Wait I second, Am I missing something about the Long Beach Show ?

No amazing auction records,
No amazing Sales
No amazing coins being available.
Early and flat dealer activity
Lower than expected numbers
Lower than usual forum attendance.
Is this the beginning of the downward spiral and the dealers do not have the guts to say so?????
I mean if you look at the past forum traffic on the Long beach show...NADA.
WS
No amazing Sales
No amazing coins being available.
Early and flat dealer activity
Lower than expected numbers
Lower than usual forum attendance.
Is this the beginning of the downward spiral and the dealers do not have the guts to say so?????
I mean if you look at the past forum traffic on the Long beach show...NADA.
WS
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How can coins NOT go for over their estimates?
When it comes to varieties, dealers are more educated than ever. They have the CPGs and similar references after realizing how much profit thay have been giving up easily. Two years ago, they were maybe a couple dealers with VAM attributions in their cases at a big show like LB. That is not the case anymore. And I whole heartily welcome their participation even if it dramatically increases the cherrypicking challenge. But since many variety collectors are cherrypickers, getting that 2-way market going outside the redbook varieties is slow but is developing. But I digress. Overwhelmingly, I saw undeniable widgets, in great supply, at LB. Also there was a lot of overgrades stuff in PCGS and NGC slabs. A few folks had featured toners (Mikey had a case of them but I didn't get back to look at them better) but it looked like the rank-and-file dealer is out not playing with them as much these days. Maybe most of the nice ones are in stable collections now?
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So far as the bourse activity is concerned, it must have been really dead. I can't recall any major show since I joined this forum that had less buzz than the recent Long Beach.
I showed my coins to David Hall and left them to be graded.
After scanning the tables it appeared to me that it was very similar to the last few shows. Not much new material, but then again I did not have the time that I wanted to spend at the show.
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