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If Hansen Sells?
gschwernk
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Simpson sold at Heritage. Pogue sold at Sacks. Legend has had recent good results with registry sets. If Hansen decides to sell where would his collection do best?
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gschwernk
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Smithsonian.
DLRC
They have NuTilt!
Do you think there are serious collectors that skip buying at one auction over another? Put the top pops in ANY auction and watch what happens.
When he finishes compiling the greatest coin collection of all time,
I hope that he does at least put it on loan to the Smithsonian.
I would love to see it.
Would also hope that this collection is never broken up, BUT
If he decides to sell off parts, make it those that he is ahead of me in the registry sets. LOL
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
If he sells? He has already been churning a lot of coins through his collection, selling them as Hansen coins, complete with special labels. If, at some time in the future, his collection is declared "complete" and he sells The Collection, he may have already hurt the value of some of the coins comprising the final set by diluting the provenance with coins that just passed through.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
I'm sure there will be special labels for the final set.
Any true numismatic status seeker will immediately dump the inferior provenance labels for "The Collection" labels. Support your local TPG, buy the label, not the coin
Too much cynicism, too little time on this fine Monday.
Pedigrees are just about universally meaningless to me, but I do own three:
– One from the collection of a close friend who is now-deceased (California).
– One that already had it when I bought it (Pittman).
– One from the collection of VAM co-inventor Leroy Van Allen. Only 8 others exist that I am aware of).
I did not pay a premium for the first one, but having his pedigree on it made it easy to say "I'll take it."
I did not pay a premium for the second one, but I do appreciate that it's there.
I did pay a premium for the third one because that is how much I admire and respect the man and his immeasurable contribution to my favorite area of coin collecting.
Pedigrees for coins do not really appeal to me for the most part. However I don’t think there is any doubt he would sell through DLRC as part owner.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
Clearly he has been selling his cast offs at DLRC, it only makes sense that he would use that venue. Personally I put no value on ownership labels.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
I suspect they’ll just modify the provenance to Hansen Core Collection or something like that. On another note, Eliasberg, Pogue, and Norweb had some duplicates too.
Who tf cares. I collected what I collect before Hansen showed up & I'm young enough to collect after he's gone.
True, but they weren't being heavily promoted and sold in advance of the sale of the named sales as coins coming from the collection of someone who would one day assemble a famous collection.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
Even if you don’t care, many collectors would be thrilled to have the opportunity to buy coins from his collection.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Maybe they could change the provenance labels to "Hansen rejects" and "Hansen keepers".
I bought one of his throwaways and had it re-holdered without him on it.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
If Hansen would have had the pedigree removed from the older coin when he updated his sets he would not dilute his pedigree. All his coins have a pedigree before they are added to his Registry Sets.
Overland Trail Collection Showcase
Dahlonega Type Set-2008 PCGS Best Exhibited Set
I think this thread went a little off track. The main question I was asking is:
When a major collection such as Simpson, Pogue or Hansen's is sold does it matter which auction house (Heritage, Sacks, Legend) he uses? Could he do just as well in an online sale like Great Collections or DLRC.
I think it absolutely matters on the timeframe. If he'd want to have a single leatherbound auction catalog and put everything in a zero reserve auction, those auction catalogs would be up there with one of the most expensive book printings ever.
If the sales stretched out over a decade like J.J. Ford, where you had 'The Ford Collection part 134' (hyperbolie), it would do much better.
That observation isn't just commenting on the coin market specifically. If Elon Musk decided he wanted out of the car business by the end of the week, the stock price of TSLA would be thumped - even with the massive liquidity of the global stock market.