Borckardt received one of the highest individual honors within the hobby when he was named 2020 Numismatist of the Year by the American Numismatic Association.
“This honor is important to me,” Borckardt said. “This award validates my numismatic work over many years.”
A numismatist for 40 years, Borckardt has been at Heritage Auctions for 16 years. He was nominated for the award by Kagin’s numismatist David McCarthy.
First presented in 1995, the Numismatist of the Year Award was established “to recognize individuals within the numismatic community who have demonstrated long-term leadership in the field and to the Association,” according to money.org, the ANA website.
“Nominees must be ANA members who have clearly demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of numismatics spanning a career of at least 20 years. Their accomplishments should have significant impact in the numismatic community.”
The list of previous winners during the first 25 years in which the award was bestowed includes some of the most notable names in the history of numismatics, including Eric P. Newman, Q. David Bowers, Chester Krause, Kenneth Bressett, Mark Salzberg, Ron Guth and Clifford Mishler, among many others.
The ANA will publicly honor Borckardt and its other award winners at the ANA Worlds’ Fair of Money Aug. 4-10 in Pittsburgh.
Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, London, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
The Internet’s most popular auction-house website, HA.com, has over 1,250,000 registered bidder-members and searchable free archives of five million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media for photo credit.
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Heritage Auctions is the largest collectibles auctioneer and third largest auction house in the world, as well as the largest auction house founded in the U.S. We are also the undisputed Internet leader in our field, with more than 1 million online bidder-members registered on HA.com.
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This an award well-deserved, with the recipient thoughtfully selected.
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