Finally got to meet the Anaconda clan at my 1st major show........some Baltimore impressions and som
joejeweler
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Colonialcoinunion mentioned that snakeskin that was at one of Anaconda's tables at Baltimore. Here's a snafu that transpired while i was there ......
......that huge snakeskin on Adrian's other table was a hoot! (and i finally got a chance to meet Adrian at my 1st major show!)
While i was talking to Adrian he yelled over to someone to check out the Anaconda skin at the other table. It reminded me of the heavy antique snake ring i was wearing and i took it off to show Adrian. It is very thick and well made.
Unthinking,.... i said to Adrian i thought it might be a Anaconda also........"because" it had a large head!
He said: "That's pretty funny"! Then it hit me......Adrian must have thought i was insinuating he had a swelled head or ego! Boy, for a second i felt a little wierd. Just one of those "oops" we all make from time to time. (and i never explained to Adrian that i didn't intend it that way!)
Though now that i think about it, hehehe......
Also, how is it that they were able to gather all 5 of the 1913 Liberty Nickels together in a central vertical display......yet didn't think it necessary to display them with ANY LIGHT! Unless you had a flashlight......"forgit about it!" Couldn't make out much detail......i wonder if any of you thought the same?
Got to see the venerable Q David Bowers.....along with Bob Evans (i'm pretty sure?)......who were signing Davids new book (it's HUGE!) on the Central America discovery. Bob was the chief scientist in the seach......and David does what he does best.....writes.... ALOT! For a jeweler like me all those gold ingots were a treat to see......even had a lot of the original wooden boxes that held them aboard ship. For maybe $25,000 to $230,000 you could own one!
Saw a faboulous personal collection of the finest Morgan proof dollar collection, though i can't recall the owner's name. I'm pretty sure it was "Benchmark Ventures LP" however, as i signed up for the newsletter and kept a copy of the sign up sheet when i inadvertantly started to write out my home address on the form. (can't be too carefull today!)
But he was there and i could tell he was the owner.......he was STILL thrilled to explain to me some of the coins he liked the best. Those PF68 and PF69 coins were a real treat, with a marvolous single standout monster toned one that we both were excited about! (most of them were white). Happy to see he hasn't lost his ethusiam! A very nice MS67 1795 H10C was being shown to a dealer, and i got to take a quick look-see and actually hold it. (i wonder now if it's the same coin that sold at auction for over 80K?)The eagle on that coin even had some chest feathers.......a rare treat!
I made a few tough choices and decided to sell a few coins to better focus on my main type set. My MS64 PCGS High Relief $20 flat edge represented quite a bit of cash in my budget......are usually available with a little waiting, and are not part of my main type set so i walked it a bit. I showed it to one dealer (not the one who bought it) but he already had one in his case at the same grade.......AND......he pulled one out of his pants pocket. A PCGS MS67 $20 High Relief, that i think had a flat edge also. I was just so flabergasted that he had it in his freakin pocket i don't remember! It was gorgous, though! Another dealer had a couple Ultra High Relief proofs on display, and i hadn't realzed they weren't mirror finished coins.......more like a satiny finish proof.
A few lesser duplicates also bit the dust so as to free up some funds to expand my main set. Even my PCGS MS66RB 1909-s vdb went, as it also represents a good deal of money, yet is available in good numbers at most every show so i felt i could get another pretty easily. (though maybe not with the look of a full red like this one!)
I never even got home with all the checks, as i signed over a couple to a dealer for 4 coins he had that were standouts! A gorgous target toned PCGS MS65 1857-O H10C really caught my eye. (teal blue edges to redish centers) It actually looks a lot like my current icon photo in the toning department....though a little less red in the centers. Besides the toning it had fantastic clash marks all over. In the date area it almost looked like an overdate, and many places displayed features from the opposite side. A real treat with the loupe!
Also picked up some early copper. A PCGS 1817 MS64RB 13 stars that the dealer had tried to get "red" several times. It's oh SO close to full red, and with nice luster and none of those annoying spots so common! A PCGS MS64RB 1828 13 stars Half cent looks like it's little brother......and was also tried to red a few times. Both these coins had more red than a few full red examples i saw on the floor.......probably from a different "era" in the grading time line. Maybe when they loosen a bit...........
