I broke the sample slab record price again!!!!

kieferscoins

Just this last weekend the $200 barrier was broken

Now, I want to share with my coin and slab friends the record has been broken again. Within an hour of being listed it was bought now and is one of the hardest samples ever:

The $250 slab



Cameron Kiefer

ealandg

groovy

Russ

Geez, now photos of coins are bringing $250. I have a hard drive full of them; maybe I'll start listing a few.

Russ, NCNE

JxnBoy

Let everyone else make fun of this, Cameron. Not really my thing, but you certainly know what you're dong. Congratulations.

Dollars

Nice job Cammy.

I know very little about the sample slab market but you seem to have a good handle on it.

Wish you well brother

Dave

XpipedreamR

This is the slab with the PICTURE of a coin in it?



Geez...


Well, more power to ya!

Russ

<< <i>but you seem to have a good handle on it. >>



That's an understatement. The boy is the driving force behind the market. The master of all he surveys. The visionary at the top of the mountain, guiding the direction from his lofty perch.. The Grand Negus of sampleslabdom.

Russ, NCNE

Donovan

Buy the paper, not the plastic.

solid

Not to mention, he is the Sheriff and makes the rules!

mgoodm3

The most expensive almost coin almost slab ever.

geb209

Wouldnt it be funny if the buyer asked for a refund because he didnt read the description and thought that he was buying a coin?

Aethelred

Cameron, Good job on selling a photo of a coin for $250!

My next question is what sort of fruitcake would spend that kind of money for a friggin picture? This is the most insane thing I think I have ever seen. Sample slabs are cool, but only about $5 cool, not $250 cool!

Merc

Wow, that is a huge price for a sample slab. It doesn't even come with a coin. That is a crazy price for a piece of plastic!

I have 2 sample slabs but I got them for free from NGC. One is the 2003 FUN lunch state quarter set. I'm sure it would sell for a bit. I'm keeping it though because it has nice examples of the state quarters. I didn't buy a mint set so this will do.

Stuart

Cameron: I know that you listed this sample slab as a B&M "Hallmark" slab -- however it sure resembles a PCI Green Label slab. Did the Hallmark slabs evolve into the PCI slabs ??

tgilliams

what reason would anybody buy a sample slab. anymore than $5 is high!!

MrEureka

Cameron - What would you pay for another 19 of those?

Conder101

ARRGGHHH!!! And I missed it!!!! Cameron, if I find you listed that and didn't warn me about it first, I am going to be VERY irritated.

Andy, do you have any of them? I'd be interested in one.

Stewart, That IS a HALLMARK slab. When HALLMARK closed down in 1991 all of their supplies and equipment was purchased by a dealer and then sold to PCI. PCI then switched to the HALLMARK style slabs adding the red and blue bordered holders as well.

sumnom

This is weird. Even so I take off my hat to Cam for being able to sell this for so much.

But still, I cannot believe that people are into this.

construct

Congratulations, Cameron.

I had no idea the sample slab market was so hot. I had never really believed that the market for coin paraphernalia as collectibles was anything more than a hyped-up side-line. I now see I was wrong.

It's time for me to look at my old Whitman albums.

Wolfy00002

Hell of a sale Cameron. Well done.

I wish I could find bidders like that.

Conder101

<< <i>It's time for me to look at my old Whitman albums. >>


If David Lange ever writes his book on the old coin boards/holders then you just might see them start rising in value as well. Nothing increases the interest in a collectible as much as a book on the subject.

construct

You're certainly right about that, Conder. I fully believe the interest in the Stella is for no other reason than its inclusion in the Red Book. There are lots of rarer patterns from the same period selling much cheaper.

JrGMan2004

<< <i>The Grand Negus of sampleslabdom. >>




Does that mean he has a Staff with a Sample Slab on top? And whenever we approach we have to kiss the Sample Slab?

Stuart

Conder101: Thanks for the explanation of why the "Hallmark" slab looks so similar to the PCI slabs. I knew that Cameron had it right, and saw the slab label, but was just wondering why the great similarity -- which you answered.

By the way, for reference. I'm Stuart not to be confused with Stewart -- I'm sure that it can be confusing for those non-Stuart's and non-Stewart's on the forum...

Thanks again for the info.!

byergo

Sounds like these slab collectors REALLY buy into the "greater fool" theory! ;-)

Baley

it's coming, mark my words:

someday there will be "slabs" with photos of the great rarities inside, and people will be able to own "slabs" with real-looking pictures of 1804 dollars, 1913 Lib nickels, 1822 half eagles, 1894-s dimes, Brasher doubloons, the "first 1794 dollar struck" and all the rest of the great coins.

and collectors of actual coins will think such things are silly.

edit: congrats on the sale, though, and on a great looking website.

oreville

It is true; no one including Cameron can say for sure that sample collecting is a fad or is going to be around forever.

Now, in my opinion, I think it will be around longer than we think.

I was the bidder that won the MS-63 NGC sample 1887 silver dollar for $180 plus. Of course, I am going to Ohio and clop rottnrog on the head for daring to bid against me when I vist my alma mater.

Error collectors like rottnrog should stay where they belong and stick with error slabs.

Let us sample collectors pick up all the samples before we get any more samplers to contend with!!!

Now, sample collecting is indeed a wierd form of collecting. It is certainly not about collecting coins. It is however a form of relaxation and therapy for the non-criminally insane. We all know who we are. We can all be proud of our propensity to share our insanity with others.

Wingsrule

Now, sample collecting is indeed a wierd form of collecting. It is certainly not about collecting coins. It is however a form of relaxation and therapy for the non-criminally insane. We all know who we are. We can all be proud of our propensity to share our insanity with others.

Amen, my fellow sampleslab collecting fool. Well said.

Mark

oreville

WingsRule: You left out our symbol of insanity.

Don't let that happen again. We have our reputation to uphold.

oreville

Andy: If you have 18 of those Hallmark slabs with the paper inserts, I have enough collectors that will pay you for all 18 at $250 EACH!

Ready to send them?

rottnrog

<< <i>
Error collectors like rottnrog should stay where they belong and stick with error slabs.

>>

wjd283

Great sell Cameron.

Now that it's over don't you wish you would've had a BIN of $275 ?

Askari

Well, hat's off to you, Cam!!! I think you may have created a new market. I guess we ought to be expecting a Registry Set for these someday.

MadMarty

I have collected some strange things, but there is no friggan' way I'm paying $250 for a slab of plastic with a picture of a coin in it!!!

Lakesammman

Description states that the slab indicates it's a picture inside - I don't see it. Do you??

Russ

Tim,

It's clearer in the larger image:



Russ, NCNE

kieferscoins

If the buyer returns it because he thought he got a rip and finds out it is a paper coin, I will let you know, but I don't think this will be the case.

Cameron Kiefer

oreville

Certainly qualifies for R-8 status unless Mr. Eureka comes up with his other 19 that I offered $250 each for.
In the event Mr. Eureka follows through on his wild claim then this item falls to R-6 status.