Regency Auction 29

PRINCIPALS
Laura was raised in Highland Park, NJ. During high school, the coin bug hit her hard. Her trip to the
1976 NYC ANA left a lasting mark and huge desire for her to own and handle the greatest rarities. While
attending Monmouth University, Laura attended coin shows more than classes. After college, she started
LSS RCI, a wholesale coin company. In 1986, she realized the need for a “better” coin retailer and teamed
up in 1986 with George Huang to form Legend Numismatics.
In 1996 Bruce Morelan became a partner and since then Legend has exclusively built or assisted in
assembling this generation’s greatest collections. In 2012 Laura saw the need for a smaller, boutique
auction firm, and created Legend-Morphy with Dan Morphy, whom she split with in 2014. Today, Laura
is also a leading consumer advocate for coins. The passion has never subsided, and she keeps a beautiful
Proof Walker on her desk to this day.
Laura Sperber
Partner
Bruce started collecting coins when he was only six years old and by the time he was in high school his
dream was to be a coin dealer. But life intervened and instead, Bruce went into business. By chance, he
became Legend Numismatics’ financial backer in 1996. His great grandmother had given him three coins
when he was young, one of which being a Trade Dollar, so he set out to build the finest Trade Dollar
set. After a few years with ultra rarities, Bruce returned to his love of dollars and completed both a set of
Gobrechts and a set of Seated Dollars.
After selling those sets, Bruce recently returned to dollars with a new Gobrecht set and a spectacular early
dollar set capped by his dream coin, the Amon Carter 1794 Dollar. Not many collector’s can say they have
completed not only the finest 1794-1885 Dollar Sets and have over the years owned such coins as two
1913 Liberty Head Nickels, an 1894-S Dime, 1876-CC Twenty Cent piece, 1827 Original and Restrike
Quarters, 1838-O Half Dollar, two 1885 Trade Dollars and four 1884 Trade Dollars!
Bruce Morelan
Partner
Julie Abrams started in numismatics in 1986 when she joined up with Bernard Rome and launched
Teletrade, the first computerized auction company. Teletrade developed a unique coin trading method,
utilizing state-of-the-art digitized voice board technology to run live auctions before the advent of the
internet. As President of Teletrade, Julie helped expand the company, increasing the frequency of auctions
and expanding annual sales to $24 million within a few years. In 1999, GMAI, a publicly traded company,
purchased Teletrade and Ms. Abrams became Executive Vice President of Sales for the parent company. Her
job responsibilities included continuing her role as CEO for Teletrade as well as marketing to buyers and
consignors, with the goal of maintaining a balance between inventory and sales while growing the business.
Julie Abrams
President
In 2004 she joined Stacks-Bowers, an old world traditional auction house where she worked to expand
their e-commerce presence, including the development of an online bidding platform for the firm. She
also marketed Stacks’ programs to secure consignments from dealers and institutions such as banks,
museums and universities.
Julie is a member of the American Numismatic Association, the Central States Numismatic Association
and Florida United Numismatists.
STAFF
Matt Bell
Executive Vice
President
Serena Myers
Director of
Administration
Greg Cohen
Senior Numismatist
Jessica Berkman
Consignment
Coordinator
Patrick Braswell
Art Director
Ann Marie Van Pelt
Office Manager
AUCTIONEER| Bradley Karoleff | PHOTOGRAPHY | John Emerson
AUCTION COORDINATOR | Jose Campos | CATALOGER | Mitch Battino