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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1970 Silver Art, post: 1096460, member: 18828&quot;]Here are a some ebay purchases of the silver art bars that I made in 2011........</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/AbottCostello.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/AbottCostelloback.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a 1-oz &quot;Bud Abbot and Lou Costello&quot; silver art bar (TRG-2V1).&nbsp; It was minted by GreatHouse Productions in 1978.&nbsp; This is the misspelled version of this bar (Abbott was misspelled as Abbot).&nbsp; There were only 175 of these minted according to the latest silver art bar price guide that I have.&nbsp; This bar has a serial number and it is on the side of this bar The serial # is 133.&nbsp; This is my first silver art bar purchase of 2011 (bought on Jan. 3). I paid $31.14 for this silver art bar (spot closed at $30.91 that previous Friday (Dec. 31, 2010).&nbsp; This silver art bar was an ebay BIN (Buy-It-Now) with a price of $89.99 but I used up all of my ebay bucks that I earned in the fourth quarter of 2010 to knock that price down to $31.14.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is another GreatHouse Productions silver art bar with a different reverse type............</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/EmmetFront.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/EmmetBack.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a 1-oz &quot;Emmett Kelly&quot; silver art bar (TRG-12).&nbsp; This GreatHouse Productions silver art bar was minted in 1979 and it also had a mintage of only 175.&nbsp;&nbsp; This was also an ebay BIN purchase.&nbsp; I bought this last Monday (January 31) and I paid a total of $92.49 for it (spot silver was $28.05/oz at the time of purchase).&nbsp; The serial # is on the side of this bar.&nbsp; Serial # 124.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I love collecting GreatHouse Productions silver art bars and I am willing to pay that much in premium for them.&nbsp; These GreatHouse Productions silver art bars a very hard (maybe impossible) to find locally at a coin shop or at a coin show.&nbsp; So far, in the 2 1/2 years that I have been collecting silver art bars, I was not successful in finding a GreatHouse art bar locally.&nbsp; These art bars seem to only be available on ebay as BIN auctions.&nbsp; The detail on these GreatHouse bars are simply amazing IMO.&nbsp; These bars are the cream of the crop when it comes to collecting &#039;70&#039;s silver art bars or any other silver art bars IMO.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another silver art bar that I bought on ebay last week..............</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/SBXXVIFront.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx54/COScollect/SBXXVIBack.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a 1-oz &quot;Super Bowl XXVI&quot; enameled silver art bar (TM-84EN).&nbsp; It was minted in 1992 by The Mint.&nbsp; Only 200 of these were minted.&nbsp; This was also an ebay BIN purchase that I bought last Sunday (Jan. 30) and I paid $99.99 for it (spot silver was $28.01 at the time of purchase).&nbsp; This bar is part of the &quot;World Wide Sports&quot; Series and are serial numbed.&nbsp; Serial # 53.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am usually not a big fan of enameled silver but these sport themed silver art bars by The Mint are an exception because they look so nice and the art work was well done IMO.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like the GreatHouse Productions bars, The Mint bars are also very hard (if not impossible) to find locally at a coin dealer or at a coin show.&nbsp; Up to this time, I have not been able to find a The Mint sports-themed silver art bar locally for a .999 generic silver premium.&nbsp; These sports-themed art bars are found on ebay and are usually BIN auctions.&nbsp; On a rare occasion, there might be an ebay auction on one of these bars where you have a chance to bid on one but I have not seen many of those regular bidding auctions for these particular art bars.&nbsp; I like these bars because I like watching sports (especially football) and I also like the enamel work on these bars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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