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Re: PCGS Restoration ? Would this benefit or be worthy of sending in? 1941 Walking Lib Proof
I’d sell the coin and move on, rather than spend the time and money to have it conserved.
MFeld
Re: Doug Davis says Explosion of Chinese Counterfeits Being Sold on eBay and Google Marketplace!
@braddick said:
@messydesk said:
EBay is going to have a table at the ANA show. Politely make them have a miserable week.You realize the folks you will attempt to make miserable are not the decision makers of eBay.
Doing what you suggest is like making your Amazon delivery driver's life miserable because you detest Amazon's business practices.
What would be affective is doing less business with eBay as a buyer or seller.
That is a difficult challenge to accept though, isn't it?
Not the same thing. Unlike the Amazon delivery guy, the eBay representatives are there to collect feedback from their customers in addition to selling their services. Make sure you are speaking to whoever is in charge at the eBay table. Let's face it---eBay in no different that the average flea market which is why I pay for my eBay purchases using a credit card so if I get scammed on an eBay purchase and eBay doesn't help me, I just do a charge back with my credit card company.
PerryHall
Re: Doug Davis says Explosion of Chinese Counterfeits Being Sold on eBay and Google Marketplace!
EBay is going to have a table at the ANA show. Politely make them have a miserable week.
messydesk
On the easel...
Hey everyone!
Hope y'all are doing well and enjoying the start of summer.
It's been a looooong time since I've posted on here, as things have been super busy on my end, and as a result, I've fallen behind on pretty much ALL message board activity. I guess the whole idea of life happening and all...and by "life", I mean marriage, children being born, and navigating this thing called my "middle age." Woof.
Anywho, I used to have a pretty large thread on here about the stuff that was going in my studio, mostly finished works and in-progress stuff. I've been able to find an abbreviated version of the thread, which I imagine was cut or something since I haven't posted anything in a long time. But, yeah, I kinda figured that I'd give it another try and see if I can get back to posting somewhat regularly.
So, I thought I'd start doing one image at a time, as it's less overwhelming for me to upload and post when I'm just talking about one image, as opposed to a batch of them (even though I'd rather put them all up there).
I'll start here, with Henry Louis Aaron:
Henry Aaron, May 1957, 34" x 22"
This commission was based on a George Silk photograph that's currently in the LIFE Magazine archives (soon to be back with Getty from what I understand). I always thought the image itself was pretty iconic, with Aaron looking huge against the background of Wrigley, and in my head, the viewer's eyes could go straight to that red #44. That being said, there's still a lot of interesting texture throughout, whether it's the grain in the bat, the dirt, the ivy, the grass, and even some fun color in the guys on the field...it's just chock full of fun stuff. In the end, hopefully I did the image, and Henry, justice.
Hope y'all dig it, and please, if you have any questions, comments, critiques, or curses to throw my way, feel free to do so!! You can also email me at gkreindler@gmail.com.
Thanks everyone, as always.
Graig
GKreindler
Re: Let's see your strongest strike and/or your most worn-out coin(s)
In the poor strike dept, there’s this one. Looks like it’s on the verge of melting:
Bean notwithstanding.
Anyone: there was a great article in greysheet some 12-15 years ago that analyzed the difficulties with the teens/twenties Lincoln cent issues from the SF mint. I can’t seem to find my copy & can’t seem to get them to respond about this back issue. If any member has this, or can point to the date it came out, it would be much appreciated! I do recall the 1913-S date often had a “mushy” strike.
Re: SECURITY AT THE OKLAHOMA CONVENTION CENTER
What does someone planting a bomb outside of a federal building have to do with security at a coin show?
skier07
Re: Doug Davis says Explosion of Chinese Counterfeits Being Sold on eBay and Google Marketplace!
@messydesk said:
EBay is going to have a table at the ANA show. Politely make them have a miserable week.
You realize the folks you will attempt to make miserable are not the decision makers of eBay.
Doing what you suggest is like making your Amazon delivery driver's life miserable because you detest Amazon's business practices.
What would be affective is doing less business with eBay as a buyer or seller.
That is a difficult challenge to accept though, isn't it?
braddick
Re: BajjerFan account was hacked?
If I found out my account was hacked and someone was committing a fraud with it, I would immediately create a new account for myself (alternate ID) and post in the BST thread (and elsewhere) that the offerings were bogus.
dcarr