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So wicked cool. Please convince me that I don't have to buy this!

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,347 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 16, 2018 11:35AM in U.S. Coin Forum

The (1907) silver medal by Paul Jouve is in an auction I'm attending. I love it but I don't collect medallic art. Should I start now? I mean, of course I shouldn't, but I should I do it anyway?

Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,042 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Kind of creepy for my taste, but if it is (relatively) inexpensive and you will have fun with it, then go for it!

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  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,652 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 16, 2018 11:38AM

    Buy it if you like it and want it! :) And if you want to "start" collecting that area...go for it. If not...you still will have something you like!

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmmmm "The Thinker" and "speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil and hide from evil" ... I like it!

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, not these examples.

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  • MattTheRileyMattTheRiley Posts: 806 ✭✭✭✭

    Could be a great conversation starter!

  • carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like a Zen koan - is it a collection if you only have one piece?

    I would buy it, but only bring it out for admiration one day each year.

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,347 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Connecticoin said:
    Kind of creepy for my taste, but if it is (relatively) inexpensive and you will have fun with it, then go for it!

    Almost everything is relatively inexpensive until you start adding them up!

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Namvet69 said:
    Geez, looks like a dog monkey trippin on a miniature sarcophagus. What? Peace Roy

    I was going to ask what the monkey was holding.....Looks like a mini-power tool? A Dremel? Whatever.

    But as for "should you buy it"? YES! I love spending someone elses money. :)

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,002 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Buy it if not too expensive. It is a great piece.

    If it makes you feel any better you can engrave a denomination along the bottom and call it a coin. ;)

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Goofy me thought it was a stapler until I looked closer. What's the dimensions on that piece?

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭✭✭

    On a similar note, on a lark, I participated in a nonprofit auction of a lot of stuff and scored 2 real nice bronze medals, a 1927 Lindbergh flight to Paris and a 1931 French Colonialism of Indochina Paris expo for $30 total. They are aged, clean, have great details obv and rev and pleasing to the eye on display. I think you want to do it. Peace Roy

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  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like medals, but they (like everything else worth collecting) are addictive. I bought one a couple of years ago because it was relatively inexpensive and beautiful in my eyes. I now own over 100 by the same artist. No such thing as a one-off for true collectors.

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wouldn't you really be better off putting the money into a pattern (if you still collect them)?

    I once was an impulse buyer. When I saw something I liked that I could afford, I'd buy it. I was able to concentrate my collecting a little more when I began to tell myself, "I could buy that, I could buy this, etc." Great fun and the money stayed in my pocket for that "special" object.

    If this one is your "special" piece...

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,347 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 16, 2018 12:32PM

    @Namvet69 said:
    Goofy me thought it was a stapler until I looked closer. What's the dimensions on that piece?

    52x60 mm
    AG 103 g.

    I'm probably not going to bid. In case anyone else wants it, the minimum bid is 600 euros hammer.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,347 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    Wouldn't you really be better off putting the money into a pattern (if you still collect them)?

    I once was an impulse buyer. When I saw something I liked that I could afford, I'd buy it. I was able to concentrate my collecting a little more when I began to tell myself, "I could buy that, I could buy this, etc." Great fun and the money stayed in my pocket for that "special" object.

    If this one is your "special" piece...

    If I was really looking to do what would make me "better off", I wouldn't collect anything at all.

    Fortunately, that's not me.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,445 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If it excites you, buy it!

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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are you sure you want to monkey around with medallic art?

  • Aspie_RoccoAspie_Rocco Posts: 3,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 16, 2018 1:09PM

    @MrEureka said:

    @Namvet69 said:
    Goofy me thought it was a stapler until I looked closer. What's the dimensions on that piece?

    52x60 mm
    AG 103 g.

    I'm probably not going to bid. In case anyone else wants it, the minimum bid is 600 euros hammer.

    It sounded great until 600 euro was mentioned. It has eye appeal to me, but not at that price point. Then again I collect nickels.

    It looks like an Egyptian style object is being held.
    Fashioned in its own likeness.

    http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/publishedset.aspx?s=142753

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Okay, so never mind. Save your money, you know there are some gorgeous nickels looking for a good home. The hunt continues. Peace Roy

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,051 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sure is an interesting piece, I kind of like it :smile:

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  • ilikemonstersilikemonsters Posts: 767 ✭✭✭✭

    You have to buy it

  • ilikemonstersilikemonsters Posts: 767 ✭✭✭✭

    It's the coolest numismatic-related item I've seen all day.

