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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Suarez, post: 3595528, member: 99239&quot;]It just occurred to me today that there&#039;s usually very little info on auction houses (or dealers) when they go out of business. They just stop and usually no one says anything. Granted, most dealers are one-person affairs so it&#039;s understandable that they fall off the radar but auctioneers tend to have sizable staffs. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be interested in hearing what went wrong, if anyone knows, with firms like Tkalec, Helios, UBS, Gemini, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most famous numismatic firm&#039;s demise is probably Numismatic Fine Arts. They were a flashy, high-end auctioneer back in the 80&#039;s then went out of business in the 90&#039;s when its owner, Bruce McNall, went to jail for fraud. His story was turned into an interesting book I read a few years ago and which you can find on Amazon. A mini-documentary on him here [MEDIA=youtube]1Ymc0JVcgFk[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rasiel[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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