{"id":68362,"date":"2025-11-25T00:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/68362\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T00:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:22:12","slug":"stacks-bowers-galleries-acquires-long-beach-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/68362\/","title":{"rendered":"Stack’s Bowers Galleries Acquires Long Beach Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stack's<\/a>Stack\u2019s Bowers Galleries has acquired the Long Beach Expo<\/a> from Collectors Universe, Inc., taking ownership of one of the longest-running and most familiar numismatic shows in the United States. Known for more than six decades as a major West Coast venue for collectors and dealers, the Expo has long served as a key marketplace for buying, selling, learning, and connecting within the hobby.<\/p>\n

Brian Kendrella, president of Stack\u2019s Bowers Galleries<\/a>, said the firm intends to preserve and build on the show\u2019s established role in the community.<\/p>\n

“Our mission is to ensure that this historic venue remains a vibrant hub for collectors and dealers,” Kendrella said. “We are proud to support a show that has played such an important role in numismatics, and we look forward to strengthening its future, beginning with our first Expo in February 2026.”<\/p>\n

The first event under the firm\u2019s management will take place Feb. 18\u201320, 2026, at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Hall C. Described as a smaller, more intimate invitational-style launch, the show will open to the public on Wednesday, with dealer setup on Feb. 17.<\/p>\n

As the Expo returns under its new ownership, Stack\u2019s Bowers Galleries \u2014 already a Platinum Sponsor of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG<\/a>) \u2014 will extend special benefits to PNG members. These include discounted table fees, priority table selection, and additional incentives to support dealers attending the reintroduced event.<\/p>\n

PCGS<\/a> will be the official grading service for the show. President Stephanie Sabin said the company is excited to support the event as it enters a new chapter.<\/p>\n

“PCGS is thrilled to support the return of the Long Beach Expo to Southern California,” said PCGS President Stephanie Sabin. “As the Long Beach Expo enters a new era, we are excited to continue serving a role in what is one of the most important events on the numismatic calendar.”<\/p>\n

Members of the PCGS Collectors Club will receive free admission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stack\u2019s Bowers Galleries has acquired the Long Beach Expo from Collectors Universe, Inc., taking ownership of one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[40531,40529,40530,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-68362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-auctions-and-numismatic-events","tag-coin-numismatic-news","tag-coin-shows","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}