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MidLifeCrisis
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I know we've been down this road but...I was just asked about my favorite pedigrees. This was my answer...
My favorite pedigrees are (more or less in order):
Crosby - wrote the book on colonials, literally
Garrett - I remember first reading about the Garretts and the Bowers' auctions of their collection when I was a kid
Roper - formed the finest colonial type set ever, in my opinion...every coin is just awesome, I own two
Ford - amazing collection of so many fabulous coins...yet not one US Federal issue
Parmelee - Not sure why, just historical...one of the earliest "major" collections
Pittman - closest to the "average" collector; mortgaged his house to buy at the Farouk sale - that takes balls and passion
Eliasberg - obvious reasons, but he was very wealthy and bought whole collections intact to get his complete collection. Still an awesome achievement.
Norweb, in my opinion, comes close but after Eliasberg. Certainly a great collection...but, again, not hard to do when you are independently wealthy. I've owned a few Norweb coins; I currently own one. My impression is that the quality of the collection was not always consistent...there were many lower grade and even problem pieces in the collection.
Anybody care to agree, disagree, or otherwise comment?
My favorite pedigrees are (more or less in order):
Crosby - wrote the book on colonials, literally
Garrett - I remember first reading about the Garretts and the Bowers' auctions of their collection when I was a kid
Roper - formed the finest colonial type set ever, in my opinion...every coin is just awesome, I own two
Ford - amazing collection of so many fabulous coins...yet not one US Federal issue
Parmelee - Not sure why, just historical...one of the earliest "major" collections
Pittman - closest to the "average" collector; mortgaged his house to buy at the Farouk sale - that takes balls and passion
Eliasberg - obvious reasons, but he was very wealthy and bought whole collections intact to get his complete collection. Still an awesome achievement.
Norweb, in my opinion, comes close but after Eliasberg. Certainly a great collection...but, again, not hard to do when you are independently wealthy. I've owned a few Norweb coins; I currently own one. My impression is that the quality of the collection was not always consistent...there were many lower grade and even problem pieces in the collection.
Anybody care to agree, disagree, or otherwise comment?
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Matthew Stickney and Byron Reed might deserve mention though
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we both forgot Amon Carter
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substantiation for my selections:
Amon Carter (Jr.) -- Impressive collection that spanned two generations of numismatists. I like the stories of Amon Jr. finishing, in a sense, what his father started. Also, he was a classy businessman from all accounts I've heard
Stickney -- There is just something endearing about the way he 'traded' coins with the Mint the same way we all traded baseball cards with our neighbors
Reed --- Collection intact for a small town municipality to enjoy. Also, the collection contained a good deal of historical documents in addition to the impressive coin offerings
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