Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1342180, member: 24633&quot;]I spent Friday and Saturday at the show, and I was told by many that Thursday had been very busy. It appeared to be the same for both Friday and Saturday, as well, even though it turned out to be a bust for me. I went with the intent of searching for some new 19th century French, Belgian and Swiss medals, but those that I saw were overpriced, even for bronzes, and the dealers I questioned would not budge on their prices. There were plenty of other foreign medals to be seen if you didn&#039;t mind looking at specimens that were struck a few weeks ago. This particular year, I did notice that there were quite a few presidential medals, plaques and plaquettes, moreso than in past years. Naturally, Lincolns and Washingtons seemed fairly abundant.</p><p><br /></p><p>One dealer had a nice looking (1853, I think) Washington medal, and he was seated with his back to the display cases while I stood there and stood there. I tried to get his attention by commenting how nice the medal was, and without even turning around, he just said, &quot;Yeah, it is.&quot; He finally turned around, too lazy to get his fat butt out of the chair, when another (prospective) customer approached, but he completely ignored me. I never bothered to ask what he wanted for it. I just left because I don&#039;t care to do business with someone like that even if the medal was fairly priced.</p><p><br /></p><p>As it turned out, the only money I spent at the show was for the coins I brought with me to submit to NGC. The NGC tables were very busy, moreso than the PCGS tables (from what I saw) and it was most likely due to the Morgan and Peace grading specials. Every time I passed, there were a half-dozen or more people waiting to take a seat. You just couldn&#039;t go wrong with it. They were charging $30 for onsite grading and next day return which ordinarily costs $100 for any other coin. In any event, it was still a good show, extremely busy and I got to hook-up with a lot of my old friends and even meet some new ones, to put faces to usernames......... </p><p><br /></p><p>I met Doug for the first time, and he treated me to lunch at Red Lobster on Friday afternooon, but don&#039;t believe anything you might hear about him to the contrary. He is a crotchety old fart...........just like me! </p><p><br /></p><p>I also got to meet John Baumgart, aka messydesk on other forums, who is the President of the SSDC and an avid VAMMER. <b><i><span style="color: #0000ff">SPAM!</span></i></b> So, if anyone is interested in joining the SSDC and wants to participate in the VAM Registry, he is the man to contact. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also got to meet Rick Yates, aka contrarian, one of our new members here. He was my guest at the NGC Luncheon on Saturday. I felt kind of bad because Rick&#039;s girlfriend (?) was with him, but I was only allowed to bring one guest. In previous years, the NGC Luncheon had always been a &quot;packed house&quot;, but this year, they had a much larger room, and there were a few empty tables. Had I known this beforehand, I&#039;m sure I would have been able to have her join us. Oh, well! She got to spend some of Rick&#039;s money while we were at the luncheon. LOL! </p><p><br /></p><p>I also met Todd, aka blu62vette, for the first time. He was sharing a table with Charmy, and all I can say is that it is a good thing I hadn&#039;t planned on buying any Morgans because I could have spent $10K, easily!, at his table. Maybe next year!</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in