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DEAD QUIET WEEK

The worst thing that can happen to most retail oriented dealers are two back to back auctions. Speaking for ourselves, our biz dies off dramatically when there is a major auction. Last week were dead and then during the weekend we started to sell cons again…

THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORM

This year when we have an auction the week leading up to the sale is usually dead. So dead we freak and wonder if we’ll ever sell another coin. This week was no exception although on Wednesday we did sell a Commem an a Pattern (wahoo)!..

THE COIN MARKET IS UNDERVALUED

Cars, glass, watches, comic books, and of course art all carry far more value then coins. We just bought the 25C 1913 PGS PR68+ CAC for $24,675.00 all in. There were 613 minted and only 3 coins graded PR68+…

TIME TO DIGEST

We warned every one the sharp rise in gold won’t last forever. Now gold has proven its not ready to break $2,000.00 again (today). Generic gold has cooled off slightly. Better gold-well good luck finding any…