Why so much for this bustie?

coinlieutenant · October 31, 2011 10:46AM

Thoughts? Has anyone dealt with him in the past?

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TomB · October 31, 2011 10:49AM

This seller puts up some nice collector coins and uses terrific images. He has also cultivated an avid following on ebay and most everything sells for extremely strong money. As for this coin, I have not checked the condition census for this Overton variety.

astrorat · October 31, 2011 11:05AM

The seller is David Kahn. You can't much better than David when it comes to eBay sales of Capped Bust halves. He is easy to work with and is very knowledgeable. He is on target with his descriptions and attributions. Can you tell I like the guy?

Tom is right. David has a strong following. With that coin, look at the bidding. The snipe ran the price up almost $170 (it would have sold for around $340-345). It's an R4. While not "rare," nice EF R4 coins are getting more expensive. At close to $350, it would have been in line with similar sales for this die marriage in the recent past. At $510 ... somebody wanted it and likely place a very high bid to get a coin that matched their set.

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coinlieutenant · October 31, 2011 12:25PM

Thanks guys. Good explanations.

I really liked the coin...but not quite that much.

LVGT · October 31, 2011 12:29PM

He is a great seller.

TPRC · October 31, 2011 12:36PM

Very reputable seller. Good guy. Well known and well respected in bust half circles, but also good at other coins now. It is an R-4 variety as well. Still, seems a little high.

DIMEMAN · October 31, 2011 12:44PM

That is the PERFECT look for Bust coins......for me at least!

jayPem · October 31, 2011 2:23PM

Two variety collectors going for broke.

jayPem · October 31, 2011 2:35PM

Image up ? Well if I managed to do this properly, here is one I got from Dave awhile ago in a similar situation. Sort of new it would take a Big bid to get it, and I got it by the skin of my teeth...

well....so much for me and photobucket

rhedden · November 1, 2011 2:00AM

The combination of PCGS and R4 caused a price explosion. I am sure there are many, many collectors of Bust halves by die marriage who only collect PCGS coins, no exceptions. While the variety is only R4, maybe it is R7 in a PCGS slab.

coindeuce · November 1, 2011 2:27AM

coinlieutenant, have you seen the PCGS-53 with the Guttag Family provenance that is offered by illini420?

Why so much for this bustie?

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