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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 4169640, member: 36248&quot;]What I do at shows is just quickly ask the dealer if he&#039;s fine with me taking a photo of the slab, that way you can very quickly take a picture of the coin, and get out of the way.&nbsp; &nbsp; Then research previous auction records, TPG cert look up, and any other research you want to do at your own pace, sitting comfortably nearby.&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#039;s better for the dealer and it&#039;s less stressful for you, making for better decisions.&nbsp; &nbsp; You can even compare a few coins that you have taken cell phone photos of that are competing for your money, without having to make the rounds again back to each table.&nbsp; &nbsp; keep in mind I&#039;m talking about just quick snapshot photos to get the basics of what the coin is, a cert number, the grade, variety, toning, etc, so I break all the normal rules about good coin photography.&nbsp; &nbsp; Honestly I normally don&#039;t even take the photo of the reverse, but each snap only takes a couple of seconds so if it&#039;s a high value coin I would do that too.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t done this a ton of times but I&#039;ve also never had a dealer say NO either.&nbsp;&nbsp; If a dealer did say no, that would be a deal breaker for me right then and there anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>A cell phone photo is going to be faster than handwriting down the cert number, I&#039;m surprise not everyone does this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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