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Re: A dealer/collector dynamic I've never heard about nor encoutered
On a side note.... recently had this discussion number of tables is not the same thing as number of dealers... A show can have only a dozen dealers but have 40 or 50 tables with some dealers taking 4-8 tables.... so even with 80 tables this may be a small show with 25 dealers... National shows also can be a bit misleading A show may advertise 600 dealer tables but that again may only be 250 dealers...They do this with attendance numbers too... my last Long Island show (1 day) that I ran we had 400 collectors come thru the doors.... we do not count dealers etc... National shows running multiple days count dealers/helpers and they recount the same people each day... so they may have 600 unique people but say that 2,400 people came to thru the door...
Re: What other antiquities are you into? Show something old and cool!
Old Tom. One of my early influences which ended up dooming me into a life as a scientist.
Re: Buying a coin because it's a great match for another coin
I like the provenance and consecutive serial numbers for this pair, I would not break these out because of that but I'm sure one day after my ownership that is likely to happen.
Re: Anyone want to share the coins they’re having trouble finding?
Chopmarked 1875-P Trade Dollar
Chopmarked 1876-S DDO Trade Dollar
and a few other chopmarked trade dollars that I have examples of but are in need of upgrade.
Re: How are your collecting goals coming along?
Got progress on my Korean sets. Have #1 in one of those sets. But I havent been able to add to my 1896 Isla De Puerta Rico set. Still only have the 5 centavos out of the set of 5.
Re: How are your collecting goals coming along?
Ok, sending a lot out to GC tomorrow to clean up it all up. From now on collecting only Canada, and going to finish my Uruguay 1869-1894 set. Need to get focused at my old age.
Re: Proof $20 Triple Delight
"They're real, and they're spectacular"
Heres a vid of the '66
Re: In Process: 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. PSA Grade Run
Well...an 8.5 will be available this Summer in REA. Bid early...and bid often!
Re: What other antiquities are you into? Show something old and cool!
A bucket list sort of item scratched off my want list with this recent acquisition.
A cup and saucer that was made for the White Star Line to be used on their new Olympic class fleet of ships,
“Olympic”, “Titanic” and “Gigantic” (which would later be called “Brittanic”)
This set is the Wisteria pattern which was used for first class passenger accommodations.