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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 3021290, member: 59677&quot;]Yes, [USER=66]@Conder101[/USER]&#039;s book (2001) is available to borrow from the ANA library.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd edition&nbsp; (2016) of David Schwager&#039;s Sample Slab book is still available <span style="font-size: 16px">(last few copies) in print and in pdf form.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">Mike focused mostly on physical slabs and then on the major differences in labels. David on samples (broadly, includes show, lunch, etc.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">While Mike worked with Alan Hagar on the ACG section, a lot has come to light in the 15 years and memory was clearly incorrect even then. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">For example, Accugrade PhotoSlab Samples. Mike doesn&#039;t list ANY Accugrade (ACG) samples in his book. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p>Cameron Kiefer went so far as to contact Alan Hagar <a href="http://www.sampleslabs.com/acg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sampleslabs.com/acg.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sampleslabs.com/acg.html</a> (this would have been mid-2003 when the page was first spidered at SampleSlabs - right after the domain was registered)<span style="font-size: 16px">: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p>Alan Canavan (<a href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/Coin_Help_Blog/rare-sample-slabs-the-sample-slabs-to-look-for/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/Coin_Help_Blog/rare-sample-slabs-the-sample-slabs-to-look-for/" rel="nofollow">http://coinauctionshelp.com/Coin_Help_Blog/rare-sample-slabs-the-sample-slabs-to-look-for/</a>) and <span style="font-size: 16px">David both repeat this. AlanC: <span style="font-size: 16px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-size: 16px">And David: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">But they do exist...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">[ATTACH]751407[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-size: 16px"><span style="font-size: 16px">PS: If we&#039;re going to go beyond Iowa, should we pick this up here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/accugrade-large-photo-certs.303812/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/accugrade-large-photo-certs.303812/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/accugrade-large-photo-certs.303812/</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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