Congrats to John K (aka Pistareen)
RYK
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John Kraljevich has, once again, hitched his wagon (no pun intended!) to S-B. 
Link to Coin Week article
Post a photo of a wagon to honor John!
Link to Coin Week article
Post a photo of a wagon to honor John!
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Here is a wagon pulled by trained dogs
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Maybe I should pick up the fugio frame someday? LOL.
Stef I love that token!
Proud recipient of Y.S. Award on 07/26/08.
congratz
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Stef I love that token! >>
Thanks
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Instead I will just say congrats
I expect this will be a clear message that S_B intends to reinforce their position in the classic exonumia market. Good, cuz I gots me a treasure trove!
"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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Congrats to JK: You are appreciated for all the talent. Best wishes
That is uber cool. With his playoff beard he sort of looks like an old school Stacks. MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
For both parties involved!
Can't believe nobody hasn't already posted this particular wagon. A covered one. So hopefully JK's wagon has him covered well.
* ahem* Sorry.
Hearty congratulations to JK, and to SBG.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Keystone State represent!
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
Congratulations John, I think...
...although it sounds an awful lot like work.
WORK!!!
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
...and a VIP in the world of coins. High 5's and half Dismes !
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Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
” Kraljevich will continue to operate his own business, John Kraljevich Americana, and buy and sell independently."
I'm so glad that's still the case as Pistareen is the first dealer I stop to see at shows upon entering the browse floor
<< <i>I've been following John since his ANR days and have always thought his narratives to be brilliant. I've met him a few times at the Boston (NE) Coin show and he has always had a crowd around him. I bought a very good example of a fugio cent that is in my box of twenty. Good luck to him and SB. He is a shining star of the hobby. >>
I met JK in 1990 at the old Great Eastern Numismatic Association convention held at the Landmark Inn in Cherry Hill, NJ.
He was with his mom Gail Baker, and had an exhibit on Randall Hoard Large Cents. You knew he was the real deal even then.
Here is a picture of all three of us at an ANA Banquet. I think it's 1993 in Baltimore shortly after I met my wife-to-be Lisa.
Since some people have asked, I'll mention this announcement doesn't really change what I've been doing lately -- running my own business, doing shows, and lending cataloguing and consulting assistance to StacksBowers. While I've been essentially a free agent up til now, including some work for other auction houses, this agreement means StacksBowers is the only place you'll be reading my auction cataloguing.
Betts medals, colonial coins, US Mint medals, foreign coins found in early America, and other numismatic Americana
The only downside that I see is that Stack's still uses parchment and quill for catalog drafts, so, unfortunately, it might be hard for them to keep up with JK's prolific writing.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>Thanks for all the nice comments folks! And thanks, RYK, on the unwitting riff on my homeland, Chester County PA, where the Conestoga Wagon was invented. I drove the Conestoga Road, aka PA 401, to school every day.
Since some people have asked, I'll mention this announcement doesn't really change what I've been doing lately -- running my own business, doing shows, and lending cataloguing and consulting assistance to StacksBowers. While I've been essentially a free agent up til now, including some work for other auction houses, this agreement means StacksBowers is the only place you'll be reading my auction cataloguing. >>
Will be using the words "disgustingly choice?" What about "a coin you'd be stupid not to bid on?"
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
<< <i>Congratulations, JK! Does anyone know what film made this wagon a star?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
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<< <i>Congratulations, JK! Does anyone know what film made this wagon a star?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? >>
This was The War Wagon, which was the also the "McGuffin" in the movie, starring John Wayne.