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<p>[QUOTE="JPeace$, post: 2316077, member: 42727"]I've watched him when he was on Art & Coin and now his new show. I do wonder why these key date morgans weren't sent in for grading. He has an Everest I, II and today a third set of morgan's he sells raw AND asks big $$$.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually wrote him back in either Nov. or Dec. It was right around the time Miles Standish went to NGC. Anyway, Rick had been sending in proof ASE's and getting a special label with Miles autograph on it. He hyped this one coin as "the last" blah, blah, blah and then auctioned it off. It went for like $4000. I think it was a PF69 DCAM. I was outraged. I know it was an auction, but as a numismatist, PNG member and self proclaimed coin good guy on TV, I thought he was betraying his customers.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ever have watched him, he'll thumb his nose at Barry's antics from Art & Coin and profess to be above "pumping" silver bullion. Anyway, Rick will also paint these pictures of rarity using all kinds of charts with mintages and graded numbers, find the most expensive examples on eBay for comps and basically stretch things a little so he can then sell his product to his audience.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought he went over the top with this one Miles Standish signed common Proof ASE. I wrote him a scathing e-mail. I was shocked that he responded. I will say he was fairly professional in his response. He tried to justify this coin auction to me and I told him I just wasn't buying his explanation. We traded a total of 5 e-mails (3 by me) before it ended.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I give him credit for responding at all. I thought and still do, that he was being a hypocrite when it came to hyping that particular coin and basically burying someone in it. Not just 6' deep, but like through the mantel deep.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JPeace$, post: 2316077, member: 42727"]I've watched him when he was on Art & Coin and now his new show. I do wonder why these key date morgans weren't sent in for grading. He has an Everest I, II and today a third set of morgan's he sells raw AND asks big $$$. I actually wrote him back in either Nov. or Dec. It was right around the time Miles Standish went to NGC. Anyway, Rick had been sending in proof ASE's and getting a special label with Miles autograph on it. He hyped this one coin as "the last" blah, blah, blah and then auctioned it off. It went for like $4000. I think it was a PF69 DCAM. I was outraged. I know it was an auction, but as a numismatist, PNG member and self proclaimed coin good guy on TV, I thought he was betraying his customers. If you ever have watched him, he'll thumb his nose at Barry's antics from Art & Coin and profess to be above "pumping" silver bullion. Anyway, Rick will also paint these pictures of rarity using all kinds of charts with mintages and graded numbers, find the most expensive examples on eBay for comps and basically stretch things a little so he can then sell his product to his audience. I thought he went over the top with this one Miles Standish signed common Proof ASE. I wrote him a scathing e-mail. I was shocked that he responded. I will say he was fairly professional in his response. He tried to justify this coin auction to me and I told him I just wasn't buying his explanation. We traded a total of 5 e-mails (3 by me) before it ended. Anyway, I give him credit for responding at all. I thought and still do, that he was being a hypocrite when it came to hyping that particular coin and basically burying someone in it. Not just 6' deep, but like through the mantel deep.[/QUOTE]
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