“Heritage is attracting new buyers across more categories than ever before,” said Steve Ivy, co-chairman and CEO of Heritage Auctions. “Both consigners and collectors alike can use our services with the utmost trust, transparency and accessibility.”

With U.S. coins sales accounting for $218.68 million in 2012, it remained the company’s top category for sales. World and ancient coin sales were at $37.2 million, which was a 40-percent increase over 2011.

Heritage’s Design District Annex increased by 20 percent in 2012, as auction sales in fine art grew amounted to more than $45.5 million. It was the best year ever for that category. Western and Texas art sales more than tripled in 2012, as Heritage remained a leader in the category with $10.4 million in sales. Antiques and decorative arts sales were more than $7.27 million, realizing a growth of 32 percent. 

The auction house’s comic book and comic art department increased for the fourth consecutive record year with more than $37 million in sales. Weekly e-auctions only for comics fetched over $7.4 million, which is a record for e-auctions only, and a 17-percent increase over the previous year.

For 2012, Heritage’s comics and comic art sales came in at $27.98 million; sports memorabilia exceeded $20 million; rare books and manuscripts amounted to $7.27 million; and sales of movie posters exceeded $7.3 million. Luxury accessories recorded $5.12 million, and artifacts from U.S. historical accounted for more than $5.1 million.  

“Diversification and has been key to our success,” Ivy said. “We offer a trusted platform for selling diversified, high value collections and estates and collectors have responded to that. We’re the largest auction house capable of delivering success to every aspect of a collection for our consignors and the many record prices we have attained are a testament to that.”