Escala Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESCL) will announce its earnings for the first quarter of the 2006 fiscal year shortly after the market closes on Tuesday, November 8.

In addition, Management will conduct a conference call to discuss first quarter 2006 earnings results at 9:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, November 9. The call can be accessed via the Internet live or as a replay. Investors may access the webcast through the Investor Relations section of Escala Group’s corporate website at http://www.escalagroup.com.

The conference call will be archived for replay on the above website for 5 days following the call.

About Escala Group, Inc.

Escala Group is a global federation of leading companies in the collectibles market with operations in North America, Europe and Asia as well as on the Internet. The company operates through a number of subsidiaries that specialize in various sectors of the collectibles markets, and is comprised of three business areas: auctions, merchant/dealer operations and trading.Escala Group’s North American operations include Greg Manning Auctions division, Ivy & Manning Philatelic Auctions, Greg Manning Galleries, Greg Martin Auctions, Spectrum Numismatics, Teletrade, Nutmeg Stamp Sales, Superior Sports Auctions, Bowers and Merena Auctions, and Kingswood Coin Auctions, and H.R. Harmer. In Europe, the leading auction houses affiliated with the network are Auctentia Subastas (Afinsa Auctions) of Madrid, Spain, Corinphila Auktionen of Zurich, Switzerland, and the Koehler group of auction companies of Berlin and Wiesbaden, Germany. In Asia, Escala’s auctions operations are conducted through John Bull Stamp Auctions, Ltd, the oldest philatelic auction house in Hong Kong.Merchant/dealer activities are conducted through Greg Manning Auctions and GMAI-Auctentia Central de Compras of Madrid, which act as exclusive suppliers of collectibles — primarily stamps and coins — on a worldwide basis to Afinsa Bienes Tangibles, S.A. of Madrid, Spain, and through Spectrum Numismatics International, one of the largest wholesalers of rare coins in the U.S. Afinsa is Escala Group’s majority shareholder.The trading activities of Escala Group are conducted through A-Mark Precious Metals, one of the largest private sellers of bullion coins and bullion gold, silver and platinum to the wholesale marketplace.

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Posted: 11|1|05 at 9:23 am. Filed under: US News.