My Take on Today's Parsippany (NJ) Show
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I got to the show at my usual time today--about 8:45am. Even though the parking lot has been expanded (there's usually no room there, anyway), the cars on the street were parked in greater numbers than I've ever seen at that time... and even most times in general. I knew there'd be a lot of people. To be fair, I wasn't disappointed. For most of the show, I found it frustrating how hard it was to get through the aisles and keep bumping into people--someone else I talked to complained, in a search for an 09-S MS Indian Cent, that he couldn't see half the tables on his initial run.
One of the dealers I really like at the show is Tom Hyland--he's extremely fair, very friendly, and he loves to help YNs. At 10:00, he hadn't set up fully (one case of raw was still empty) because he was so busy. Then at 11:00, it was the same... and 12:00... a row of 2x2s every few minutes... he was REALLY busy! It turned out that all my business was done at his table--I sold him some stuff, and then, right before I left the show, bought my only coin. A plug because I really like Tom: He's going to have a table at Baltimore... I encourage anyone to stop by--he's got tons of type, both slabbed and raw, from $5-$5000+
Now, my main goal of the show was to sell. I've been buying a lot, and want to free up some cash for Baltimore. I was able to sell a few coins at Tom's table (two mine, two consigned), but found most dealers not in the buying mood. Most seemed uninterested in looking carefully at all--they pick up the coin out of the box enough to see the label on the slab, then they drop it back in... that's not helpful when buying a toned coin. Oh, well.
One other dealer, the person in charge of the show, always has his son (20) at the table... I promised to bring two coins to show him last month, but forgot I was busy. So I brought them today... I think he was pleased
I showed him, among other coins, my toned 1880 NGC PF65RB Indian Cent, and 1902 MS64BN toned cent... he said he likes purple and green on copper, and I came through Interestingly, when I bought the proof cent, Mark Feld (during the Pinnacle days), who had been searching for months sent me three coins. One I bought, two I returned... one is in the case of the dealer at Parsippany. Two friends reunited!
Finally, I learned that if you tell bustman, "go on, buy it, you know you want it" enough, he still won't buy it
I had fun showing him and John Whilborg the box of "not-for-sales" I brought... as well as what was for sale. I also ran into 66rb and njcoincrank. Crank wasn't able to be as elusive as usual, but, smartly advised his son to stay away from me ("that shady character") It was nice to talk with crank for a little while before he left--he's a nice guy.
Finally finally, I was able to talk with Jon Lerner at Scarsdale Coins for a little while. He had Reese's cups at his table, which made a great breakfast (), and I also saw first-hand the new buffalo nickel. It's not a bad coin... at least for today's mint.
So, while today was a selling day, I didn't sell all that I wanted to, but I walked out with more cash than I walked in--that was my goal. I also had a lot of fun conversations with a whole bunch of people, and saw a ton of great coins (toned, an MS68 gold--$1 I think... bustman, what was it?). It was a fun way to spend quite a few hours of the day
Jeremy
One of the dealers I really like at the show is Tom Hyland--he's extremely fair, very friendly, and he loves to help YNs. At 10:00, he hadn't set up fully (one case of raw was still empty) because he was so busy. Then at 11:00, it was the same... and 12:00... a row of 2x2s every few minutes... he was REALLY busy! It turned out that all my business was done at his table--I sold him some stuff, and then, right before I left the show, bought my only coin. A plug because I really like Tom: He's going to have a table at Baltimore... I encourage anyone to stop by--he's got tons of type, both slabbed and raw, from $5-$5000+
Now, my main goal of the show was to sell. I've been buying a lot, and want to free up some cash for Baltimore. I was able to sell a few coins at Tom's table (two mine, two consigned), but found most dealers not in the buying mood. Most seemed uninterested in looking carefully at all--they pick up the coin out of the box enough to see the label on the slab, then they drop it back in... that's not helpful when buying a toned coin. Oh, well.
One other dealer, the person in charge of the show, always has his son (20) at the table... I promised to bring two coins to show him last month, but forgot I was busy. So I brought them today... I think he was pleased
I showed him, among other coins, my toned 1880 NGC PF65RB Indian Cent, and 1902 MS64BN toned cent... he said he likes purple and green on copper, and I came through Interestingly, when I bought the proof cent, Mark Feld (during the Pinnacle days), who had been searching for months sent me three coins. One I bought, two I returned... one is in the case of the dealer at Parsippany. Two friends reunited!Finally, I learned that if you tell bustman, "go on, buy it, you know you want it" enough, he still won't buy it
I had fun showing him and John Whilborg the box of "not-for-sales" I brought... as well as what was for sale. I also ran into 66rb and njcoincrank. Crank wasn't able to be as elusive as usual, but, smartly advised his son to stay away from me ("that shady character") It was nice to talk with crank for a little while before he left--he's a nice guy.Finally finally, I was able to talk with Jon Lerner at Scarsdale Coins for a little while. He had Reese's cups at his table, which made a great breakfast (
), and I also saw first-hand the new buffalo nickel. It's not a bad coin... at least for today's mint.So, while today was a selling day, I didn't sell all that I wanted to, but I walked out with more cash than I walked in--that was my goal. I also had a lot of fun conversations with a whole bunch of people, and saw a ton of great coins (toned, an MS68 gold--$1 I think... bustman, what was it?). It was a fun way to spend quite a few hours of the day
Jeremy
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the aisles and traffic at this show is wild - I don't believe most even begin to realize this is one hot sunday show. I haven't been by lately - maybe next month.
marc
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