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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 496032, member: 12718&quot;]All right - here&#039;s the Day 1 report. Even though I&#039;ll be here two more days, today will be tough to beat! Here are some random thoughts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Met <b>dready</b> who was very nice! He introduced to a friend of his from Ohio and we talked about currency prices (not my specialty) and our impressions of the show. It was great to meet him. This is a huge show, much bigger than Central States which was the biggest I had attended previously. Trying to see what everyone offers will really take more than one day.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The morning was partially spent viewing Heritage lots. My goal this trip is to find <u>a nice Barber quarter</u> and they had several in their auction. After reviewing many proofs and higher uncs, I landed on one that really caught my eye that I thought I could afford (as described by Heritage):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i><b>1893 MS65 PCGS. CAC.</b> Well struck and lustrous, with mottled charcoal, green, blue, and rose toning on each side, which is heaviest near the borders. Carefully preserved and blemish-free, on obverse and reverse alike. A pleasing Gem. Population: 19 in 65, 4 finer (11/08). From the Plymouth Collection. (#5604).</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While certainly the above has some marketing speak, it is a truly nice coin in hand and I decided that I would bid on it later that afternoon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First, though, I wanted to see some similar examples on the bourse. I found a few, but they were much higher than the Heritage reserve listed. I figured I might be in for a battle, but since the catalogue did not have a picture of the coin I figured that might be in my favor. This afternoon, I sat nervously waiting on my lot number seeing several other coins selling to either mail, internet, or in person bids. This was my first Heritage auction where I was going to bid and I was hopeful. When my lot came up, I was the only bidder! Yeehaw! Even with the buyer&#039;s premium added in, I was right in the middle of the greysheet bid-ask spread. I am on cloud 9!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I then returned to the bourse to revisit a PCGS 65 Walker that I had noticed. I have always wanted a nice example of the type and I figured I could get one for reasonable money given their abundant availability. I saw a nicely lightly pink obverse version along with some golden outer rim toning on the reverse. While the right leg had either weak strike or light wear, I went ahead and purchased since I really liked the toning. You understand that after I bought the Barber I was like a drug addict and I justified the Walker purchase as my methadone to my heroin addiction <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I then came across the Standing Liberty Quarter specialist dealer J.H. Cline. I wasn&#039;t going to buy anything after my gorging binge, however, I was given his SLQ 4th edition book for FREE! Isn&#039;t that totally cool?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And then to cap the day off, I went to the PCGS booth and swooned over Sunnywood&#039;s &quot;Somewhere Over the Rainbow&quot; collection of toned Morgan Dollars - what he calls his Basic 100 set. PCGS will need to clean the drool I left on the countertop.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What a day! I wish all of you could be here and experience this huge show.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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