I get asked "what will you give me for this coin" all the time, and if it's a coin I am interested in, I ask the seller how much they are...
Chris, rather than answer your questions individually, here's an article I wrote (and previously posted) about what I do to prepare for a coin...
Regarding all the questions about what percentage to I use to buy or sell, Doug is right in that the flat answer is that I have none. Yes, many...
The short answer is both. Other than items I buy at the show, I keep all my material in my cases or on the tables readily available to customers....
As you know, I attend a lot of shows around the country and I get a lot of questions about what it's like, how does it work, how to prepare, what...
This is the best show list for California: http://home.earthlink.net/~beedon/calshows.htm
Yes, we have a lot of fun on the coin show circuit, but you're right about there being a lot more to it. Of course it's a lot of work and take a...
I'm really glad you all like my photo reports, and someone suggested that I have a "Charmy-cam" which is a hilarious idea, but I don't think many...
I almost forgot to mention the best part of yesterday! I was approached and interviewed by Huell Howser of KCET "California's Gold" fame. I...
Mat, I'm sorry we didn't get to meet, I was pretty busy today. But sometimes you just need to be a little more persistent and/or patient, event...
Yesterday was set up day and I was surprised to see that just about every table was occupied AND new tables were added towards the back of the...
It may be true that a lot of dealers are buying/selling bullion to help earn a living, however, I can attest that the collector coin market is...
So here's my last update! As I mentioned, the show was quite busy yesterday. We finally left at 6pm and went to Spencer's for dinner. We were...
As I mentioned, yesterday was very busy with lots of people in the room, I did quite a bit of buying and selling. Then last night we had...
I know, you're probably getting tired of my show reports (which usually have more fluff than substance!) but I have been asked to provide a report...
The San Jose Coin Show starts this Friday and goes through Sunday - Just wondering if any of you will be going? Here's more info: January 28,...
Here are some new Conder tokenss I recently acquired. I bought most of them raw at Baltimore, sent them in to NGC, picked them up at FUN, then...
Thanks everyone, I just arrived home (phew, loooonnnng drive!). To answer your question, I do about 35+ shows a year from local 1-day shows to...
My niece Aubrey and I arrived on Thursday for set up, it was a pretty easy 7-hour drive since we were listening to John Grissam's latest book on...
If I didn't collect coins, I think I'd collect casino chips - very nice collection there! And as far as pogs go, we still have all the pogs my...
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