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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭
    You aren't kidding, Russ, you hardly see them come up for auction at all. I don't have access to the pop reports, but I know there aren't many. I wish I knew it was coming up, I would have set some money aside.

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  • DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856 ✭
    Wow. Crappy photos though.
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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    There are only two of them graded, that one and a 66CAM. Never saw one of them in an auction before, not that I follow the series closely though.

    They don't show up in the new Auction Prices linked on the PCGS front page either. BTW, I like that new feature. It is very convenient and only just noticed it recently.
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  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    that is a nice one!

    you gonna get that one Russ?
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,254 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>you gonna get that one Russ? >>

    If he was I don't think he'd have posted the auction link. image
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a really tough coin in CAM. The pics make this one look weak on the obverse. What do you think about this one Russ, a solid CAM or a liner?
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    seems weak for a cameo
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Crappy photos though. >>

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    << <i>Full blazing mint brilliance. Bold CAMEO effect frosted devices. Glittering deeply reflective fields. >>

    Hard to see those from the photo for me.
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want it (but I can't afford it!). The photos aren't helping- they don't even make it look proof!

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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,254 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Teletrade photos suck, hard. I can almost garauntee you the coin looks nicer in hand.
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    Last I saw it was at $2350, then hit my browser back, refreshed and went to $2200? Strange??
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  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    Closed at $2400.
    Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    I'm not a dip enthusiast usually, but that one looks like it would light up like the sun with a little dippy doo...
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  • RBinTexRBinTex Posts: 4,328 ✭
    7 Cams all dates/grades:

    '38: 1 66, 1 67
    '39: 1 64, 1 66
    '42: 2 65, 1 66

    No DCAMs

    Would love to see the one in 67.

    "Teletrade photos suck, hard. I can almost garauntee you the coin looks nicer in hand."

    I agree. I would bet you can capture MUCH better reflectivity than TT did.
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was lucky at the April Santa Clara show. Our own Skyman owns one of the 1938 Cameo proof walkers. He brought it to the show and I got to see the coin in hand. It looked very close in appearance to a Proof ASE. A stuuner of a coin.
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I haven't seen Skyman's WLH in person but the photos are phenomenal.

    Would like to see this one with a skilled photographer.
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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I somewhat question what this '42 looks like in hand.

    TT might not be the best imagers, but they are not bad. Take a look at all the other coins that are graded Cameo that they've taken pictures of. You get a fairly decent view of the cameo contrast. I'll grant you the Walker is probably tougher to image, but still...

    FWIW, my coin is not a Kool Aid coin. It is an NGC coin, a 1938 PR66Cameo. With all due respect to the '42 in question, This is what a cameo Walker is supposed to look like.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,893 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>seems weak for a cameo >>

    I agree, but that's the nature of the beast, I suppose. That's no doubt why there are so few CAMs. I have yet to see a really amazing CAM Wheatie, either, for that matter. Sure, I've seen some pix of CAMs, but they too did not seem to have much contrast.

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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have seen a PCGS 66 cam Walker in hand and had the chance to buy it. I think it was the '39 but am not absolutely sure. It was a nice coin but I didn't think it deserved a $10k pricetag - kind of a cam minus on the cameo scale. Anyway, I passed and have never regretted it.

    And Lord Marcovan - here is an early wheatie for you. I found it trapped in an old ANACS holder with no cameo designation. Got it for about $100, cracked it out and it came back 65 cameo. IMHO, a solid cameo, not a gift.
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  • tychojoetychojoe Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭
    here is an early wheatie for you

    Yep, that'll do 'er! OT, but what a gorgeous cam '38 wheatie, too.
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  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭
    You sure aren't kidding about that! This is the first one I have EVER seen!

    TorinoCobra71

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Given the rarity of that label, I'm surprised it only brought $2400.



    << <i>What do you think about this one Russ, a solid CAM or a liner? >>



    Based on the images, I would not grade it a cameo.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin... but does not show in the images.... Cheers, RickO

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