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Re: OT. Hopefully, this will become a long running thread about coins and our different occupations.
@Insider2 Cool thread. I wrote this blog a few months back and I think it is right up the alley of this thread. (Yikes, I need to write more!!) I am a Naval Officer first and foremost, but a meteorologist/oceanographer and climatologist by trade. What this really equates to is that I am a risk manager, and all people… -
Maybe Third Party Grading is Useful After All
Caution-- this is a very long post involving a court case from 1991 (listed publically) involving PNG arbitration and a very expensive body bag by NGC. Feel free to skip it if you don't want to read the entire thing. If you do read it, the things I find interesting about this case are: (1) The court finds that arbitration… -
Ancients: Philip II, King of Macedonia
This coin is an upgrade to a previous example I owned. Lifetime tetradrachms of Philip II in the early style are hard to find and from the auction images, I assumed this coin would be largely untoned, making me pleasantly surprised upon receiving it. Philip II was the father of Alexander the Great and the youngest son of… -
Who owns descriptions in auction catalogs? Copyright lawsuit looms
Who Owns the Descriptions in Auction Catalogs? Copyright Lawsuit Looms by David Hewett A lawsuit filed in Texas has drawn the attention of the numismatic community. Its resolution may pose problems for the auction industry as a whole. On November 7, 2006, Heritage Auction Galleries, Inc. of Dallas filed suit against… -
Re: Stack's Auction Snafu on March 11 - What should service recovery look like?
<< <i> << <i>jdillane, what happened to that auction? I haven't heard anything except for this post. Thanks >> Good question. Stack's admitted they had problems with the auction shortly after it ended and told me they would be unable to confirm which coins I had bid on. Then they pulled the auction from the website and… -
Re: Let's PLAY GRADE THE SAINT!!
The 1907 Ultra-High Relief Double Eagle is actually a Pattern issue, struck to test the design concepts of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Mint officials were fully aware of the impracticality of the design and the technical difficulties inherent in its production, but they were under pressure from the President, Theodore… -
Re: Power-Seller Card Merchants To Get Advantage In Search Results
Just saw this on CNN news: eBay rethinks its ways as it enters middleage POSTED: 3:34 p.m. EDT, June 15, 2007 Story Highlights• eBay's growth is slowing and the stock price in a funk • They are undertaking an overhaul to make buying easier • eBay also hopes to become more entertaining for buyers BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP)… -
Collection Update: White Whale Alert, Apparition and a Broken F5 Key
For the majority of my life, I haven't been overly excited about landing a baseball card. I've always loved cardboard ever since I was a child, but it took me zeroing in on collecting one player to get genuinely hyped about certain cards that come in. Maybe the more focused you are, the more excited you get? I dunno. A… -
Any thoughts gang?
This was posted across the street. I wpuld be interested to hear some insight from board members. In response to Mark Salzberg's recent post regarding NGC Stats 04/21/03 11:41 AM Recently, Mark Salzberg, Chairman and CEO of NGC responded to an inquiry, which was posted on "ASK NGC." I seldom visit this part of NGC's web… -
Re: The Man with $2 billion in gold.....
MAY 22, 2010.A Billionaire Goes All-In on Gold By LIAM PLEVEN And CAROLYN CUI Michael Rubenstein for The Wall Street Journal Tigris Financial's Thomas Kaplan, in his New York office this past week, on his investment focus: 'I feel the only asset I have confidence in is gold.' . Gold is setting records again, boosting the…
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