Oldman Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Everyone, good luck during this crazy week in NYC ! ......several major auctions, lots of material, International show. Any thoughts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 I've attended the Heritage auction yesterday. Well...lower than impressive. I can not actually express my mixed feelings. Some fakes...slabbed ! Everything's sold but I believe below anticipated prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 I've attended the Heritage auction yesterday. Well...lower than impressive. I can not actually express my mixed feelings. Some fakes...slabbed ! Everything's sold but I believe below anticipated prices. I was there too. Not everything sold. Some coins did not reach the reserve. I think you can pick those up directly from the auction house. As to slabbed fakes -- the fakes are getting way too good. Apparently the second Gangut was pronounced a fake, but it still brought $36,000. All in all, I would agree that the prices were not too crazy. I would pretty much be able to afford everything besides the fakes -- as funny as it may sound, those brought the best hummer price But the quality of coins offered was also not too great. Hence, the prices... I, for instance, only bough 3 coins. And those I did not buy for myself, because I would want those in better condition for my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 As to slabbed fakes -- the fakes are getting way too good. Apparently the second Gangut was pronounced a fake, but it still brought $36,000. All in all, I would agree that the prices were not too crazy. I would pretty much be able to afford everything besides the fakes -- as funny as it may sound, those brought the best hummer price Fakes....I'm not really sure all the "fake pronounced" coins were really fakes ! Some "smart" dealers try to limit competition by spreading the "word" Smart moves, sometimes it works. BKB, any other "famous" fakes you have noticed? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Fakes....I'm not really sure all the "fake pronounced" coins were really fakes ! Some "smart" dealers try to limit competition by spreading the "word" Smart moves, sometimes it works. BKB, any other "famous" fakes you have noticed? Thanks. It is, of course, possible that dealers are limiting the playing field, but: compare 2 Ganguts - they are conveniently placed next to one another. See the difference? -- as far as I know there was only one original die. What do you think of the 1762 5 ruble coin? What about 1728 rouble? (by the way, I could never tell that this one is not OK. But, reputable people stopped me from bidding) What about 1848 3 kop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 It is, of course, possible that dealers are limiting the playing field, but: compare 2 Ganguts - they are conveniently placed next to one another. See the difference? -- as far as I know there was only one original die. What do you think of the 1762 5 ruble coin? What about 1728 rouble? (by the way, I could never tell that this one is not OK. But, reputable people stopped me from bidding) What about 1848 3 kop? I should agree with Gangut #2 (proof), 5 rub 1762 and 3 kopeks 1848. As to the 1728 rouble...Well, I am not sure here. The coin looked ok to me but I'm kind of rusty here and can not definetely judge. I was told by one dealer from California that one of the 1859 (I guess) commemorative roubles was also ... "not good enough" Anyway, 1728 rouble DID SELL after all ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 [...begin snip...]compare 2 Ganguts - they are conveniently placed next to one another. See the difference? -- as far as I know there was only one original die. [...end snip...] But there was a regular and a proof obverse, as well as regular and proof reverse. I didn't see this auction, but there could be differences between the regular and proof dies. Gospodin Kazakov has images of both in his catalogue, but they are really too small to compare for significant die varieties (and in a previous post several months ago, there was a link to a Russian coin forum where some people complained that four different jeton images had been created by "photoshopping" one single image -- so I cannot say how reliable those images are, at least for such rare coins). Do you happen to have links to images of those coins from the auction on the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 But there was a regular and a proof obverse, as well as regular and proof reverse. I didn't see this auction, but there could be differences between the regular and proof dies. Gospodin Kazakov has images of both in his catalogue, but they are really too small to compare for significant die varieties (and in a previous post several months ago, there was a link to a Russian coin forum where some people complained that four different jeton images had been created by "photoshopping" one single image -- so I cannot say how reliable those images are, at least for such rare coins). Do you happen to have links to images of those coins from the auction on the internet? Proof: http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/v...mp;Lot_No=52849 Another one: http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/v...mp;Lot_No=52848 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I should agree with Gangut #2 (proof), 5 rub 1762 and 3 kopeks 1848. As to the 1728 rouble...Well, I am not sure here. The coin looked ok to me but I'm kind of rusty here and can not definetely judge. I was told by one dealer from California that one of the 1859 (I guess) commemorative roubles was also ... "not good enough" Anyway, 1728 rouble DID SELL after all ! It did sell, just like the other 3. 1762 brought $15,000. The problem with that rouble is that reverse lettering was strange and letters too small. Also, the coin just looked and felt wrong. (IMXO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisenish Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I was there too. Not everything sold. Some coins did not reach the reserve. All in all, I would agree that the prices were not too crazy. How can one say, the prices were ok? IMHO, the prices were more than crazy. Where do you see normal prices? Romanow Rouble for more than 100 $ or Alexander II. Memorial for 3200? Gangut for 32000? Is it normal? E.g., at Gorny auctions, as far as I can remember, no Dvorik (Memorial 1898) went higher than 2000 Euro. I'm so happy to have bought mine (exemplar on avatara of my eBay shop: XF from PP) several years ago at the reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 I was at the CNG Triton X auction on the 10th. Heritage is child's play compare to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 How can one say, the prices were ok? IMHO, the prices were more than crazy. Where do you see normal prices? Romanow Rouble for more than 100 $ ... I thought I saw Romanov rouble in your store for 80euro in XF condition. Not much less than $100... Those sold at the auction were high MS. So, it is not that crazy. CNG auction, reportedly, was much crazier. Let us see what happens at the upcoming auctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisenish Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 I thought I saw Romanov rouble in your store for 80euro in XF condition. Not much less than $100... Those sold at the auction were high MS. So, it is not that crazy. CNG auction, reportedly, was much crazier. Let us see what happens at the upcoming auctions. Interestingly, in Russia Romanov Roubles cost 100 Euro since years (at least, in Novosibirsk of course, not in high MS). That's why they are in my shop for 60-80 Euro depending on the grade and low vs high relief. All Romanows I sold till now went to Russia. In another shop (Der Russland Spezialist) low relief Romanow in a lower grade than mine was for 120 Euro, 50% more expensive than in my shop. Ebay results are also 60-80 Euro and more during the last time. But thanks for looking Dvorik was the coin greatly overestimated there (more than 3000 USD), Gangut too, 1849 Novodels, IMHO, as well. Do you think, Gangut is worth $32000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 I was at the CNG Triton X auction on the 10th. Heritage is child's play compare to this one. Please provide some details. There aren't any results posted on the CNG website (yet). