Stack's Bowers Galleries
Michael Quihuis has over 30 years of experience in the field of engineering and operations in the media industry. Michael has held various roles throughout their career, including Director of Studio Engineering & Operations at Stack's Bowers Galleries, Technical Operations Manager at FIRST, and Technical Operations Manager at Advanced Systems Group, LLC. Additionally, they have worked as a Freelance Video Engineer, providing support to various post-production facilities in Los Angeles. Michael has also served as a Chief Engineer at Encore Hollywood and a Telecine Engineer at The Post Group. Michael Quihuis has extensive experience in managing teams, maintaining equipment, and improving the quality of content production.
Michael Quihuis holds an Associate of Science (A.S.) degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Napa Valley College. In addition to their degree, they have obtained two certifications: Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers from LinkedIn, obtained in November 2020, and Project Management Foundations: Budgets, also from LinkedIn, obtained in November 2020.
Stack's Bowers Galleries
Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducts live, Internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company’s 80-year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr., The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collections, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few. World coin and currency collections include The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, The Guia Collection, The Thos. H. Law Collection, and The Robert O. Ebert Collection. Topping off this amazing numismatic history is the inclusion of the world record for the highest price ever realized at auction for a rare coin, the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar graded Specimen-66 (PCGS) that realized over $10 million, part of their sale of the famed Cardinal Collection. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, with offices in New York, Wolfeboro, Hong Kong, and Paris. Stack’s Bowers Galleries is an Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic conventions, including American Numismatic Association events, the New York International Numismatic Convention, the Professional Numismatists Guild New York Invitational, the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer and Winter Expos, and our April, August and December Hong Kong Auctions.