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Anyone going to the open house at Smythe on March 6th? Free booze!

LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
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I saw an ad in CW that Smythe was having some form of open house on Monday, March 6th, in advance of their auction sale that I believe starts on March 7th. The ad even said that free booze is available! Is anyone going or know anything about it?
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, I'll be there. Of course.

    This is Smythe's "Trade & Graze". Free grub and wine, and you can bring your coins to the party. In other words, we won't kick anyone out for buying and selling with each other. In fact, we encourage it.

    Naturally, our auction lots will also be available for viewing all day.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    Where is it going to be held? In the Los Angeles area?

    Tom
    Tom

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Free food - count me in! See you Monday. image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are they trying to get the bidders drunk so they overbid?


    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is Smythe's "Trade & Graze".

    image

    I wish I could make it. Sounds fun. We midwesterners miss all the cool coin stuff. image
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  • elwoodelwood Posts: 2,414 ✭
    I received the catalogue the other day and it looks like there are a few little goodies in it.

    Wished I was closer to NYC so I could stop in.
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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Andy get your patterns out. I'll be there.image
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    Sounds awesome!
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    Just be sure you don't spill any wine or food on the auction lots when you are viewing them. I don't think
    they would be too happy about that. image
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Wish it was over the weekend.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are they trying to get the bidders drunk so they overbid?

    Not a bad idea! Unfortunately, the auction is the next day.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • BASEagleBASEagle Posts: 383


    << <i>Are they trying to get the bidders drunk so they overbid? >>




    Wow, what a business plan! I'm surprised no one has thought of this before now.


    Mike




  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,352 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Are they trying to get the bidders drunk so they overbid?

    Not a bad idea! Unfortunately, the auction is the next day. >>



    Hungover bidders may be less agressive in their bidding so this may not be such a good idea after all.


    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • earlycoins1comearlycoins1com Posts: 66
    I believe it is against the law to serve alcohol during an auction. That's what I've been told, anyway.
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    I was trying to get out there, but work got in the way.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    sounds like fun... I wish I could attend

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    image
  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    Food , Booze , Coins , AWESOME THREESOME ! image
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  • chabot510chabot510 Posts: 1,291 ✭
    I will probably be there. I can't wait to get some wine ( I hope you guys aren't carding! - jk)
    Nick
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭


    << <i>I believe it is against the law to serve alcohol during an auction. That's what I've been told, anyway. >>


    Maybe so, but you could serve it just before the auction.
  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I believe it is against the law to serve alcohol during an auction. That's what I've been told, anyway. >>


    Maybe so, but you could serve it just before the auction. >>



    Maybe so, but bids made by bidders who were served alcohol by the auctioneer prior to the auction most likely would be found to not be legally binding if the bidder refused to pay.
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe so, but bids made by bidders who were served alcohol by the auctioneer prior to the auction most likely would be found to not be legally binding if the bidder refused to pay.

    And yet bets made in casinos are...
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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I believe it is against the law to serve alcohol during an auction. That's what I've been told, anyway. >>


    Maybe so, but you could serve it just before the auction. >>



    Maybe so, but bids made by bidders who were served alcohol by the auctioneer prior to the auction most likely would be found to not be legally binding if the bidder refused to pay. >>




    Abe Kosoff in his book "Abe Kosoff Remembers" told the story
    of someone who was drunk who wandered into one of his auctions from a bar in a hotel. The guy bought several lots but refused to
    pay, Kosoff hounded the guy for several months and then just
    gave up. Turned out the guy was not a collector and was so drunk
    he had no idea what he was doing when raising his hand.

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