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Will you be going to the Michigan State Numismatic Society's fall show?
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Sorry, I left out this part.
Will you be going to the "Michigan State Numismatic Society's" fall show?
I plan on being there all three days.
Sure would like to hook up with a few board members.
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
What day or days do you plan on being there MJ?
numobri
Let's meet up.
Leaving Seoul in T-minus 2 hrs and 10 minutes.........
MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
WOW
The Thanksgiving weedend show with 175 dealers setting up,looks like it might be kinda slow with only two of us going.
I know some of you people live in Michigan, why are you not going.
It's a good show.
Brian
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
OK, a great show.
Where are you now MJ,just woundering.
Brian
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
I have heard that a few board members are gojng to be there.
It's a good show.
Brian
-Paul
<< <i>WOW
The Thanksgiving weedend show with 175 dealers setting up,looks like it might be kinda slow with only two of us going.
I know some of you people live in Michigan, why are you not going.
It's a good show.
I'm going (as a collector)...don't kow if I'll buy anything. I look for seated quarters - usally there is not much selection and most of the offerings are the same dreck I've seen before. It would be nice to see some fresh material. You just never know which is why you have to go. I'll visit with Steve Marzilli who always has nice jewelry at great prices.
Freddie
Edit: I'd better remember to bring the MSNS renewal form and pay my dues.
i'd be there if i knew he was buying the Chocolate!!!
while i can't make it again this year i CAN attest to the fact that it's a great show, run very well by a good crew.
The excellent 192-booth MSNS show in Dearborn is still on until Sunday at 4 PM. I was there Friday afternoon for a few hours, my main disappointment being missing running into any PCGS forum members. The forecast first snowstorm of the season turned out to be nothing more than a mild case of dandruff, and the ice-drawn inept drivers with rear-wheel-drive muscle cars stayed home, so the trip into town on I-96 was clear.
All the booths were well-stocked except for Harry Laibstain’s, who evidently sold most of his stuff during the first hours of the show, if not during dealer set-up, presumably due to having fabulous stuff attractively priced. But it’s that way at every show they attend, with their glass showcases almost bare by the time I get around.
The busiest booth in terms of press of human bodies and in apparent volume of transactions seemed to be Silvertowne, which was manned by the principals, both working efficiently and cordially. Those gents have seen it all when it comes to bullion and they handle everything with relaxed confidence.
Also overloaded with customers was David Nazarro who always has a provocative inventory, and to get near the table it was necessary to squeeze in sideways with apologies.
The Teletrade booth was graced by the most gracious Cheryl Hartigan. Please keep quiet about this inside info: if you sit down there and sweet-talk her, she just might put your name on her secret list of those who she’ll give a special discount to on their next purchase.
The youngest numismatist there was 11-month-old Cash (yes, that’s his real name) Hayden, who was helping out at booth 33 by not swallowing any of the rare and expensive Civil War tokens on display. Steve Hayden operates out of South Carolina, but by doing the show he is retracing his roots, having been born and raised a Michiganian. If you swing by that booth, please make every effort not to stare at his trophy wife, but I guess it might be okay if you snuck a quick peek out of the corner of your eye.
For me, one of the most interesting was booth 86 of Larry Fallater, stocked with numerous unusual paper items, including a box of old picture postcards showing Michigan banks, arranged alphabetically by town. It was his personal collection. Several B & M coin shops in Michigan have a couple of boxes of postcards for sale, but Abbott’s in Birmingham (booth 52) has a major postcard stock of about ¼ million cards, shown only by appointment. For coins and bullion no appointment is needed, and IMO the firm is highly recommended for good deals and perfect service.
On the topics of postcards (my specialty), Jim Fairfield, coin dealer of Fort Wayne Indiana (booth 72), owns a picture postcard that was once the most expensive in the world. It’s a stunning 1890s piece by the famous Czech art-nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha (pronounced mook-ah), advertising Waverly Bicycles from Indiana. Jim bought it about 20 years ago when a big Milwaukee coin show was held in the same building as the National Postcard Convention. I was set up at the postcard show, and Jim wandered into the room asking which was the most expensive postcard there, and he then bought it for 12 grand! (not from me). He explained that often the most expensive item is the best bargain, being the rarest, and has the greatest likelihood of appreciating in value. That may usually be true in theory, but in this particular case, two additional copies of Mucha’s Waverly Cycles postcard were discovered in later years, and subsequently a few other postcards have sold for higher amounts. The postcard is now available for sale, but an appointment to view it is necessary, since it’s in Jim’s SDB.
Everybody at the show was pleasant if not friendly and helpful, except for just a few guys who had difficulty interacting with customers, obviously due to being underslept, hungover, stuffed from Thanksgiving gluttony, drained from scrimmaging with other diehard pre-dawn frozen Black Friday shopaholics, or all four of the above.
The most amazing thing was that five typical adult coin-collecting men were chained to the MNS greeting table to welcome all comers and provide helpful information. I didn’t actually check under the table to see the leg-irons chaining them there, but can’t imagine them staying put otherwise.
One does wonder that that piece was thrown in there deliberately. Shame on you MSNS!
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
<< <i>The grab jar at the front registration desk - I have a HUGE complaint, my 14 year old daughter showed me her coins that she grabbed a handful of - and she got a 1905 German 1 Mark in silver, pretty cool - BUT THE WORST PART WAS THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT TOKEN that was in that jar that they were having kids grab handfuls of coins from! Angry I noticed this just this morning. She never really looked at it, I wished I had known that when we were still at the show.
One does wonder that that piece was thrown in there deliberately. Shame on you MSNS!
I would guess that was an honest mistake.....
While I miss the show, I miss the comraderie most. Last year, a whole bunch of us board members ( Cointalk and CU ) met up and had a blast. Next year gang, and the first rounds on me :-)
Edit: Or was it 2 years ago ????
ArizonaJack- I sold Leon some silver bars. He's still amazing at his age. David Nazzaro hasn't changed must. SilverTowne and David were two to three deep all show buying and selling. They each had three tables. David may have had four.
MJ
The crowd ( yes we have some less then pretty folks at our shows as well. They come to this show in throngs. Not thongs, that would be awful)
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I was at Harry Laibstain's table all day Friday and Saturday until mid-afternoon. Harry brought a limited inventory to the show that all fit in to one show case. We did sell a number of very nice coins from that group. Any time there is a coin in his inventory you wish him to bring to a show, notify him ahead by telephone or email and he will bring it. He did that for several customers. The proof dollars (seated, trade, morgan) from the recent Stack's sale were really nice and several of those now have new homes. There are still a few left; check his web site.
Dealer setup on Friday began at 8 am and I arrived to help Harry at about 8:30. We had a very steady business right through until about 1:00 pm when things slowed down quite a bit, with moderate activity later, but by 4:30 it got much less busy. Talking to other dealers and collectors, it seemed like the 9:00 to 1:00 time-frame was really robust throughout both rooms. Saturday overall was a bit slower but steady most of the time we had the coins out. Overall it was a very good show with the most activity on Friday morning, as usual for this show. I gauge it as better than the last two years, but not quite as strong as 4-6 years ago. Not bad overall, considering the economic climate in Michigan right now.
Harry bought some nice coins, so keep an eye on his list as he adds new items on a regular basis. He heads to Houston soon, so it may be a few days before you see many newps listed. The public brought by a fair amount of bullion gold and silver for sale. I know some of the dealers that specialize in bullion had very busy tables and were sometimes two to three customers deep. I did not have much time to get around to look at coins on the floor, but it looked like there were a lot of dealers keeping busy with sales.