Long Beach..new friends made, a few nice coins,is there a Swan fan club?

scher

It was sure nice to meet a few of the computer guys at LB..Jim Swan was just awesome he is a real nice guy with LOTS of knowlege, I really got a lot from my conversation with him at the Whitlow booth.. also had the oppty to meet "toningintheblood" nice guy with lots of expertise as well..and met and spoke a bit with Ira Goldberg.. It sure is nice to see a 1st caliber type guy like Ira not afraid to put his picture in his auction catalogs and hit the frt. lines to field questions or just talk coins a little different then my experiences with some of those super big "public company" types.. any way special kudos to you 3 mentioned above for making my experience worthwhile.. met Katy from pinnacle and spent some time with Laura from legends..both 1st rate companies and these gals (laura hates when i refer to her this way) really know their stuff.. and hey picked up a few nice proof 3 cents in my quest for improvement of those great sets and 1 nice ms 3 cent to boot a pop1 1871 in ms 67..what was your take on LB?

billywls

Bruce--

Sounds like a good show. Too far for us east coast guys to drive. Jim Swan is a terrific guy and serious collector. He must have been filling for Larry who had a recent hip replacement. I'll never catch you if you keep adding those high grade 3CN MSs.

I continue to hear prices were really strong on both the floor and at the auction. Was that your impression?

scher

prices did seem strong..i paid 7k for the 17 3cent but had a computer bid in on a 10 indian 1915..nice example in pf64..in my opinion a great buy at 15k..20k probably about right for retail..i bid 16.5k..plus the 15%..it went for 30k!! couldnt believe it..
bruce

Ronyahski

Ditto. I met Swan too, had a good coin talk with him picking up some good knowledge, nice guy too. I thought the LB floor was a bit lacking with fresh coins, but personally I was blown away with the Benson auction. Best collection of coins I have ever seen.

Regards,
Daryl