My final purchase was a top-pop NGC MS66BN 1845 1C that looks oh so nice. Pristine surfaces that remind me of a proof, red highlights in the fields with darkish chocolate devises. Yummy!!!! Nice early copper is hard to find without problems......and WAY too cheap in today's market compared to silver type. (though i think the dealer maxed me out on the PQ factor! lol).
All in all these coins would be much harder to replace than the ones i sold, so i feel OK with the tough choices i made like a lot of collectors on a limited budget.
They're listed in my NGC type set (below), and pictures will be up in a day or so there.
Oh......strange i didn't notice ONE cash transaction in the 7 hours or so i roamed the boarse. Checkbooks were everywhere, however! One dealer i sat next to was just wrapping up with about a 10 coin purchase for 30K+. I saw several deals a bit lower than that also. In my local small show cash is pretty flowing, and one dealer even packs one of his showcases with maybe 20-30K in Franklins with a sign that he buys for cash. Nice touch! Didn't see any green deals go down this day, however.
My final thought here is that a show like this needs to be viewed in more than just one day. That's all i could reasonably take right now, as i'm swamped in volumn with repairs and walkins. Next show i hope to work really hard to get more caught up and squeeze out at least 2 days. Sometimes i felt my head spinning and i missed so many of the tables in the back especially.....and couldn't spend the time i would have liked at each.
.....beginning to sound like the "ode to the working stiff" so i'll end this for now.
......that huge snakeskin on Adrian's other table was a hoot! (and i finally got a chance to meet Adrian at my 1st major show!)
While i was talking to Adrian he yelled over to someone to check out the Anaconda skin at the other table. It reminded me of the heavy antique snake ring i was wearing and i took it off to show Adrian. It is very thick and well made.
Unthinking,.... i said to Adrian i thought it might be a Anaconda also........"because" it had a large head!
He said: "That's pretty funny"! Then it hit me......Adrian must have thought i was insinuating he had a swelled head or ego! Boy, for a second i felt a little wierd. Just one of those "oops" we all make from time to time. (and i never explained to Adrian that i didn't intend it that way!)
Though now that i think about it, hehehe......
Also, how is it that they were able to gather all 5 of the 1913 Liberty Nickels together in a central vertical display......yet didn't think it necessary to display them with ANY LIGHT! Unless you had a flashlight......"forgit about it!" Couldn't make out much detail......i wonder if any of you thought the same?
Got to see the venerable Q David Bowers.....along with Bob Evans (i'm pretty sure?)......who were signing Davids new book (it's HUGE!) on the Central America discovery. Bob was the chief scientist in the seach......and David does what he does best.....writes.... ALOT! For a jeweler like me all those gold ingots were a treat to see......even had a lot of the original wooden boxes that held them aboard ship. For maybe $25,000 to $230,000 you could own one!
Saw a faboulous personal collection of the finest Morgan proof dollar collection, though i can't recall the owner's name. I'm pretty sure it was "Benchmark Ventures LP" however, as i signed up for the newsletter and kept a copy of the sign up sheet when i inadvertantly started to write out my home address on the form. (can't be too carefull today!)
But he was there and i could tell he was the owner.......he was STILL thrilled to explain to me some of the coins he liked the best. Those PF68 and PF69 coins were a real treat, with a marvolous single standout monster toned one that we both were excited about! (most of them were white). Happy to see he hasn't lost his ethusiam! A very nice MS67 1795 H10C was being shown to a dealer, and i got to take a quick look-see and actually hold it. (i wonder now if it's the same coin that sold at auction for over 80K?)The eagle on that coin even had some chest feathers.......a rare treat!
I made a few tough choices and decided to sell a few coins to better focus on my main type set. My MS64 PCGS High Relief $20 flat edge represented quite a bit of cash in my budget......are usually available with a little waiting, and are not part of my main type set so i walked it a bit. I showed it to one dealer (not the one who bought it) but he already had one in his case at the same grade.......AND......he pulled one out of his pants pocket. A PCGS MS67 $20 High Relief, that i think had a flat edge also. I was just so flabergasted that he had it in his freakin pocket i don't remember! It was gorgous, though! Another dealer had a couple Ultra High Relief proofs on display, and i hadn't realzed they weren't mirror finished coins.......more like a satiny finish proof.
