Thanks, Ron.  I needed to preserve the negative, so I append a minus sign, then use your snippet.
<br/>,
<br/><br/>str := '($1,925.46)' .
<br/>('(*)' match: str ) ifTrue: [str := '-', str].
<br/>str := str reject: &nbsp;[:e | '($,)' includes: e].
<br/>num := str asNumber &nbsp;=&gt; -1925.46
<br/><br/>Sincerely,
<br/><br/>Joe.
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