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Re: March Pickups - 2019
@LOTSOS I enjoy the 1973 OPC immensely always been a fan of those green cards @1951WheatiesPremium Nice Jeter !! @ssdawg77 Always had a soft spot for the 54's- great colors. Looking forward to your set completion @addicted2ebay My guess is the 5 is indicative of a surface wrinkle somewhere on the card- either that or the… -
Re: Brief Baltimore report
<< <i>Whenever you go to a show looking for only a few specific items that are rare you will probably go home disappointed. Bob, you're right, but I still enjoy going to the show. It makes finding times on my want list more of a thrill. One more thing I wanted to mention, but forgot in my original post. The dumbest dealer… -
Re: Larger Collection (Ask $130K) in Colo Springs area What do you think? Red Flags?
Morning, Its been a long week normally and then throwing this maybe deal into the mix, well it's been busy? So, change in plans, somewhat. My Son has a previous engagement after the Storage spot for Sat evening back in Vail made before this all came up (130 Miles Back). So if I flew in our time together might be Sat. Day… -
Re: Post your Gardner acquisition
<< <i>While I have repeatedly said that dipping is harmful, this statement is very unfair the dealers who handled that coin and to the collector who now owns it. That "68+" 1901-S was dipped around 20 years before it was auctioned in March 2010. It appears stable and took on some attractive toning during that 20 year… -
Re: Considering Becoming A Precious Metals Dealer
Originally posted by: Justacommeman Learn how to hedge mark This is quite overlooked by most dealers. I'd bet less than 5-10% of them ever carry hedges. But during the 1-3 months (2X per year) where metals are diving into intermediate cycle lows, it's nice to be hedged...maybe even mandatory if you aren't clearing… -
Re: A friend sent me an email re: Gold Bubble
<< <i>Nominal gains are meaningless. What really matters is purchasing power, and in that sense, what cost $20.67 in 1913 would cost $450.13 in 2011 adjusting for inflation according to the CPI. So in 2011 dollars, an ounce of gold cost $450.13 in 1913 compared to $1,656 today = 368% increase over 100 years. What is… -
Re: Gold coins among $2.5 million in items taken from NJ safe
Thieves for the most part are some of the dumbest people in the World. An inside job, they'll be caught. My partner and I purchased a HUGE safe full of coins with 6" of steel plates. Very heavy duty. I let the partner have it since he wanted it. I tried to convince him how stupid it is to have a safe at home that's… -
Re: $22,000 for a 1940 Lincoln Cent !!!!
Clad and Wordercoin: You two fellows are prime examples of the mindset to which I referred to in the post that started this fracas. Quite obviously both you are doing quite well selling modern coins for good prices, and don’t want anyone to cast doubts on the markets that you are making. What amazes me is why it is so easy… -
Re: Guess which US Mint.....from the inside.
Here is some added information about these wonderful old photos. Once the metal to make coins arrived at a Mint prior to about 1910 it basically went through the following procedures with slight variances between Mints and equipment: assaying for weight, type of metals, value, fineness, etc. melting & refining for purity… -
Re: Most Expensive Cards in the Hobby
Here is our all-time highest card Top 25: Baseball 1 1909-1911 White Borders (Common Back) Wagner, Pittsburgh #497 PSA 8 $2,800,000 2 1909-1911 White Borders (Common Back) Wagner, Pittsburgh #497 GAI 3.5 $456,057 3 1909-1911 White Borders (Common Back) Wagner, Pittsburgh #497 PSA 2 $294,338 4 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311…
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