I am in need of some help regarding an auction catalog I am looking for. I want to get the catalog of the Luc Girard sestertius collection sold by NAC in 2010. Do I need to buy the special print, or are all of the collection's coins in NAC54? There are two catalogs listed on NAC's website. Because pictures are nice I will post an unrelated new coin: Trajan Æ As (27mm, 11.40 g). Struck AD 103-111, RIC II 489, Roma seated left on cuirass.
I have that catalog, and it appears that the entire Luc Girard collection of AES is contained in it. It is, in fact, the auction at which I obtained my avatar coin (the Caligula) and at later auctions acquired two of his bronzes: GAIUS (CALIGULA) 37 - 41 A.D. AE Sestertius (28.88 g.) Rome c. 37 - 38 A.D. RIC 32 C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT Laureate head l. Rev. ADLOCVT Gaius, bare headed and togate, standing l. on platform, r. hand extended to five soldiers with shields and parazonia, rearmost pair carrying an aquila; in exergue, COH. From the Luc Girard collection. CLAUDIUS 10 B.C. - 54 A.D. AE Sestertius (29.21 g.) Rome 41 - 54 A.D. RIC 99 TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Laureate head right. Rev. SPES - AVGVSTA Spes, draped, advancing left, flower in right hand, raising skirt with left, S C in exergue. From the Luc Girard collection. This was one of the great NAC auctions.
Thanks Ides, I just recieved the 54 catalogue as well, just wanted to know if I was missing anything by not having the special Luc Girard catalog. I was looking through it last night and saw the Claudius Spes and remembered your post from a couple days ago, about the coin growing on you. Beautiful coin.
I have that catalog too (but didn't buy any of the coins....sigh !) I can check, but seem to remember the Luc Girard collection being entirely contained in the NAC # 54 auction catalog. "The Luc Girard collection" catalog is a kind of "tiré à part" highlighting the coins and not giving estimations Q
not everyone. but some are. it's a hobby that draws from all quarters. I do like looking at coins I will never own. I can do that here.
Receiving catalogs doesn't necessarily mean wealthy, just that you've been bidding at least once at their auctions Q
Me too. I buy the occasional high end coin, but it's not something i can do often. I have a travel hobby to fund also lol.
Several of us collect catalogs to some degree. One of our number sells them as a business. I value some of my catalogs from the pre internet days quite highly but more recent ones are less significant since it is easier to find things using search features than flipping pages. I really wish all the sale catalogs in my attic were available online but I feel we are lucky to have the ones we have. We have all price brackets here. We have a few teenagers and a few oldsters. We have people who care how much money they will make and a few that don't care since they will die holding those coins. It takes all types. Lets say you have a coin budget of $10. You can decide whether you buy one $10 coin or 10 $1 ones. The same math works if you add five zeros to that $10. Most really wealthy collectors with $1,000,000 budget don't choose to buy a million one dollar coins but people with lesser means can enjoy the hobby if they don't let the feelings of inferiority take over. Tomorrow I am going to the show JA went to today. He bought 15 coins of which we have seen one so far. Every time I go to Baltimore I seem to come home with about 15 coins. Some here would rather spend as much or more and get one coin. Some would see a $15,000 coin (not the highest number that will be there!) and bemoan the fact they don't spend that much in a year. Some will go with $15,000 and not find a coin they could tolerate. It is a hobby. Do it the way that makes it fun for you or don't do it. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html I invite new people here to read my essay on the matter detailing a 2001 Baltimore show. The prices listed were correct then but low today (perhaps half?). My page does not cover the activities of the rich but we have had posts here on the problems at auctions when you save too much money and end up not spending a few thousand because you won a lot cheaply. The game is the same; digits differ.
