I'm beyond stunned. Mark and I had developed a kindred report over the past few years and we finally got to meet at Chicago Central States. A beautiful young man. I know he mentioned he couldn't attend the Columbus Show because he was in NY. Otherwise I would have made the trip there to hang out.....I'm numb. RIP Mark..........MJ
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Mark and I would PM frequently while he was at school in Cincinnati and while he was on his internship in NYC (it always seemed to be very late at night... I always asked him when he slept). He invited me to meet with him for lunch/dinner at several coin shows in the Midwest, but my job always conflicted with these shows. I can count the number of times tears have come to my eyes over the past decade on one hand... this is one of those times. He always spoke fondly of his family, coin collecting, Laura Sperber, Bruce Morelan... you could really tell he loved his father dearly! If you didn't know his age, you would have never believed his was such a young man.
How horrible. That is very, very sad. So young, and such promise.
I always enjoyed reading his posts and admiring the seated dollar set he and his father were building. We will all miss him and his enthusiasm, I'm sure. Lance.
I'm saddened to hear.....did not know Mark but it's a sad day when we lose our young and talented....RIP my brother! Mark's family will be in our prayers!
I didn't know him, but I'm saddened to hear the news. Our condolences to his family.
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Very sad news indeed and so very young, my condolences to his family. We pm'd for several years back and forth. He was so very proud of his Seated Dollar Collection.
Way too young. I remember when he announced that he was going to intern at Stacks' telling him to look up a good friend of mine there. Thought he could learn from him.
As I said in my thread last week, you know not the hour nor the day. Live your life accordingly.
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Very upseting. Mark and his family have a island home across from our island and we talked catching crab and sometimes coins. A fine, outstanding young man. Rest in Peace Mark.
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I am so very sorry to hear this, especially to one so young. I am sure his family would be glad to know he had a lot of friends here on the forum. But my heart and prayers go out to his family, this has got to be so very hard for them.
I really enjoyed Mark's PMs on collecting seated material and especially his 1870-s seated dollar. Such a shock that he's gone. Condolences to all his family and friends.
This deeply saddens me.....this young man had his whole life ahead of him. God Bless his soul!!!
Here's a PM I received from Mark last December.......reference the Baltimore show
Haha Laura is really blunt and straight forward. Some hate it, some like it. The one thing about Laura is that you can't take anything personally. She's really busy and business takes precedence -- always, so if you stop by and she's busy, just try back later - some people feel really slighted by it when they shouldn't.
Come to think of it - one of the other coins we picked up from them is the 1876-CC twenty cent piece that is the coin that CAC uses in all of their advertisements. It's got a great even gold color but I don't have any pics of it.
Mark
Here are a couple pics for you, there are many more that I don't have links handy at the time or my images are horribly of.:
Terrible news. What a fine and talented young man -- a credit to his parents. I only exchanged a few PMs with him but always enjoyed his posts on the forum. My condolences to his family.
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
He was as pleasant a person as I've talked to or read on the boards. I hope his family reads this and knows how much he was admired as a "brother" in numismatics. This is shocking.
Very sad indeed. I never had the chance to meet him, but we exchanged quite a few PMs about coins, engineering, and airplanes. He was definitely among the good guys.
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I learned a LOT from Mark as I slowly got back into the hobby. He was always eager to help! I just can't believe that this has happened!
Prayers and condolences sent to his family!
RIP Mark....... you'll be missed by many but never forgotten! You certainly left your mark on many of us.
Oh please, bless his heart and soul dear Lord...
Mark and I would PM frequently while he was at school in Cincinnati and while he was on his internship in NYC (it always seemed to be very late at night... I always asked him when he slept). He invited me to meet with him for lunch/dinner at several coin shows in the Midwest, but my job always conflicted with these shows.
RIP Speety!
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I always enjoyed reading his posts and admiring the seated dollar set he and his father were building. We will all miss him and his enthusiasm, I'm sure.
Lance.
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We pm'd for several years back and forth. He was so very proud of his Seated Dollar Collection.
We put the images and story behind each one Here under the Seated Dollar Section
He enjoyed getting new ones and updating the site, I feel so bad now that I was so busy I didn't have time lately to
keep up with his collection
RIP my dear friend
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As I said in my thread last week, you know not the hour nor the day. Live your life accordingly.
TD
I met him one time at his local show in Dublin a few years ago.
Rest in Peace Mark.
Heres a pic Mark sent me a while ago
Condolences to his family and friends.
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Thanks for the news - so sorry to hear of it.
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Here's a PM I received from Mark last December.......reference the Baltimore show
Haha Laura is really blunt and straight forward. Some hate it, some like it. The one thing about Laura is that you can't take anything personally. She's really busy and business takes precedence -- always, so if you stop by and she's busy, just try back later - some people feel really slighted by it when they shouldn't.
Come to think of it - one of the other coins we picked up from them is the 1876-CC twenty cent piece that is the coin that CAC uses in all of their advertisements. It's got a great even gold color but I don't have any pics of it.
Mark
Here are a couple pics for you, there are many more that I don't have links handy at the time or my images are horribly of.:
Great taste in seated coinage without question!!!
"Look up, old boy, and see what you get." -William Bonney.
Just terrible news...I am in complete shock....
This was one of the last PMs I received from him:
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My last day at Stacks is Saturday Sept. 10, and I move back home on the 12th.
I want pics!
Mark
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SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
I met him once at stacks a couple of weeks ago and we ended up talking coins for almost a half hour.
A true loss to everyone
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