CollectiveCoin acquired by Stack’s Bowers Galleries

Kyle

Just got an email from CollectiveCoin:

"Dear Collectivecoin members,

I'm thrilled to announce that Stack’s Bowers Galleries has agreed to acquire Collectivecoin. With their significant resources and expertise, our little community is now poised to become a major destination for collectors on the internet. Expect big things.

In the meantime, I will continue to be involved in the site and everything on Collectivecoin will continue to look and function as you've come to expect, with simple image upload, clean display, and no clutter.

Thanks once again for being members"

msch1man

I just read this e-mail and was thrilled...great news. If you don't use Collectivecoin, you really should give it a shot.

Barndog

excellent news!

CascadeChris

Great Chess move by Stacks!

wondercoin

CascadeChris: I am just curious why you believe this was a "great Chess move by Stacks"?

Wondercoin

Zoins

Great outcome for CollectiveCoin! Congrats!

Can't wait to see the new, big additions

lkeigwin

Wonderful!

In light of some recent, disappointing changes to PCGS's inventory software I'm delighted collectivecoin will endure.

Now collectivecoin, fix the upload link for the CU forum so it's easy for users to post images.
Lance.

CascadeChris

@wondercoin said:
CascadeChris: I am just curious why you believe this was a "great Chess move by Stacks"?

Wondercoin

It depends on what they plan on doing with it I guess but there are so many possibilities I can see it being a great addition to their portfolio. That said, I really wish they would update their auction platform software next. I hope that's in the works.

bigjpst

I wish you luck. Hopefully stacks won't decide to "fix" your site like they did with their own

cameonut2011

Hopefully Stacks Bowers web designers and IT professionals will keep their hands off of the website design especially given the way that Stacks administered its own site in the past (e.g. the numerous glitches).

EastonCollection

Congrats to SB on their decision to acquire CC site. I really enjoy posting coins on that site that allows me to share my coins with others very safely. More importantly, i can see SB leverage CC to enhance a collectors enjoyment of this wonderful hobby. I only see great improvements in the future. Congrats to all involved!

dbtunr

I'll take the opposite view. Teletrade used to be great. SB like it die on the vine.

Stork

I was happy to read that...the other option was letting the site die. If Stacks takes it over the site will hopefully remain relatively unmolested. If not, well that's no worse off than the site dying on it's own. I'm going to remain optimistic that Stacks will do right by it. Who knows, maybe they will start a combined registry over there :wink .

Anyway, I'd guess there might be an ad banner added, and Stacks will have my registration information...which they have already. I can live with those two things. Well, that and they might remove the buy/sell options...

If anyone needs to look at a place for a photo host they should give it a try. I've neglected my albums over there waiting for word on the outcome. It will be good to update everything.

KellenCoin

I am wondering what Stacks plans to do with the website.

ricko

Acquisitions such as this... in my experience... seldom bode well for the acquired....Will wait and see. Cheers, RickO

boyernumismatics

@lkeigwin said:
Wonderful!

In light of some recent, disappointing changes to PCGS's inventory software I'm delighted collectivecoin will endure.

Now collectivecoin, fix the upload link for the CU forum so it's easy for users to post images.
Lance.

I don't know why so many people are having issues with this. All you have to do is either drag and drop the picture into the text bubble with the "insert an image" doohickey open, or insert the file by browsing and selecting it. What is happening fot you all ?

topstuf

@KellenCoin said:
I am wondering what Stacks plans to do with the website.

I know what ....I... would do with it.
I'd tweak it a bit and add an auction software (they're out there even in turnkey if no talented IT guy is around.)

I'd use my SB imprimatur to add some validity and trust and create a MULTITUDE of "collector" websites.
Many users already do that, but not in a well integrated manner.

There IS.... a hole for a ....COIN....ebay. Oh yep there sure is.
With any NUMISMATIC input, such a listing tool ...could....be invaluable.

But I ain't them.

brg5658

In the meantime, I will continue to be involved in the site and everything on Collectivecoin will continue to look and function as you've come to expect, with simple image upload, clean display, and no clutter.

I hope that part is true. Stacks sure did F-up Teletrade pretty good -- I'm guessing Collectivecoin will be plastered with their advertising and will fall flat on it's face if the IT folks who "updated" the Stacks website have any involvement.

topstuf

Well, whatever happens, it's better than LOSING it entirely.

scubafuel

Thanks everyone. I'm really excited to have CollectiveCoin on firm footing again. Our plan is to have the site grow up a bit, without changing any of the good stuff.
And as this thread proves, I'm sure you all will let us know how it's going

kaz

Great news, very easy to use for storing my coin photos.

cameonut2011

@elmiracoin said:
SB needs IT/web help - - their website and auction venue are from the stone age.

I predict SB's IT department will alter the website within a year and destroy its functionality to the point that the site does die off.

Hydrant

Good news.

lordmarcovan

@cameonut2011 said:

@elmiracoin said:
SB needs IT/web help - - their website and auction venue are from the stone age.

I predict SB's IT department will alter the website within a year and destroy its functionality to the point that the site does die off.

2023 update: Dunno if that's what happened, but the site does now appear to be dead. It was unaltered and operational until recently. But it had gotten increasingly slower over the last year or so.

Too bad. It was a nice site. I guess S-B never did anything with it?

Happily, I migrated my collection to Colleconline, a while ago. It's a nice French site which offers more than CollectiveCoin ever did.

But still, I miss CollectiveCoin- and I just lost a lot of my older coin photos. Google image searches still reveal them, but I can't open them through the site itself.

Moral of the story- if you're archiving and inventorying your collection online, be sure to do so on at least two sites, so that if one goes belly-up, you've got a lifeboat. I learned this a long time ago. Now that we're in the era of cloud drives, I guess I'll use Colleconline with OneDrive as my backup.

lilolme

@lordmarcovan said:

There is a semi-recent thread on collectivecoin and SB replied. Here is the link to the SB reply. I don't use it and know nothing about any status.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13467286/#Comment_13467286

lordmarcovan

@lilolme said:

@lordmarcovan said:

There is a semi-recent thread on collectivecoin and SB replied. Here is the link to the SB reply. I don't use it and know nothing about any status.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13467286/#Comment_13467286

Thanks.