Nice deal on the tidy house Morgans! Point totals: baseball21 - 6 Points ddddd - 4.5 Points Beefer518 - 3 Points Mainebill - 3 Points Pickin and Grinin - 2 Points jtlee321 - 2 Points Burton Strauss III - 2 Points heavycam.monstervam - 2 Points jwitten - 1 Point Bman33 - 1 Point jpcienkus - 1 Point BlackBeard_Thatch - 1 Point KSorbo - 1 Point
I would have bought every single one he had as well. There is currently an 1885-O on eBay that looks fairly nice, but I just have a hard time pulling the trigger on it at the asking price.
Alrighty then. 1936-S Bay Bridge MS65 Gen 1 ANA (ANACS) slab. CDN - 170 Numismedia - 200 PCGS - 200 NGC - 310 (???) Heritage Value Index - 150 to 190
I'm guessing the fingerprints made people think it wouldn't upgrade. Commems have had a rough sled recently... 150
TBH, the fingerprints are barely noticeable in-hand. I didn't see them until I took the pics. And, BTW, I bought this from a past President of the ANA.
In my eyes, I paid huge for the holder. I found the coin at the Sarasota coin show this past weekend, and had no intentions of buying a Bay Bridge, but I was mesmerized by the holder, and the idea of having something to post in this thread (seriously). When I buy these (early commems), I almost always buy 10-20% below CDN (or even less if I can). The dealer had a price of $225 on the coin, but that was way more then I would even consider. I wanted it at $150. After some negotiating, I finally paid CDN for it, ($170) which makes the winner. I have no idea, and that's why I had the ??? - makes no sense to me!
Next up we have an NGC 2.1 holder. Guide for MS 63 is $45-$65 (maybe +$15 more for the CAC) What did it sell for? Both the 2.0 and 2.1 are known as the white label holder, but 2.1 has the company logo applied inside the slab shell (while 2.0 is outside; you can feel it with your hands on the 2.0). The 2.1 actually was produced before the 2.0, but it was discovered by collectors (including Conder) after the 2.0 (thus we have the out of order numbering). Note: thankfully the sticker remnant on the reverse came off cleanly with no damage to the holder.
@jtlee321 @heavycam.monstervam @baseball21 ...please tag others as you post as it seems like some may not be getting an alert
Just updating...keep the guesses coming.... Point totals: baseball21 - 6 Points ddddd - 5.5 Points Beefer518 - 3 Points Mainebill - 3 Points Pickin and Grinin - 2 Points jtlee321 - 2 Points Burton Strauss III - 2 Points heavycam.monstervam - 2 Points jwitten - 1 Point Bman33 - 1 Point jpcienkus - 1 Point BlackBeard_Thatch - 1 Point KSorbo - 1 Point