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Day 1: Good morning people, It is now 5:23 AM on Saturday the 27th, and thus the perfect time for me to recap yesterday, the very first day...

Part I: (Silence). That was the sound of us trying unsuccessfully to hoist our bidding paddle in the air at what was, apparently, the last and final evening...

Day 1: Good Morning Readers, Our story of the Long Beach show and pre-auctions will begin not with a bang, but with a whimper. I actually arrived in...

That’s a question dealers (including us) hear all of the time from customers. And while responses to this question may vary wildly depending on who you ask, this...

Day 1: Hurli-beety? Hurli-beety? I looked at Dave, but it was clear that he didn’t understand either. Hurli-beety? It was then we figured out that the cab driver...

We recently received an email from a collector who was dismayed by the number of doctored, conserved and enhanced coins in TPG holders in the marketplace. Despite his...

At the recent Baltimore show, I spent a fair amount of time walking the floor perusing the gazillion dealer tables looking for nice coins to buy. And after...

Day 1: Let the typing commence: Today began in a relaxed and leisurely way, starting with a harsh alarm clock ring at 3:45 AM, a trip over a...

If this is Sunday, we must be back in New England after another successful coin show, another interesting coin auction, and another opportunity to talk coins with another...

Day 1: It was travel day today, as I woke up at a tidy 3:45 AM, packed heroically (i.e. threw everything into a suitcase indiscriminately), jumped in a...