You can make an offer of a reduced bid increment a single time only on a given coin. For example if bidding is 2000 and next increment is 2200 you...
Yeah, the Internet delays aren't due to speed of Internet but to speed of humans who input the live bids. The auction house pace keeps up same as...
Did think of doing that
Had to rub my eyes and read this again. 22 employees. So about the size of NAC, CNG, or Roma, the three biggest players in the ancient coin...
Yeah the "stare down" comment was in jest, but the comments on my last post were not - being able to observe the body language of opposing bidders...
Cut bids is a privilege that only room or telephone bidders have, and there are (legal) rules around it. The online bidding platforms don't...
Four great rarities for me, at modest prices. Thought prices pretty reasonable at least all these sold to me close to estimate [ATTACH] This coin...
Absolutely terrific thread I have four coins (three certain, one likely due its rarity) in my collection that Dardel illustrated in Cohen's...
late 20th c Numismatic Sale Catalogues - Switzerland. Monnaies Medailles, Muenzen Medaillen Basel; Asta Ceresio; Sternberg; Nummorum Auctiones;...
Continuing my working library exposition, now onto sale catalogues Classic Numismatic Sale Catalogues 1, John Spring 1-260; Ball; Baranowsky;...
Not a publication, just a printing and binding by me of all existing articles with rough translations of a few. For personal research
Even the Capitoline museum in Rome sells ancients from its gift shop in the Campodoglio. I reported this after a visit a few years back and it...
my working numismatic library continued... Quarto topical cats & mongraphs; Alfoeldi Caesar & Redeunt Saturnia Regna; Woytek Arma et Nummi; RBW...
Part 3 of 4, today covering my day to day working numismatic library. Part 2 covered my antiquarian numismatic books:...
Arbuthnot. Nice book, great informative post. You'll find Arbuthnot on my shelves illustrated above. Nice
c Sotherans is great. Also love their mid-century travel posters. Quaritch which specialises in Antiquarian sometimes has surprisingly inexpensive...
Locally brewed London or English light ales or lagers. Meantime (made in Greenwich of course). Camden IPA or lager (made in Camden). And suchlike....
Just bought this on Abebooks for £65. Yes sixty five pounds. Two other copies available at about $1000 each. Thing is if you search low priced...
I also have a signed letter from Akerman in my copy! To Admiral Smyth, I recall, first president of RNS , famed astronomer and author of several...
One of the main "uses" I make of books is to examine the pictures, appreciate the printing techniques, the engraving, the quality of the paper,...
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