The Baltimore Whitman Show Is Now Only a Month Away

You go armed with a lot of knowledge, an empty stomach and some bucks.

I ran into a dealer there years ago who had sharp vision and who bragged about recently selling a rare Colonial variety for well over $20K!

 

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Kleinman said anyone is nuts to travel a long distance by car when they could go by mass transit; for me train/plane options cost more and offer less flexibility than going by car.

 

I will be there Friday as well. My first time for this show, so I can't wait!!

Is there anything in particular I should definately catch?

 

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Great show. Spent the day there yesterday.

Met up with my favorite dealers, got some great additions, and was able to meet up with one of the forum members.

Terrific, indeed.

 

I enjoyed the show, some good discussions with dealers, etc..

I appreciated Mr. JH Cline's insights into Standing liberty quarters which are his specialty.

My 1909-s $10 Indian came back as an AU53, a good coin, and I decided to trade it for a couple of others @ $1000, probably not a bad deal.

Also I picked up an easily upgraded MS63 $10 Indian OH PCGS for $1100 that I too quickly resold for $100 more. Sleep on your great deals folks and hold out for more than the first offer.

 

Went Friday morning as usual.
And what did I get?
Nothing!
Nada!
Zilch!
The only thing positive is that MFD has an IHC coming for me.
It was supposed to be there for the show but didn't get shipped in time.

 

It's tough walking out of a show without picking up anything Dave, but sometimes you just have to. I was there on Friday also and did get a couple of nice NJ obsolete notes, a couple of counterstamps, and some medals for my exonumia collection. Not the best show I've had but enjoyable just the same.

Bruce

 

Nice NJ Obsoletes... good for you.

A few were on my list, but ran out of time. Care to share which ones?

 

I am going to post the obsoletes Cheetah but I'm having trouble getting a good scan. What I got though was a Farmer's And Merchant's Bank (Middletown/Keyport) 10-Cent. Fairly common and lower grade (Kind of wish I hadn't bought this one). Unlisted in both Haxby and Wait. The second is also a 10-Cent note but from the Lambertville Bank. This is a rare one estimated to be a high R-6 or possibly an R-7 (Probably only 4 or 5 known). Neither Haxby or Wait list this one either, but similar notes in this condition (VF maybe) have sold for 3 or 4 hundred dollars. I got mine for $175, so I think I did good. I'll put them up if I can get some good scans or pics of them. Did you come home with any goodies Cheetah?

Bruce

 

Sounds like you got some nice notes! Congrats.

I've been on the prowl for several varieties of NJ obsoletes -- all centric on NJ's industrial past.

The show was bountiful; I was able to pick-up quite a few Early American, Hard Times, Merchant, and Civil War tokens.

 

I'd love to see some of your tokens Cheetah if you can post pics. I used to collect all those myself, but sold them all a few years ago. A lot of history behind them.

Bruce

 

Went to the show hoping to buy some NGC ER 25th anniversary coins to fill out some sets. Couldn't find a dealer selling these coins individually.
Spent a good bit of time talking with BEP Michael Bean, retired plate printer and Bill Story, retired printing specialist. They were using a spider
press to print some old ABNCo images, including cards signed by Mike that could not be purchased and had to be won at the twice daily raffle.
I didn't win a card, but the raffle numbers before me and after me did win.
I bought twelve cards and one large 8"x10". When I go home later today I'll try to upload images of these cards.

Mike Bean is wearing the shop apron. He told me the BEP had a single lathe that could engrave plates used to create the beautiful lathe borders used old currency and stock certificates.
The lathe operator left the BEP nobody else knew how to use it.

 

I met the PennyGuy, I told him I had meant the Penny lady but didn't know there was a Penny Guy.