Is there a way to search Great Collection Auction Archives,,,,,,,

GRANDAM

by PCGS Cert number?

Thanks, Gary

Rampage

Yes, just click on the completed Austin’s radio button.

GRANDAM

I don't see it

U1chicago

Try a google search.

For example, search "pcgs 45985772" and the second result is the listing from GC which sold last week.

Although this might only work for items sold recently.

GRANDAM

I am searching for:
45014684
50201436
Can't find either.

U1chicago

@GRANDAM said:
I am searching for:
45014684
50201436
Can't find either.

Looks like those were older sales than what shows up on a google search.

A generic search for "1938-d buffalo nickel pcgs ms-67" yields 415 results
https://www.greatcollections.com/search.php?fromyear=&toyear=2023&grade_range_1=1&grade_range_2=70&ungraded=0&ungraded=1&fromprice=&toprice=&mode=product&sort=02&series=0&q=1938-d+buffalo+nickel+pcgs+ms-67&enddate[]=2023-03-19&enddate[]=2023-04-02&listing_type=4&frombid=0&tobid=500

...I saw one had CAC, so a search for "1938-d buffalo nickel pcgs ms-67 cac" yields 163 results

....after clicking on a few, I found 45014684:

https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1145801/1938-D-Buffalo-Nickel-PCGS-MS-67-CAC

GRANDAM

Thanks, both are my coins and both are CAC but I was looking at my records and didn't have any info on what I paid for them so that is what I am looking for.

U1chicago

@GRANDAM said:
Thanks, both are my coins and both are CAC but I was looking at my records and didn't have any info on what I paid for them so that is what I am looking for.

If you bought them on GC, then look through your invoices or items won list-that could be a quicker way to find them.

PeakRarities

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GRANDAM

U1chicago found 45014684. I searched all the other 415 sales but none were the 2nd coin. It wasn't that hard because after I logged it showed the coins that I had bid on or won. It wasn't there so I might have gotten it off eBay or somewhere else. I usually keep pretty good records so I am baffled on how I failed to record these 2 coins. I have no idea how long ago I purchased it?

I would need the purchase date to check my invoices as I file them by year.

Thanks for all the help.

U1chicago

Try searching your email for “1938 Buffalo” or something similar in case you saved the eBay email (maybe a long shot but could work).

GRANDAM

I delete all my old e-mails every week or so but a good idea.

MetroD

eBay purchase history?

GRANDAM

Doesn’t go back far enough

MetroD

Assuming the ebay reference is correct, the purchase history goes back 3 years.

45014684 fits in that 'window' (i.e., AUG-2022). So, I thought it might be worth a try.

Don't know if it is still accurate, but this suggests that you can request an abbreviated purchase history from eBay for transactions older than three years.

logger7

HA is a lot easier on auction archives. Does PCGS link GC auction results to certification #?

BStrauss3

Add site:greatcollections.com or site:ha.com to your google search to limit the results to a single site.

BStrauss3

@GRANDAM said:
Doesn’t go back far enough

That's why one of my New Years tasks is to .pdf print the prior year's history. So in 2023 I printed 2022 and 2021.

Toss in a decent search tool (Copernic's Desktop Search - $20/year - https://copernic.com/en/ ) and you can find it. I've taken to .pdf printing the listing right after purchase and grabbing the photos... storage is relatively cheap.

PeakRarities

@logger7 said:
HA is a lot easier on auction archives. Does PCGS link GC auction results to certification #?

No, GC won't make their auction data public. The only time PCGS links a cert to a GC sale was in the 2014-2015 area when the data was briefly public.

GRANDAM

I was able to find the coin thru an extended eBay search as suggested by some of you.

Thanks for the help.

U1chicago

@GRANDAM I was just on Great Collections and noticed what I think is a new feature.
On your "My GC" page, there is an advanced tools section that lets you search items that you bought or sold by certification number.

GRANDAM

THANKS! I will check it out.

GRANDAM

@U1chicago said:
@GRANDAM I was just on Great Collections and noticed what I think is a new feature.
On your "My GC" page, there is an advanced tools section that lets you search items that you bought or sold by certification number.

Can you show a screen shot of the page where you enter the cert number?

U1chicago

@GRANDAM said:

@U1chicago said:
@GRANDAM I was just on Great Collections and noticed what I think is a new feature.
On your "My GC" page, there is an advanced tools section that lets you search items that you bought or sold by certification number.

Can you show a screen shot of the page where you enter the cert number?

It’s just the “My GC” page. Maybe not everyone has this feature?

GRANDAM

What box do you type the cert number in?

GRANDAM

OK, I found it.

Thanks

U1chicago

@GRANDAM said:
What box do you type the cert number in?

For those that might not have found it, you click on that feature and there is one box to type in the cert number.

BStrauss3

For those still searching, if you have the GreatCollections auction number...

e.g.

https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1322368/Ancient-Roman-Empire-Constantius-II-as-Caesar-AD-324-337-cAD-330-331-AE16mm-Treveri-Mint-ANACS-XF-40

You can find a static capture in the Internet Archive:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230309214423/https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1322368/Ancient-Roman-Empire-Constantius-II-as-Caesar-AD-324-337-cAD-330-331-AE16mm-Treveri-Mint-ANACS-XF-40

How?

Search for the 1st part of the URL

You will get a not found page, but...

I don't know if you can leverage that to search on the certificate #.