First Auctions Closed

The first auctions I launched 7 days ago ended tonight. Woohoo! Thanks so much for all your bids, in my eyes it was a wildly successful night -- especially considering there were only 8 auctions ending. Sure, 2 them remained unsold, but then I didn't expect those two would sell unless I got lucky.

Twelve more auctions went up tonight with a handfull of great SILVER proof and uncirculated lots. These are mostly from my Dads portion of this collection. Actually, everything after 1986 will be from the portion of the collection that came from him.

I'm still reading through the ANA Coin Grading book. Where the 2006 redbook is more comprehensive (in the learning about coins arena) than the 1998 edition I had, it's not nearly as helpful to me as the ANA's book. I have a habit of studying the hell out of just about everything I get involved in and the broad history of grading and its importance is something I devoured.

Just ordered a whole mess of cardboard and plastic (no PVC) flips along with a few large bill holders. I still need to find a good magnifying light. Things like that aren't easy to find out here in the middle of nowhere, but I'm headed to the *cough* bigger city this week and hope I can pick something up there. If not I may have to look online - in this case I just really want to see/feel what I'm getting.

Again, thanks for your bids this past week. Click here and take a peek and the new items up for sale!