As it turns out, there is a very active but very small community that actually collects auction catalogs. The rare catalogs, or catalogs for...
I have bought very few auction catalogs - usually, I'm only interested if it is a super thorough catalog that can serve as a reference for the...
Yes, they keep a record of coins that do not pass. No, you do not have access to that record (for obvious reasons). You can find the census of...
That I do indeed! The coin shown above is a circulated example of KM Y#44. I'd call it VF/EF. It is 10 francs, minted in AH1366 (1945AD) in...
Stephen Album is a very-well-known specialist in Islamic and Oriental coinage. He has a couple of major auctions a year, and they are always chock...
Its definitely a demand vs. supply issue. Think about it like this - NGC alone has graded 40,000 1908 Saints in 64. If ten more people enter the...
Man, that wolf is cool! Very nice coin!
I'm not convinced that slabs and labels are solely the cause. I'm watching the Stephen Album auction right now, and they're on Chinese coins -...
Not that I know of. The auctions that were supposed to be attached to NYINC were rescheduled to be online-only. I'm pretty sure the Stephen...
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