CSNS Thursday Report
Desert Moon
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Hi Folks,
CSNS is normally a busy show but not as much as winter FUN or summer ANA. But this first day of 'public' entrance to the show seemed to me to have more people in the aisles that most of the time at the OKC ANA. And not only were the serious collectors coming in, but all types of people with all levels of knowledge and price targets for coins. Every booth was heavily occupied with customers, every aisle had alot of people in them with that buzz you get when crowds are all talking at the same time. Was it the massive hoard of humanity of this past winter FUN? Probably not, but it could not have been too far from that. So folks who are thinking the state of numismatic collecting and posting on the thread about it? LOL, come on over to Schaumburg and tell us that coin collecting is on its way out. NOT.
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Needless to say, I didn't have a break all day, never ate anything, but forced myself to keep hydrated at least by sipping agua in brief pauses from the soon to be non-existent coin collectors (see above) amassed in front of my table from public opening until 5 pm where I walked the floor when @Copperindian came by and manned my table for about 20 minutes. So one can make the case that the activity was nuclear, yep, it was. Selling was as good as FUN was, I have not had the time to go through all of the invoices yet but I sold several big boy big girl coins (BBBGC) to several different people. The BBBGC types of buyers seem to now know I exist and that is great and will feel less reluctant to pony up for BBBGCs when I find super cool ones. But all price points were being sold at my table including my least expensive but gorgeous 1916-D barber quarter in AU58/CAC. So one can conclude that the selling was ginormous at my table. And as I said above, every table around me, with wide ranges of the types of collectibles they were selling, were full of people at the front of their tables too. @Charmy across the aisle had about 5 or more people at her table the whole day. That is what I am talking about here y’all.
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At one point my friend @Kliao came by to say hi. He is graduating from college this semester and with straight A's. So congrats to this young numismatist who is going to keep collecting etc. for the rest of his life. So @Kliao, after we conversed and updated each other for about 10 minutes, asked me if I had any coins he could walk the floor for that I wanted to sell. I had a few set back that were going to GC at the end of the show, so I thought, ok why not? I gave him 3 with net prices and off he went. He worked for a company out of Illinois at shows like ANA to help them out until now - they were actually set up next to me. So @Kliao had some experience with this. So about 1 hour later he came back and said I sold the large cent and showed me the price he got. Oh my and that coin sat at my table for year with no bites. But he said I am still on the other two and will check back and off he went. Another 30 minutes or so he came back and said all sold. Wow, I was floored. Like I said, all 3 of these did not meet my standards (even though CACed) and sat at my table for a year. Get @Kliao into the picture and whoosh, gone all gone. So we chatted about whom he sold them to and he told me about the different offers he got and of course took the best ones. Funnily enough, the guy that bought the indian cent @Kliao sold for me, went right back to the same dealer I bought it from at CSNS last year! At a better price that what that dealer sold to me! And that dealer told me at the time the coin was sitting in his case for a very long time hence the price had had given me at the time. So we had a nice laugh about that.
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Another good story with some intrigue about grading. So a prominent dealer came by about 1 pm and said DM when you get a chance come by I have some coins you will like. So when I got there at 5 pm, he pulled out this gorgeous half dime and said hey look at this one you will love it! Nice blue toning, P64/CAC. I said hey I sold that at FUN! Which I did. It had no sticker on it when I bought it. I sent it in to CACG and did not cross, even at 63. So it was at my table at FUN and another prominent dealer came by and scooped it up unbeaned at a strong price. So now a few months later, it comes up on a list and there it is, with a CAC sticker on it! Hold it a minute I thought, CACG would not cross it at 63 and there it is with a sticker on it at 64? This was just more evidence to me that CACG is being far more tougher on grading than CAC. I have been seeing this a few times now. John Albanese are you reading this? Suffice to say the price I bought it for unbeaned, then the price I sold it for unbeaned, and now the price for it with a bean, keeps going up. Same coin, but a bean really is a price influencer, and CACG, whatcha doin guys?
Buying was also good, I added probably another dozen cool coins that will hit the website soon. On one of the BBBGCs I sold, the buyer traded me a couple incredibly cool early US coins as part of the deal. He had upgraded his type set on these two and I was thrilled to get them. Several folks came by with boxes to show me. Most of the coins were not what I wanted but was able to pick out a few that met my expectations and the type I sell. I picked up 6 more when I finally did my walk at 5 pm and snagged them at my favorite dealers tables. I probably have around 40 or more newps, all CAC, all super cool, and I probably sold that many. Coining is good.
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I also was able to have nice chats with many PCGS board members, dealers and collectors both, that came by the table. Always great to catch up and thanks to everyone who came buy. I will try to get out later today and do the same if the activity slows down.
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Also, one of the prominent dealer friends came by and said hey DM, we are thinking we should be setting up together at future shows when possible, getting one extended booth for both of us. We obviously are doing the same thing you are, and it would be good for all of us to be at the same place on the floor and help all of us. Whoa, these guys are super prominent and it was fantastic they offered. So of course I said yes! That will free me up for roaming the floor more often and agree that for both buisnesses, is and advantageous move. So hopefully this will start at winter FUN. Stoked!
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I went to the PNG Icebreaker at the Gathering Bar in the hotel at 6 pm with @Copperindian, @ParadimeCoins, and a few others and we ended up chatting until around 8:30pm. We had a great time, I got way behind on paper work, but is ok.
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Thanks for reading and we will see how it goes today, Best, DM
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Nice seeing you at the show and very happy to see your business doing well.
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Another great report!
Al - great report as always! This show is truly beyond even my high expectations. I was happy to help man your table so you could get out & about. I’ll try & find the time to do so again today. Nice time, too, last night - we all enjoyed it!
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Great report Al. I am bummed I am missing a good major show. I love the excitement of active shows. It sounds like you are running with the big dogs now, woof woof....
Great report Al! Like you said, the bourse was bustling with activity all day. Probably the busiest CSNS I've seen. It was great to chat with you and I'm glad I was able to help you move a few coins.
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Great report Al! As always. Glad you have been having a good show, and love the stories!
@Kliao knows coins, and has for a while. He is one of my favorite YN's that kind of grew up around this board. Smart young man! And funny to think ... he and I started PM'ing when he was a sophomore ... in HS!!
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Great chatting with you at the show! Thursday and Friday were bustling, indeed. We'll see how Saturday goes.
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Love the reports Al. And love to hear how well things are going!
Al, another great report! I read it all, slowly. Chock full of good stuff!
Have a good day today, and have safe and uneventful travels home!
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Another positive show report. The coin world keeps on moving forward.
These type of threads are definetly what I like about this chat board. I can vicariously attend the show.
Well written and chock full of positive experiences!
Love it!
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