Would You Buy From This Dealer?

Barry Stuppler.
I searched in the archive and found some threads which reference the dealer; and they seem cryptic. Something about a lawsuit, ANA and who knows what else. I couldn't tell if the dealer was the "good guy" or the "bad guy".
I do see they have some nice top end desireable stuff in top TPG slabs. The pictures all seem a little enhanced maybe but I'm not sure.
Just looking for your opinion.
Thanks,
Richard
I searched in the archive and found some threads which reference the dealer; and they seem cryptic. Something about a lawsuit, ANA and who knows what else. I couldn't tell if the dealer was the "good guy" or the "bad guy".
I do see they have some nice top end desireable stuff in top TPG slabs. The pictures all seem a little enhanced maybe but I'm not sure.
Just looking for your opinion.
Thanks,
Richard
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Russ, NCNE
and is a long-time rare coin dealer.
I've known Barry at least 35 years -
without a doubt one of the "good guys".
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<< <i>He is also a long time member of the PNG. >>
Hopefully nobody will hold that against him.
Russ, NCNE
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<< <i>He is also a long time member of the PNG. >>
Hopefully nobody will hold that against him.
Russ, NCNE >>
Being a member of the PNG is a sign of prestige in this business.
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
<< <i>Being a member of the PNG is a sign of prestige in this business. >>
I hate to tell you this, but the average collector doesn't give a crap about the PNG. It's a good old boy's club of rich back slappers.
Russ, NCNE
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<< <i>Being a member of the PNG is a sign of prestige in this business. >>
I hate to tell you this, but the average collector doesn't give a crap about the PNG. It's a good old boy's club of rich back slappers.
Russ, NCNE >>
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
<< <i>If he was selling something I wanted, I would go out of my way to buy from him. He stood up for this hobby and collectors in the face of very real risk.
Russ, NCNE >>
I ABSOLUTELY agree.
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
I'm interested in checking his offerings.
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<< <i>Being a member of the PNG is a sign of prestige in this business. >>
I hate to tell you this, but the average collector doesn't give a crap about the PNG. It's a good old boy's club of rich back slappers.
Russ, NCNE >>
This average working coin collector was once suspended from eBay by mentioning Barry Stuppler's name on the eBay coin chat forum. I enjoyed my one lengthy conversation with him in person (at the Milwaukee 2004 CSNS show), which ended by Barry saying he doesn't sell the coins I collect. I interpreted that as him saying that he doesn't wish to spend his time on the coins I can afford.
I could go on and on about his work in the ANA's legal defense fund, his involvement in the ACG hearings at the Charlotte ANA convention, his ads in the Numismatist, the PNG surveys about grading companies, and so on. Suffice to say that he is an honest and successful dealer. With success, he has to limit his attention to the small minority of collectors who can afford his inventory, despite all his noble intentions to rid the hobby of those who perpetrate scams on those who can't afford the coins he sells.
I will never have the funds to become a favorite customer of PNG dealers, but Barry Stuppler seems to be a well-intentioned rich guy who doesn't mind the occasional schmooze with an impecunious and fanatical collector such as myself. I recommend him if you can afford his wares. He loves coin collecting and shares my passion of the most inveterate coin collectors, even though his wares are usually out of the price range of most collectors whose cause he champions.
<< <i>Will _SOMEONE please provide a link to his eBay ID..
I'm interested in checking his offerings. >>
Here you go. Barry Stuppler
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