St. Louis show report

joecopper

I managed to maneuver a trip to Illinois to visit my wife's mom (88 and still plugging away in her house) about 100 miles from St. Louis this weekend.

I met an old college buddy who use to work for Jay Woodside and went to SL show this AM. We had to stop by Woodside's place for my buddy to do some business and then headed for the show. The parking lot was pretty well packed and the bourse as well. I was there about two hours and do not know how the dealers were doing, but it appeared to me that business was reasonable.

Personally, I picked up two Dan Holmes pieces from the latest auction from Doug Bird and took another coin to examine a little more closely - an R5 Late Date repunch that is a bit obscure to start with and want to look at it on the stereo scope at home. I picked up an 1816 for my die state set from Tom Reynolds along with an 1848 repunch, a modest grade but an EDS.

I saw some familiar faces - Rod Burress (asked if I was attending local Cincy show next week so have to now), Steve Carr (discussed ANA summer seminar and met his son), Maury Shepherd, and Chuck Furjanic.

We then headed back to Edwardsville (home of Manny Jackson, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters) and had cupcakes and milk - buddy's wife had them fresh from the oven!! Sometimes beer just does not cut it.

And the traffic on I-70 was pretty light - a good day in numismatics.

llafoe

I'm not sure who this copper dealer was... he had his coins in symmetrical patterns in his display case. I know most coin collectors are introverted, ultra-conservative and have ADD (or ADHD), but I think he stepped it up a notch!

I couldn't find the Cincy show online?

bidask

I thought there was a good crowd as well.....

Many of the dealers there have been coming for years dating back to the 1970's.

I forgot how long this show has been around.

Many faces I recognized...maybe they recognized mine as well.

Lots of mom and pop dealers and some dealers there selling their purchases from their B&M.

Several b ig name dealers....

I saw a few good coins lying around....one an 1862 pcgs proof 65 seated half but the owner was not at his table so I moved on.

I also saw a 1794 half in pcgs 25 that looked pretty nice....the dealer was asking 30k. Don't know much about those.

I did buy a nice raw and original 1916 d walker that I peg at a 55-58. Not sure why I did except the addict in me.

I sold a bunch of common ms 65 slabbed morgans at 5 bucks back of bid.

I sold some commems that I considered original gems...one a beautiful stone mountain in 66 and a texas 1937 pds 66 set in old rattlers all stickered...one a gold that was a 65.

The stone mountain I made an error on and cheated myself out of about 75 bucks as I had an old price tag and did not do my homework before I sold.

I am trying to sell coins that are not core to my collection....did an ok job I thought as i don't hold out for the last buck on those kind of coins.

I am also quick to take coin losses where I have made a mistake as I play in my mind the money I have made in stocks as an offset and them some.

I walked the floor twice and did some selling and buying in foreign too. One table had 3 MS 63 pillar dollars.

deltadimeman

great show ! lots of buyers and sellers, it's a small room and it was elbow to elbow at most tables on friday morning ! the dealers were happy !!

Catbert

I too enjoyed the show today. Purchased a beautiful Randall hoard cent from Gary Atkins!

Walkerguy21D

Nice report(s) - thanks all for sharing.
Sounds like there was plenty o' copper on display at this show!

jmski52

I was running late today and didn't get to the show until around 12:00 and by the time I realized it, it was 6:00! I was busy enough that it slipped my mind to call you, LarryL. Argh. joecopper, were you at Tom Reynold's table early this afternoon? I was the other guy, I think.

I met Rick Raaf from Scotsmans today and he was fun to talk to. He redirected me to a coin I was keeping in the back of my mind for later inspection, and I bought a nice chocolate brown 1828 from Tom Reynolds. Now that I'm looking at it at home, I really like it alot. I chatted with James Garcia who had some Large Cents (and had sold several before I got there), but by the time I got back to him, he was packed up. I stopped and talked with bidask awhile as well, to see if he still had some unc Plats that he had mentioned to me a year ago - he didn't, and it was a toss-up because they weren't PCGS and I'm probably better off just searching for already-certified ones.

I bought two others from Tom, and he talked me out of another as I am not yet ready to buy into rarity for the sake of rarity. It was a very nice looking 1817 but he indicated that if it weren't an R5 rarity and being sought by a specialist, that I might not get the money back out of it unless the right guy came along if I were to sell it sooner rather than later. I bought an 1810 that I'm still ruminating about, and an 1851 that I couldn't resist.

Over at Doug Bird's, he decided to educate me about 1796 and I have to admit that it was more interesting than I expected. It seems that each time I drop by Doug's, it's hard to drag myself away. His 1796 was nice, and I mis-graded it by a mile, but I was learning what I was actually looking at in the process. He also had a 1795 that I would be willing to add to my collection in another life once I have won the Missouri Lotto.

Doug showed me something interesting - a very nice looking 1817 that on reflection had been cleaned and recolored. I wouldn't have figured it out on a single pass. Very instructive. I almost bought it anyway because it looked nice. I ended up buying an 1857 from Doug that has nice surfaces and some red, but I bought it mainly for the surfaces. It has a small bag mark and a small delamination spot neither of which is a problem for me, and it's a clean strike.

Looking back, I'm not sure that I should have bought the 1810 and instead maybe have gone for one of the absolutely knockout 1805's that Tom had, instead. I'm still thinking about whether or not to go back to the show if I can tomorrow or Sunday.

Yeah, there was some copper. I guess I could post some pics if I weren't in a bind to decide whether to go back tomorrow and to get some sleep tonight. I promise that I'll take some pics when I can.

OchoReales

bidask,

Tell me about the Pillar 8 Reales. Please!!!

bidask

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Tell me about the Pillar 8 Reales. Please!!! >>

1752, 1743, and 1758 I believe,,,,one was a Millenia piece.....all asking around $3500, fairly reasonable, luster there but somewhat subdued as is typical but they looked original with some toning.

What blew my mind was that this particular dealer said he personally owned several ms 64's a 65 and a 66!

I have never seen a 65 much less a 66!

joecopper

jimski - it could have been me - send me a private email and will try to make sure.