I disagree. Ebay is not a coin dealership and they are not coin experts. They provide an auction platform. Period. The rest is up to the...
I was thinking differently: perhaps we should charge $5 for our opinions on photos.
I thought Otho held that title.
Life by Keith Richards. Saw him last night too. :cool: [ATTACH]
My profile pic displays my smallest denomination - AR sestertius of the Roman Republic, ca. 1 gram - "in the hand" of an AE Aes Grave Quadrans,...
From the "outside", Gemini sales didn't seem to be performing well the last few years, IMO. My sense is that HJB pulled the plug. I don't think...
Helios was a subsidiary/affiliate of Freeman and Sear, whose failure is well known. I think Rob Freeman claimed that shenanigans by the manager...
For those intersted in Jochen's writeup, I'd also recommend Yarrow "Ulysses's Return and Portrayals of Fides on Republican Coins" Essays...
I have a Note 9 and cannot seem to take good coin photos with the default settings. The defaults (maybe image stabilization?) routinely give coin...
I was successful bidder in a European sale 10 days ago. I have not yet received an invoice, and I'm neither worried nor irritated. Many of the...
In general, I'm a fan of photos of casts in the early sales. It eliminated the vicissitudes of patina and lighting on the image quality. If you...
I could not readily find the catalogue from your link. If it's the Borghesi Sale catalogue, I have that catalogue in my library. It is indeed...
Apologies: I was incorrect in my above statement. It was in the thread regarding irritating auction house practices that I provided the subtle...
My example of the type. One of the few Roman Imperial coins from my old collection that I've kept...for now...[ATTACH] [ATTACH] :
No the reverse inscription is IOVICON-SERVAT-AVGG.
I was not commenting on the coin at all, just the house.
Well, I provided some subtle feedback on Bertolami, without naming them, on that prior thread. Clearly, I was too subtle! Sorry.
You have to watch out for many things in sales by Bertolami, formerly known as Art Coins Roma. Now, why would an auction house change it's name...
Well done. Note that HANS Schulman and Jacque Schulman are two different firms. Jacques Schulman is in Amsterdam, Hans was in New York City..
Below are two Roman Republican AR Denarii depicting Europa on reverse: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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