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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2952254, member: 82322&quot;]Let me recommend two days if you are not into shopping.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go on Sunday, January 7th, for the auction previews.&nbsp; Auction previews are great.&nbsp; I attended the previews for several years before buying anything at a live auction.&nbsp; It is a good way to develop your eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>9am-7pm Heritage preview</p><p>10am-5:30pm M&amp;M Numismatics / Dmitry Markov / Ira and Larry Goldberg / Soverign Rarities preview</p><p>1pm-7pm Classical Numismatic Group Triton XXI preview</p><p><br /></p><p>On Sunday you can also witness the live Heritage auctions at 1pm and 6pm.&nbsp; It is interesting to see how it is done if you have never been to a live coin auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are likely to get free auction catalogs, a $50+ value.&nbsp; You also get get the chance to inspect very interesting things you wouldn&#039;t otherwise see.&nbsp; CNG will probably give you a nice calendar illustrating a high value coin each month.</p><p><br /></p><p>Food can be had cheaply in Grand Central Station which is adjacent to the new location.&nbsp; The food court is great, the Oyster Bar is also great, but if you are busy an excellent bagel is $2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go on Saturday, January 13th, for the educational sessions.&nbsp; $5 with coupon.</p><p><br /></p><p>10am Ancient Coin Collectors Guild w/Peter Tompa</p><p>11am Association of Dedicated Byzantine Collectors, Robert D. Leonard, Jr on</p><p>&quot;Andronicus Comnenus&#039;s Invasion Money of 1181-1182&quot;</p><p>Noon Medal Collectors of America with Dr. Lawrence Lee on &quot;The Crane Collection of Indian Peace Medals at the Denver Museum&quot;</p><p>1pm Colin Pitchfork on &quot;The New South Wales Holey Dollar and Dump of 1813&quot;</p><p>3pm Kyle Ponterio on &quot;Carrillo Countermarks and Their Methodical Manufacture&quot;</p><p>4pm British Numismatic Society w/David Vagi on &quot;Roman Coins and the Province of Britannia&quot;</p><p>5pm Oriental Numismatic Society (three short talks)</p><p>9am-5pm Stack&#039;s-Bowers-Ponterio Auction Lot Viewing</p><p>9am-6pm Baldwin&#039;s of St. James&#039;s Auction Lot Viewing</p><p>9am-6pm Spink USA Auction lot viewing</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, free catalogs at the lot viewing and a chance to personally inspect rare items.&nbsp; I am sure you know how difficult it would be to see these education programs at any other time.&nbsp; I will be attending the Oriental Numismatic Society talks; I may attend the other ones if I exhaust my budget too quickly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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