Who are the major buyers for the HSN and CSN cable tv shows?

Are there any well known buyers for the HSN and CSN cable tv coin shows? If so, please post their names and/or contact info. I believe the Coin Vault, HSN, and CSN are the largest cable tv coin shows and if not please correct me. thanks

 

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And they will probably pay less than anyone else.

 

There may be some here who'll have an answer to that question, depending on clarification, but be aware that actual numismatists only watch those shows for the same reasons they watch sitcoms. There's not any real distinction between the two genres.

 

IIRC, the HSN show is somehow related to Silvertowne, CSN might also be them, but I am unsure, and I think the Coin Vault is another enterprise entirely.

Why were you curious?

 

Considering your other thread and wording above, I can only assume you're trying to search out a "buyer" for the supposed "unique error". If wrong you have my apologies, but if correct, and even though it may seem logical from a non-coin person's perspective, you're barking up the wrong tree. If indeed about the aforementioned coin, you very well may be wise not to get ahead of yourself.

 

Just to clarify, I'm trying to find dealers who supply inventory to HSN and CSN. I already know who does the buying for the Coin Vault, but I'm unsure who does it for HSN and CSN.

 

Please don't take offense, Jeff, but if I knew I'd keep it to myself. Those shows are a puss-filled boil on our hobby.

 

Excellent description

 

That sir, is a slur on the character of puss and boils everywhere. They serve a purpose in ridding the body of infection.

The TV shopping shows serve no such noble purpose, they merely rid people of apparently excess money in exchange for over-priced, over-graded coins. These then become a pox upon honest coin dealers who are forced to defend themselves when making appropriate offers for said coins. "How can they only be worth melt" goes the lamentation, "Pops paid $100 a coin, I have the invoice right here, you sir are a cheat and scoundrel".

 

All sophomoric answers aside, Mike Mezak is the guy in charge at CSN and HSN. He has far greater control at the former, less so at the monstrous latter, HSN. Therefore, terms tend to be better at CSN. Mezak holds primary dealer status with the U.S. Treasury so purchases a portion of every offering of investment grade coins produced by the U.S. Mint. He will have the coins grades by ANACS, the third most frequently used service after PCGS and NGC, and will sell them on the two shows and their websites. BTW, I suspect Mezak owns a piece of the action in the ANACS operation....