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Ponterio's Chicago auction is up...

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,943 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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    1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,452 ✭✭✭✭
    How accurate, in your opinion, is their grading? Their pix are not very good.
    Gene

    Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
    Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors

    Collector of:
    Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
    Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
    My Ebay
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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,943 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How accurate, in your opinion, is their grading?

    They tend to be conservative. However, as with any other auction, the sight-unseen bidders will tend to end up with the overgraded coins.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,539 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are a few pieces that I wouldn't mind adding to my colonial collection, but they have some very steep expectation on some of them. Also, I'm a little upset by lack of War of Independence material.

    Well, back to my cave....


    8 Reales Madness Collection
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    wildjagwildjag Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Their pix are not very good. >>



    The above is why I plan on being at the show and holding the coins I want in my hand and looking them over before I bid on them
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    CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭
    I just got my catalogue today.

    I think there are going to be some real surprises in this sale.


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    Josh Moran

    CIVITAS Galleries, Ltd.
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    danglendanglen Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭
    Back when I was just getting into coins, I stopped by Pontero's table at one of the ANA Shows. I had some NGS slabbed material I wanted to sell and Pontero took a half glance at them before going on a tirade against me, TPGs and basically calling me a moron for having the gaul to even approach his booth. I decided then and there that if Pontero was the last coin dealer on Earth, I would find another line of work before dealing with him. Since then I have had some coins I KNOW he would have liked to handle, but I'm thankful there are several alternative world coin dealers I can deal with. Sorry to have to vent, but everytime I see his name it makes my blood boil image
    danglen

    My Website

    "Everything I have is for sale except for my wife and my dog....and I'm not sure about one of them."
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