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Do you think, Gangut is worth $32000? The Gangut rouble has always been promoted and over-rated. For such a supposedly rare coin, it sure shows up frequently at auction. Before it was expensive, now it is hopelessly out of reach. But there are still some interesting coins that remain affordable. They cost a lot more than they used to, but I still don't need to take out a second mortgage on my house to buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Please provide some details. There aren't any results posted on the CNG website (yet). Thanks! To name a few: lot 1263 1749 ducat - 40,000 lot 1270 1781 5 roubles - 8,500 lot 1272 1796 ducat - 17,000 lot 1273 1797 ducat - 30,000 lot 1276 1817 5 roubles - 4,500 lot 1284 1832 5 roubles - 60,000 lot 1293 1876 3 roubles - 26,000 lot 1294 1882 3 roubles - 30,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 To name a few: lot 1263 1749 ducat - 40,000 lot 1270 1781 5 roubles - 8,500 lot 1272 1796 ducat - 17,000 lot 1273 1797 ducat - 30,000 lot 1276 1817 5 roubles - 4,500 lot 1284 1832 5 roubles - 60,000 lot 1293 1876 3 roubles - 26,000 lot 1294 1882 3 roubles - 30,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Craziness goes on ! Stacks auction is about to start ! Does anyone have any hopes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I have much better hopes in winning a lottery than winning any high grade coins there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timofei Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Does anyone have any hopes ? I am ok, so far. But what's wrong with Stack's - this one is the die of the known fake, why did they put it for sale? http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=...172&fs=true Look at the pictures of this series of fakes I assembled on the Russian forum http://staraya-moneta.coinsportal.ru/viewt...;highlight=1797 (only last picture on the page is genuine, all other - FAKES). I personally enquired GIM about this "variety", when one of the colleagues brought it from Ukraine - in GIM they were very determined that this coin is definitely fake. Even from the pictures I collected you may note striking similarities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I am ok, so far. But what's wrong with Stack's - this one is the die of the known fake, why did they put it for sale? http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=...172&fs=true Look at the pictures of this series of fakes I assembled on the Russian forum http://staraya-moneta.coinsportal.ru/viewt...;highlight=1797 (only last picture on the page is genuine, all other - FAKES). I personally enquired GIM about this "variety", when one of the colleagues brought it from Ukraine - in GIM they were very determined that this coin is definitely fake. Even from the pictures I collected you may note striking similarities. 100% agree. There was no doubt when I personally inspected the coin. I guess this was the reason the coin did not go for more. I've managed to win 3 Russian coins. All better coins went for astronomical figures; mostly to Russian dealers. Last week I've attended Heritage, Markov and Stacks and have to say that this is time to quit coin collecting It is time for big business ! Just look at the jetons' prices at Markov's ! Thousands of dollars for silver jetons? Is that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Just look at the jetons' prices at Markov's ! Thousands of dollars for silver jetons? Is that right? I personally believe that someone is getting royally screwed. Some "poor" rich moron was probably told that it is very prestigious to own those... However, except for the jetons, I saw no unexpected prices (well, maybe 1 1/2 borodino at Baldwin sale and prices for some gold coins) I got some coins at every auction: Heritage -- 3, DM -- 3, Stack's -- 2 + 2 lots of 15 total) Did not get anything I really needed -- but, then, there was no russian copper for sale, which explains it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 I personally believe that someone is getting royally screwed. Some "poor" rich moron was probably told that it is very prestigious to own those... However, except for the jetons, I saw no unexpected prices (well, maybe 1 1/2 borodino at Baldwin sale and prices for some gold coins) I got some coins at every auction: Heritage -- 3, DM -- 3, Stack's -- 2 + 2 lots of 15 total) Did not get anything I really needed -- but, then, there was no russian copper for sale, which explains it. My score is lower 2+1+3 correspondingly....Looking at these numbers I realize that we are no longer talking about improving collections, we're trying to buy ANYTHING available...Wrong approach but the only one possible at this time. However, I did manage to put 5 coins into my collection (of 6 total) after all. Either the collection is weak or I just pay too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 This past past week was crazy for me. The end result is not terrible. Grand total - 2 coins and 4 table medals. I am actually pretty happy. Things I bought fit nicely into collection. Only four people showed up for RNS meeting. We just discussed market trends for an hour. There was a guy sitting in the corner, writing stuff. When the meeting was over he came up to me and introduced himself as a stuff member of the Coin World magazine. Looks like some stuff I was bubbling about will be written up next month. Can't wait to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timofei Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 This past past week was crazy for me. The end result is not terrible.Grand total - 2 coins and 4 table medals. I am actually pretty happy. Things I bought fit nicely into collection. Only four people showed up for RNS meeting. We just discussed market trends for an hour. There was a guy sitting in the corner, writing stuff. When the meeting was over he came up to me and introduced himself as a stuff member of the Coin World magazine. Looks like some stuff I was bubbling about will be written up next month. Can't wait to read it. I got 0+1+4, the coins I really needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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