IlyaE Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Where can I buy this catalog? I know valeriyavaleriya71 is selling it for $250 on Ebay, is there any other place it can be bought online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilio Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Where can I buy this catalog? I know valeriyavaleriya71 is selling it for $250 on Ebay, is there any other place it can be bought online? Just contact em. vvbitkin(at)hotmail.com that will be easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antikvarius Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 I've just sent to your e-mail info from Mr Bitkin. At our store this catalog cost $120. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Where can I buy this catalog? I know valeriyavaleriya71 is selling it for $250 on Ebay, is there any other place it can be bought online? Did you check at Alex Basok's website? http://www.rustypennies.com Also, Dmitry Markov usually has some books for sale: http://www.russian-coins.net. Don't know about Bitkin, though. Bob Reis has a web site where I once bought RW Julian's reference: http://www.anythinganywhere.com/ Maybe you could also drop a note to Jim Elmen -- he sells back catalogs of his auctions, and I wouldn't be surprised if he could tell you where one can purchase other books such as Bitkin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorS Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 No one can beat the offer from antikvarius for $120. In addition, no one in US sells these books accept for valeriyavaleriya (and possibly Markov), but you already know their price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaE Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Thank you! I'm going with antikvarius's offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal Citizen Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 I've just sent to your e-mail info from Mr Bitkin. At our store this catalog cost $120. I have to say that this offer is very good and I have never regretted that I used this service. The books arrived fast. Thanks again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antikvarius Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 You are welcome! We were glad to help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael123 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi ! Yesterday i have sent USD 150 via Western Union to the shop of antikvarius in the ukrain. I hope to get the bitkin catalog in the next couple of days . Normally i don´t want to use Western Union, because of the high fees and i don´t like to send money to unknown people . But it seems to be the only possibility to get this catalog for a reasonable price. Maybe we can make also a further business in the future, because i am a dealer in coins and banknotes and especially with accessories and catalogs of many companies and we are using our webshop to sell in all countries of the EU and USA / Canada mainly. If it works, it could be possible to sell the Bitkin catalog in our webshop too - that would be a very interesting catalog for many, many russian coin collectors in the european and US market ! Regards from Vienna Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi ! Yesterday i have sent USD 150 via Western Union to the shop of antikvarius in the ukrain. I hope to get the bitkin catalog in the next couple of days . Normally i don´t want to use Western Union, because of the high fees and i don´t like to send money to unknown people . But it seems to be the only possibility to get this catalog for a reasonable price. Maybe we can make also a further business in the future, because i am a dealer in coins and banknotes and especially with accessories and catalogs of many companies and we are using our webshop to sell in all countries of the EU and USA / Canada mainly. If it works, it could be possible to sell the Bitkin catalog in our webshop too - that would be a very interesting catalog for many, many russian coin collectors in the european and US market ! Regards from Vienna Michael Antikvarius provides excellent service. Prices are reasonable and the books arrived quickly. I would not hesitate to buy from him again. "Contact-System" is less expensive than Western Union as a way to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antikvarius Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hello guys! Michael, I've send you a reply to your e-mail. Too bad we don't have a good bank sistem in Ukraine that could allow things like PayPal over here. Also Visa isn't working all the time as good as it should be so we just have to accept payments through available sistems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I recieved my copy of Bitkin today from Antikvarius. Im quite happy. I sent payment via Western union online, which required a bit of set up for them to confirm my bank info (had to call them and answer some questions, i assume for security reasons) but the money wire was confirmed almost instantly after that. Thank you Alex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antikvarius Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Thank you all for nice words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marv Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Thank you all for nice words Expect an order from me also after I get my tax rebate (oh yeah, I'm supposed to use it to buy something in the US!). Thanks Antikvarius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 I bought scanned Bitkin cataloque on two CD from dealer in Estonia. Maybe it is not legal, but handy. Price was 65,-USD. (pretty much in that order) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 (pretty much in that order) and definitely not legal. Would you also buy a coin if you knew it was stolen from another collector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 (Edited out) Stop! This is advocating downloading somebody's copyrighted work. Stealing it. I've seen Bitkin on one of these sites too. It's illegal. It's unethical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 I am not advacating anything, rather just sharing my knowledge. It's up to him what to do with these links Sorry but you are advocating it. Saying you are not doesn't mean you are not. You said "Try torrent site". And please spare the "I'm just sharing my knowledge". It's Bad bad bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 I bought scanned Bitkin cataloque on two CD from dealer in Estonia. Maybe it is not legal, but handy. Price was 65,-USD. For $120, you could have gotten the book. A collection of scans would be painful to use compared to having the physical book. These books were printed in small quantities and there is a real market for scarce numismatic literature (if you don't believe me, check out a Kolbe auction sometime). At $120, the book is a wonderful deal and in future years will probably bring much more when sold. But your CDs won't. In my opinion, you got a bad deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Orest - a fair warning: I don't really care what you are buying, practicing or such as I don't have the power to stop you. However, sharing information about copyright materials in particular an entire source is highly prohibited and if you keep insisting on bringing this topic up, you are not welcomed to post in this forum any longer. Referencing, scanning a section is fine but NOT an entire book. If you have a large amount of money to buy coins as suggested on other thread, I don't see why you can't afford to buy books. The thing is, authors have to come up with money somehow to fund their research. I don't care how you claim that they are greedy or what so ever - that's in the debates forum if you wish to argue there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Orest - a fair warning: I don't really care what you are buying, practicing or such as I don't have the power to stop you. However, sharing information about copyright materials in particular an entire source is highly prohibited and if you keep insisting on bringing this topic up, you are not welcomed to post in this forum any longer. Referencing, scanning a section is fine but NOT an entire book. If you have a large amount of money to buy coins as suggested on other thread, I don't see why you can't afford to buy books. The thing is, authors have to come up with money somehow to fund their research. I don't care how you claim that they are greedy or what so ever - that's in the debates forum if you wish to argue there. At $120, the book is an excellent deal. Once the remaining volumes are sold off, I expect its market value will climb well above that level. Even if you have it on CD, buying the physical book itself is a no-brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallinn007 Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 OK, now I sharing legal information. Bitkin cataloque price in Kiiev bookstore is something about 50.-USD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 OK, now I sharing legal information. Bitkin cataloque price in Kiiev bookstore is something about 50.-USD Really? Then why did you spend $65 for pirated CDs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 I have recently received my copy of Mr. Bitkin's catalogue from Antikvarius as well. What a wonderful work it is! It is amazing how much research, how much knowledge, how much time and effort have gone into creating this superb reference every serious collector would treasure. It is infuriating to think that someone would have the arrogance to steal it!!! And it is discouraging to think that one of us would consider using the pirated copy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 I have recently received my copy of Mr. Bitkin's catalogue from Antikvarius as well. What a wonderful work it is! It is amazing how much research, how much knowledge, how much time and effort have gone into creating this superb reference every serious collector would treasure. It is infuriating to think that someone would have the arrogance to steal it!!! And it is discouraging to think that one of us would consider using the pirated copy . Agreed. Well said Maya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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