  • QCCoinGuyQCCoinGuy Posts: 335 ✭✭✭✭

    This is like the medallic version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Great piece.

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,508 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @QCCoinGuy said:
    This is like the medallic version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Great piece.

    Thanks for posting it, Andy. It's Cool with a K.

    Pete

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @QCCoinGuy said:
    This is like the medallic version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Great piece.

    Sorry, way OT, but this reminded me of HAL, which reminded me of this.

    Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates (HAL at 1:32)

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=njos57IJf-0

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:

    @Insider2 said:
    Wouldn't you really be better off putting the money into a pattern (if you still collect them)?

    I once was an impulse buyer. When I saw something I liked that I could afford, I'd buy it. I was able to concentrate my collecting a little more when I began to tell myself, "I could buy that, I could buy this, etc." Great fun and the money stayed in my pocket for that "special" object.

    If this one is your "special" piece...

    If I was really looking to do what would make me "better off", I wouldn't collect anything at all.

    Fortunately, that's not me.

    Ah, but you may not be considering that the health benefits of collecting have made you "better off". :wink:

  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 16, 2018 2:15PM

    Andy, remember in 2001 when I asked you if I was being sucked back in, and you said if I was asking I already was?

    You likey…… >:)

    The meme of "Auction Fever" is superb :s

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  • BarberFanaticBarberFanatic Posts: 671 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November 16, 2018 2:41PM

    @MrEureka said:
    The (1907) silver medal by Paul Jouve is in an auction I'm attending. I love it but I don't collect medallic art. Should I start now? I mean, of course I shouldn't, but I should I do it anyway?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6P40wLThbc
    My current coin collecting interests are: (1) British coins 1838-1970 in XF-AU-UNC, (2) silver type coins in XF-AU with that classic medium gray coloration and exceptional eye appeal.
  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The first impulse is to say "Buy it if you really like it". I think it's cool, too, but probably not 600 Euros cool. You likely think it's cooler than most or all who have read this, so maybe it's worth 600 Euros to you.

    Any auction records for these? What do they usually sell for? Maybe this should be a consideration.

    How easily could you find another? Do they show up once or twice a year or once or twice a decade?

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,478 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Kewl but pricey.

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Only if you have a sucker .....uhhhh .....customer for it. :D

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You do not have to have it because monkey's poop in their hand and throw it at you.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 16, 2018 4:07PM

    If it pleases you, then buy it.

    That is my mantra.

    I DO collect other things besides coins.

    Sorry, for not talking you out of it but I hope it helps, anyway.

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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,325 ✭✭✭✭✭

    600 Euro? I like it a little, but not at all at that price.
    Hey, its your euros, buy it if you like it but don't expect a like from me when you post is again...…(not that you care!)

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭✭✭

    C'mon, you know you want it! And where will you find another?

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  • dtkk49adtkk49a Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭

    Collecting things that give you enjoyment is what it's all about. Buy it.

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  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting piece, but no.

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  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,652 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭✭

    If you bought that old framed Walter Breen photograph, I think you also pretty much have to buy this.

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  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,627 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I say goferit. ;)

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  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wouldn't if I were you Mr. Eureka ..... something scared the monkeys :s

  • cointimecointime Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭✭✭

    First ask yourself if it will sticker ;)

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think you definitely buy the hear no evil speak no evil see no evil medal .

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    I give away money. I collect money.
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  • numismagramnumismagram Posts: 148 ✭✭✭

    Super cool piece. I don't know how I missed it. I had one in bronze a few months back:

    https://www.numismagram.com/product-page/100381

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  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,635 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not worth 600 Euros to me. There are some lovely art medals for this period but this one isn't speaking to me.

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,347 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinRaritiesOnline said:
    If you bought that old framed Walter Breen photograph, I think you also pretty much have to buy this.

    It would have been an easier decision if I didn't also "have to buy" some Puerto Rican paper money last week. Not that I'm not worthy, but you can only buy yourself so many gifts before things get out of hand.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • RittenhouseRittenhouse Posts: 565 ✭✭✭

    That’s the plaque of my company’s upper management from the corporate offices. Whadaya want that for?

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