Options
Long Beach - Who was there?
PrivateCoinCollector
Posts: 2,415 ✭
I only talked to one CU member there today. Where was everybody? I had a great day. Lots of dealers dealing with each other. Guess retail starts tomorrow and Saturday. Currency was BIG. I don't recall ever seeing that many tables with so much currency! More graded gold then you could shake a stick out. Just tons and tons of tired looking over priced gold blah. Highlight was the PCGS MS67 Half Dime that started with a 17!!!
0
Comments
Camelot
If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
Who is John Galt?
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
==Looking for pre WW2 Commems in PCGS Rattler holders, 1851-O Three Cent Silvers in all grades
Successful, problem free and pleasant transactions with: illini420, coinguy1, weather11am,wayneherndon,wondercoin,Topdollarpaid,Julian, bishdigg,seateddime, peicesofme,ajia,CoinRaritiesOnline,savoyspecial,Boom, TorinoCobra71, ModernCoinMart, WTCG, slinc, Patches, Gerard, pocketpiececommems, BigJohnD, RickMilauskas, mirabella, Smittys, LeeG, TomB, DeusExMachina, tydye
Ah well - at least she and I got to spend a wonderful morning together at the Aquarium - way more her speed!
>>>My Collection
The best part was the VAM Geeks lunch across the street at Islands. Yum! The best show 'n tell coin at lunch was an 1893-S Morgan MS63 PCGS. Yum yum!!
I plan to be there Friday.
.
CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
.
Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
.
More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Chris was good enough to buy some gold from me at fair enough prices that I could afford a couple of additions to the RB Proof IHC collection.
All in all a nice way to play hooky for a few hours - traffic back North sucked, but that is to be expected on the 405 through L.A. at 4PM (or any other time, for that matter).
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
It was a funny show. Wholesale seemed quite busy, retail was quiet. But I went through the place much more quickly than usual. Maybe the add'l currency tables meant fewer coin tables.
Lots of Morgans, Walkers & Moderns, including PFs. Lots of high end Barbers and Liberty Nickels, oddly enough. A handful of nice looking late date Braided Hair Large Cents in PC 5 RB were available. They aren't scarce coins per se, but I've rarely see then at shows.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
NSDR - Life Member
SSDC - Life Member
ANA - Pay As I Go Member
I wasn't there but I wish I were. I was told by my "inside man" that there weren't many MPLs. He did hook me up with a good one though. I can't wait to get my grubby little hands on it.
Cameron Kiefer
-donn-
http://www.coinraritiesonline.com/images/pictures/mg32.jpg
http://www.coinraritiesonline.com/images/pictures/mg32r.jpg
==Looking for pre WW2 Commems in PCGS Rattler holders, 1851-O Three Cent Silvers in all grades
Successful, problem free and pleasant transactions with: illini420, coinguy1, weather11am,wayneherndon,wondercoin,Topdollarpaid,Julian, bishdigg,seateddime, peicesofme,ajia,CoinRaritiesOnline,savoyspecial,Boom, TorinoCobra71, ModernCoinMart, WTCG, slinc, Patches, Gerard, pocketpiececommems, BigJohnD, RickMilauskas, mirabella, Smittys, LeeG, TomB, DeusExMachina, tydye
Any other observations on the show in general?
<< <i>Some coin.
Any other observations on the show in general? >>
Here are my general observations on the Long Beach show...
Wednesday started off a little bit slow on the wholesale front but then picked up momentum by the afternoon and continued through Thursday. By Friday the wholesale between dealers was strong as it could possibly be. Although nobody considered this show their best show ever, most wholesalers considered the show much stronger than they were expecting. Onsite grading results seemed to be slightly more generous than what they have been at recent shows past.
On the retail side, the attendance on Thursday appeared to be a little bit weak while Friday's attendance, although not as strong as some dealers had hoped for, was much better than it was on Thursday. In contrast to the wholesale dealers, the dealers who relied on retail sales reported moderate to lagging sale volumes throughout most of the show. Public attendance on Saturday was fairly weak in the morning but seemed to pick up somewhat around noon and in the early afternoon hours. Contented with their business volume, many dealers were packed up and ready to leave by early Saturday afternoon.
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
Will write up a report from a collector's perspective perhaps tomorrow. Some interesting observations (IMHO).
Drunner