A few lesser duplicates also bit the dust so as to free up some funds to expand my main set. Even my PCGS MS66RB 1909-s vdb went, as it also represents a good deal of money, yet is available in good numbers at most every show so i felt i could get another pretty easily. (though maybe not with the look of a full red like this one!)
I never even got home with all the checks, as i signed over a couple to a dealer for 4 coins he had that were standouts! A gorgous target toned PCGS MS65 1857-O H10C really caught my eye. (teal blue edges to redish centers) It actually looks a lot like my current icon photo in the toning department....though a little less red in the centers. Besides the toning it had fantastic clash marks all over. In the date area it almost looked like an overdate, and many places displayed features from the opposite side. A real treat with the loupe!
Also picked up some early copper. A PCGS 1817 MS64RB 13 stars that the dealer had tried to get "red" several times. It's oh SO close to full red, and with nice luster and none of those annoying spots so common! A PCGS MS64RB 1828 13 stars Half cent looks like it's little brother......and was also tried to red a few times. Both these coins had more red than a few full red examples i saw on the floor.......probably from a different "era" in the grading time line. Maybe when they loosen a bit...........
My final purchase was a top-pop NGC MS66BN 1845 1C that looks oh so nice. Pristine surfaces that remind me of a proof, red highlights in the fields with darkish chocolate devises. Yummy!!!! Nice early copper is hard to find without problems......and WAY too cheap in today's market compared to silver type. (though i think the dealer maxed me out on the PQ factor! lol).
All in all these coins would be much harder to replace than the ones i sold, so i feel OK with the tough choices i made like a lot of collectors on a limited budget.
They're listed in my NGC type set (below), and pictures will be up in a day or so there.
Oh......strange i didn't notice ONE cash transaction in the 7 hours or so i roamed the boarse. Checkbooks were everywhere, however! One dealer i sat next to was just wrapping up with about a 10 coin purchase for 30K+. I saw several deals a bit lower than that also. In my local small show cash is pretty flowing, and one dealer even packs one of his showcases with maybe 20-30K in Franklins with a sign that he buys for cash. Nice touch! Didn't see any green deals go down this day, however.
My final thought here is that a show like this needs to be viewed in more than just one day. That's all i could reasonably take right now, as i'm swamped in volumn with repairs and walkins. Next show i hope to work really hard to get more caught up and squeeze out at least 2 days. Sometimes i felt my head spinning and i missed so many of the tables in the back especially.....and couldn't spend the time i would have liked at each.
.....beginning to sound like the "ode to the working stiff" so i'll end this for now.
The Ex-"Crown Jewel" of my collection! 1915 PF68 (NGC) Barber Half "Eliasberg".
Once again resides with Legend, the original purchaser "raw" at live Eliasberg auction. Laura and i "love" the same lady!
Once again resides with Legend, the original purchaser "raw" at live Eliasberg auction. Laura and i "love" the same lady!
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Joe
Seriously, if i had that kind of dough burning a whole in my pocket, i can think of a lot of early rare high grade type i'd use it on! I just don't get all that excited about a series design i've never liked anyway only because it is in a date that was clandestinely made and smulggled out of the mint. Laura's recent purchase of that seated dollar collection was money better spent IMO, ........though she did spring for one of the nickels also!
<< <i>The nickels were poorly lit but they did draw a big crowd. As has been mentioned, the Manley one sold this week for $3 million. If there's another buyer out there, Laura's $1.8 mil investment last year could net her a cool million. Very cool to have your name listed under one of these babies.
Joe >>
Once again resides with Legend, the original purchaser "raw" at live Eliasberg auction. Laura and i "love" the same lady!
.......nice to see the families that love coins together!!!!
Gotta say Adrian could use a few more cases........they were packed!
.....and maybe half his inventory was left at home!
<< <i>Adrian is A LOT more down to earth than some mught imagine and not part of the mainstream "clic". >>
Once again resides with Legend, the original purchaser "raw" at live Eliasberg auction. Laura and i "love" the same lady!
Once again resides with Legend, the original purchaser "raw" at live Eliasberg auction. Laura and i "love" the same lady!
I thought you were teasing me....and i thought it was funny...i wasn't insulted.
Being a personal injury lawyer from New Jersey who likes snakes toughens one up.
Yeah, it was a great show. I bought and sold a bunch of coins but the best part was meeting all the people that i have known from these boards.
adrian
09/07/2006