Too bad all the philosophical fluff would run me off before I even saw the picture. I know Anaconda is a big time dealer of toned coins, but that much fluff is good for nothing but making cakes.
sneaky snake is weird with his satan listings. You know satan was an angel until the Lord cursed him and turned him into a snake groveling in the dust to be cursed by housewives.......... Oh yeah, the coin. That's really great. I wonder what the story is on it? It's really pretty. Why isn't it in graded? I know sneaky snake doesn't submit coins to grading services and the colors are almost too wonderful & pretty to be true. Interesting looking coin though. Wait till Spooly sees it, he's gonna flip.
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I'm sorry, but I like it. He never fails to invent new ways to sell coins. Hey it may not be the best way, since their is no info on the coin, but that's the point. He's saying if you like the coin in the picture bid. If you don't, don't place a bid. The rest is just his views on peoples state of happiness and if your not happy you should seek out why. I guess for a coin collector the coin pictured would indeed equate to happiness At least it would for me, nice going Adrian!!!!
I always enjoy Adrian's diatribes. If you look at enough auction text, it gets terribly old. I tire of L@@K, and Great Coin. It is refreshing to see an artist choose his medium in a novel way.
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Imagine how boring eBay would be without the "Adrians" of the world.
I like his auction description and found it worthwhile reading. Food for thought. The coin? Good question! Looks real to me (raw) and GEM. -Love the color! Someone might actually end up getting a good deal here.
I enjoy his wit, to a point. Lately it's been getting a bit overblown and excessively lame...the recent auction of a beautiful cameo proof Seated half with the title "Not a Kennedy and the World's Funniest Joke" being a case in point. The coin was stunning, but the "World's Funniest Joke" was anything but. After a while, the rambling got to be a bit much for me. I know, know, here's the pot calling the kettle black- I'm guilty of excessive verbosity almost as much as he is. But only on the forums. On my auctions, I have tried a "just-the-facts-ma'am" approach. I still fall short and some flowery adjectives creep in. But I haven't sunk to longwinded drivel with lame jokes, yet.
That auction, regardless of the value of the philosophy or the coin, reads too frighteningly close to some of those "estate" auctions where the lady goes on and on and on and on and on about her supposedly-dead husband (if he ever existed), her outlook on life, her opinions about this and that, and frightfully boring anecdotes about her cat. It makes me shout at my monitor: "C'mon, lady- cut to the chase, fer cryin' out loud, willya? Gimme a break!"
As to Adrian of Anaconda: I did enjoy the auction of an early large cent where he had all EAC members agree not to bid unless they raised their right hand and repeated some detailed, hilarious pledge not to overnitpick the coin. The guy's got wit, and some beautiful-make that stunning- coins. His skill with the language, overused or not, is getting his auctions noticed, so maybe he's crazy like a fox.
Oddly enough, though, that particular coin you linked to does not appeal to me at all. I like rainbow colors. I love peripheral and target tones. But I hate blotchiness and I really dislike the breaks in the toning on that one. The colors are amazing and truly beautiful. But the uneven/disturbed qualities of the toning, original as it may be, is unappetizing to me. In the balance, I would say it's still a pretty coin, but I'm lukewarm on it.
See? I have now rambled on for just about as many words as he did. But I'm not trying to sell you something. Not in this thread, anyway.
i don't know what i tire more of, anaconda's long-winded-and-rambling-never-getting-to-the-point descriptions or everyone tripping over themselves to pay homage to him.
what strikes me as strange about this coin is the fact that he seems to pride himself so much on his super duper toned mega-pop coins and then he shows up with this UNHOLDERED beauty and has a non descriptive description where he essentially tells us it's AT by not saying anything about it besides"As for the coin....who cares! Value it as you please. "
i know your troubled soul is lurking here adrian. time to hold up that mirror again, boy. read your description to your reflection with one ear plugged so what goes in has to rattle around for awhile before it shoots back out.
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pretty coin no matter what.
Oh yeah, the coin. That's really great. I wonder what the story is on it? It's really pretty. Why isn't it in graded? I know sneaky snake doesn't submit coins to grading services and the colors are almost too wonderful & pretty to be true. Interesting looking coin though. Wait till Spooly sees it, he's gonna flip.
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and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
I like his auction description and found it worthwhile reading. Food for thought.
The coin? Good question! Looks real to me (raw) and GEM. -Love the color!
Someone might actually end up getting a good deal here.
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That auction, regardless of the value of the philosophy or the coin, reads too frighteningly close to some of those "estate" auctions where the lady goes on and on and on and on and on about her supposedly-dead husband (if he ever existed), her outlook on life, her opinions about this and that, and frightfully boring anecdotes about her cat. It makes me shout at my monitor:
"C'mon, lady- cut to the chase, fer cryin' out loud, willya? Gimme a break!"
As to Adrian of Anaconda: I did enjoy the auction of an early large cent where he had all EAC members agree not to bid unless they raised their right hand and repeated some detailed, hilarious pledge not to overnitpick the coin. The guy's got wit, and some beautiful-make that stunning- coins. His skill with the language, overused or not, is getting his auctions noticed, so maybe he's crazy like a fox.
Oddly enough, though, that particular coin you linked to does not appeal to me at all. I like rainbow colors. I love peripheral and target tones. But I hate blotchiness and I really dislike the breaks in the toning on that one. The colors are amazing and truly beautiful. But the uneven/disturbed qualities of the toning, original as it may be, is unappetizing to me. In the balance, I would say it's still a pretty coin, but I'm lukewarm on it.
See? I have now rambled on for just about as many words as he did. But I'm not trying to sell you something. Not in this thread, anyway.
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what strikes me as strange about this coin is the fact that he seems to pride himself so much on his super duper toned mega-pop coins and then he shows up with this UNHOLDERED beauty and has a non descriptive description where he essentially tells us it's AT by not saying anything about it besides"As for the coin....who cares! Value it as you please. "
i know your troubled soul is lurking here adrian. time to hold up that mirror again, boy. read your description to your reflection with one ear plugged so what goes in has to rattle around for awhile before it shoots back out.
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