You gotta take auction results with a grain of salt - there are too many variables a reasonable collector would consider unreasonable to look at...
Don't sell yourself short. I agree Todd's experience (he gets to handle all the nice toys to shoot :) ) leaves him eminently qualified, but I...
Not to mention, they likely have "regulars" who demonstrate the infinite human capacity for self-deception regarding value (as well as everything...
Unless, of course, you've decided to replace your city hookup with a septic field.
It may be that I completely missed the context of post #2 here, and Treashunt's reply in post #5. That led me to believe he's the author, but the...
Um, Paddy, Frank's already posted in this thread this morning.... :P
He's not dumb. :D
On the other side of the issue, I couldn't afford to ever have something "nice" if I couldn't then flip it, and it's made me a pretty skilled...
I vehemently disagree with both the concept of a ring, and the concept of a flash, being "most appropriate." You're forcing yourself into a more...
It's pretty trivial to make copper the catalyst in a seriously exothermic oxidation of acetone (enough to make the preheated copper lose none of...
Then you're part of the problem with it becoming so difficult to be a dealer.
Newman is one of the giants whose shoulders we stand upon, in order to be able to see as far as we do. The Pearly Gates will be wide open for him...
I've never really had the money to make permanent acquisitions, and from Day One have practiced "catch and release" collecting. I don't have more...
Using two different color temperatures for lighting freaked out your camera's White Balance setting and caused the color problem. Stick to one...
If it belongs in the garbage, why'd you buy it? :P
Of course there's a way. This is an auction venue, and you don't have to qualify as an expert, or even know what you're doing, to bid. Ebay isn't...
I'd have to agree. It was well-struck to begin with, but since scans show brightness as darker black, we must assume the cheek shows the...
Heck, most of us build a collection of Red Books anyway in the course of numismatic business as usual. It's a very small stretch to contemplate...
1884-S Morgans are pretty common until you try to find one in Mint State, at which time they become the most expensive of all Morgans in grade....
So what's the government going to pay for the Jack Lee 1896-S MS69 Morgan? Or the EB On Wing Brasher Doubloon? Or the 1913 Liberty Nickels?
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