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messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The famous PCGS slabbed cricket is up for sale. As old holders go, this one is legendary. Bidding is already more than I'd want to pay for it, but it has a far higher coolness factor than a generic in a doily with a gold sticker on it. No clue what it'll sell for, but I imagine Important Laughs™ are quite prized in this hobby.

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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 6,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 8, 2021 8:29AM

    Wait, is it April 1st? :D

    Edit: I looked at the link - incredible.

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    privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow! :D

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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 9,418 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How did this come about? Must have been done purposefully, as their is not a grade as would be if an accident occurred.
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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 8, 2021 8:39AM

    Hmmmm. I like :)

    I bet the price goes way higher.

    Already over a grand.

    Only 53 days left.

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    gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It say that the cricket was bothering the PCGS graders and they decided to slab it. Ex Fred Weinberg collection.
    Shouldn't this be in the bug collecting forum? LOL

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Now that is unique.... and legitimately created (read the detail on the link). I would not pay that price though....Cheers, RickO

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    mcarney1173mcarney1173 Posts: 900 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is how you know we've reached a numismatic market top

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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    been a while since i've seen someone post this little guy!

    to see it up for sale is just plain hilarious.

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    AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can we see the obverse?

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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it would be worth more if the cricket was in better condition.

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    calgolddivercalgolddiver Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭✭✭

    possible PMD

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    goldengolden Posts: 9,102 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :o

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    ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Environmental Damage - pass.

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    gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mcarney1173 said:
    This is how you know we've reached a numismatic market top

    Sounds more like we have hit bottom.

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    GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,389 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was he alive at the time of slabbing? I bet he was.

    Where is PITA when you need them,,,,,,, NOT. ;)

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    DelawareDoonsDelawareDoons Posts: 3,291 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cricket was a heckuva guy. Sad to see him meet this end.

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    ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He looks happy.

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    KliaoKliao Posts: 5,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 8, 2021 3:30PM

    That is a really neat item. Nice story to go with it also.

    @johnny9434 said:
    No cac, no way

    He might be a little too new to be able to get a CAC sticker.

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    USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    No cac, no way

    Why not? looks pretty original to me.

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 8, 2021 3:30PM

    Anyone who doesn’t see the humor in this is taking the hobby a little too seriously.

    :)

    ….. appears to have delaminated a bit since slabbing though.

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    WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not original color. Toning is not stable. Needs reholdered with a TrueView. Pass!

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    JimTylerJimTyler Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a counterfeit cricket

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    TomBTomB Posts: 20,798 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Too bad it's not in an OGH, then it would go for real money...

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,603 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @USMarine6 said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    No cac, no way

    Why not? looks pretty original to me.

    OK will give ya that ;)

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    gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,441 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Parking lot find, Worth face value

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    savitalesavitale Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Submit for conservation.

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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Slabbed alive? What a horrible way to die! I hope Fred has the decency to donate the proceeds to PETA or some worthy cricket conservation society.

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    ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Crickets are related to locusts. I hope It goes into the Tyrant collection for the “Plagues” display.
    Otherwise, it’s going to look really nice on someone’s hearth.

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    ByersByers Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 9, 2021 10:41AM

    I agree Andy. Fred needs to donate the proceeds!👍

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    goldengolden Posts: 9,102 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why not donate the proceeds to an ANA YN scholarship.

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    FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's an insect, not a mammal, and it's
    almost as famous as Jimminy Cricket !

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:
    It say that the cricket was bothering the PCGS graders and they decided to slab it. Ex Fred Weinberg collection.
    Shouldn't this be in the bug collecting forum? LOL

    Maybe..............but this whole thing bugs me..................

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,305 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you've ever tried to catch a cricket, it's very doubtful it was slabbed alive!

    If in Fred's case at $500, I'd buy it - as a novelty for over $1k, Forget About It! :D

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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Lakesammman said:
    If you've ever tried to catch a cricket, it's very doubtful it was slabbed alive!

    I catch them in my house all the time. And release them outside, of course. But at these prices, maybe next time I'll just ship them to Newport Beach, PETA be damned!

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,305 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mr. Eureka - for your age, you are very quick/agile! :D

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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Byers said:
    Andy- once the cricket sells for thousands of dollars, slabbed by PCGS, and it goes viral and is picked up by news organizations...

    And anyone who knows me knows what I am talking about, and knows that I know what I am talking about...

    Everyone with a cricket will be calling PCGS for instructions on how to submit their cricket, and/or their local PCGS authorized dealers for details😉

    I can already see the PCGS ad campaign:

    "If it's not PCGS, it's not cricket."

    And NGC won't be able to do a thing!

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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW, this is not the only PCGS slabbed insect out there. When I was at PCGS in 87-88, one of the graders had some insect slabbed. (I'm thinking it was a rattler cockroach, but I could be wrong.) So Fred's cricket, important as it is, is not completely unique.

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