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Longacre
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Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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etexmike
<< <i>is now online.
Hopefully no one posted this already. >>
Once again, a day late and a dollar shy, Longy.
and this guy is who exactly?
why do dealers protect these types of people?
Seated halves always get my attention. This particular one I had seen change hands several times since 2002. This 1854-0 in PCGS MS66 sold for around $32,300 this past week at Stack's Baltimore sale. I first saw it at Goldberg's 2002 LB summer sale where it fetched around $12,000. It later appeared in the Oliver Jung sale (July 2004) at around $21,850. It had a 3rd appearance about 2 years later where it sold into the Cascade 2 collection for $28,000+. A legitimate 66 coin for the grade with very appealing color. I do regret not buying it in 2002, but had lots of other coins in that same sale to keep me occupied.
roadrunner
<< <i>Bidding was strong pretty much across the board, with lots of internet, book and phone activity throughout and with most of the lots we targeted going to crack-out dealers at more than we wanted to pay. If there is a more frustrating thing in numismatics, I'm not sure what it could be (except maybe standing in one of those interminable lines waiting for a show to open), but the reality is that the guy who intends to redo, repair, conserve and ruin a perfectly good coin, and THEN get it into a higher holder and stick it in a new auction can sometimes pay more than we can. [ >>
<< But not every time. We did land lot #2106, which was the prettiest Seated Half Dollar we've ever seen (and we've seen a lot) and which we didn't think we'd possibly be able to acquire. But we did, which is a sure indication that sometimes the good guys are victorious. >>
Is it possible the "crack-out dudes" put that #2106 into the sale? If so, then they really HAVE gotten good - haven't they ?
That would explain why " sometimes the good guys are victorious. "
We bought this coin because it was beautiful. And the collections it has been in (nice ones) suggest that other people with good eyes thought so too.
As for the comment:
<< <i>Is it possible the "crack-out dudes" put that #2106 into the sale? If so, then they really HAVE gotten good - haven't they? >>
I think this was intended as a joke, but I'll answer it anyway - the coin has been graded the same, and looks exactly the same as it has in it's past appearances in various high end collection sales. That's a nice perk of a traceable coin.
Regarding the increase in the apr of this coin through the years, that's a fact. And while we would have liked to have bought it for the 2001 price, I'm afraid the other bidders wouldn't let us. I also think that the overall increase in rare coin prices in recent years has been pretty well documented, and so I'd have been surprised if this one hadn't.
<< <i>It's a beautiful coin - I hope the new owner enjoys it as much as I did for the [too brief] time it was in my personal collection. >>
Out of curiosity, why did you sell it if it is so nice?
CAC is now here to assure all us non-graders that the grade on a coin is above average. Is there room on the slab for another sticker to indicate that a Coin has a blueblood pedigree?
Careful though, soon there may be so many stickers that the Coin is no longer visable.