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Bowers was the Co-Chairman of Stack's, a company that endeavors in rare numismatics auctions. It is based in New York City. During his career, he has catalogued and sold at public auction many of the finest and most valuable and important collections ever assembled. They include:
- the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, the only complete United States coin collection ever brought together
- the Harry W. Bass Jr. Collection
- the Ambassador and Mrs. R. Henry Norweb Collection
- the John Work Garrett Collection sold by order of The Johns Hopkins University
- the Childs Collection, the highlight of which was the finest known 1804 silver dollar, the second most valuable coin ever auctioned
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