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Newp for the gold type set. 1854 quarter eagle

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MJ

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This summer I sold my sports card collection in its entirety. The segment I collected in was at silly all-time highs so I decided to part with them and put the money to work in another area which was slumping. My decision was to build a gem plus gold type set. To make it interesting I wanted to add in a shipwreck piece, a top pop, some first year issues and perhaps a high relief. All must have great color and appearance and be CAC. This is a PCGS 65.

 

For the quarter eagle I decided on this piece which was love at first sight and it happened to be a top pop for this date/mint mark. It has some intesteting Mint made die clashing, strong luster and some great colors. ( two tone gold mixed with pink).

 

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You must have had one heck of a specialistic sports card collection. I thought the sports card markets tanked / bottomed out with the stamp markets over the past 20 years. A guy locally who had a sports card shop for years sold the last of his inventory last year -- 300,000 cards for a penny each...and they were all pre-1990s.

 

Congrats on your new coin. (thumbs u

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You must have had one heck of a specialistic sports card collection. I thought the sports card markets tanked / bottomed out with the stamp markets over the past 20 years. A guy locally who had a sports card shop for years sold the last of his inventory last year -- 300,000 cards for a penny each...and they were all pre-1990s.

 

Congrats on your new coin. (thumbs u

 

Thanks Brandon

 

Ya, I collected iconic HOF rookie cards in top pops over the years. Howe, Gretzky, Lemieux, Jordan, Ryan, Koufax, Clemente/ Kaline etc etc etc stuff like that.

 

Best percentage score was actually a Lemieux OPC (PSA 10) which I bought five years ago for $1400. Sold for almost $10,000 this time around. Who knows, maybe this part of the sports card market remains white hot and gold type goes even lower.

 

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With sports cards I'm always reminded for a friend of mine who had a break up with his girl friend who then stole his entire hockey card collection when she moved out. My friend had TWO (count'm) TWO Wayne Gretzky rookie cards he got out of the original package in 1979. He didn't go buy these separately or anything...just came with the gum I suppose. The breakup was probably in 1992 or so. This was all before they "slabbed" them...they were just raw...I think they were probably worth $500 or so apiece at the time of the break up. Bummer....

 

Oh...BTW...nice coin. ^^

 

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Very nice quarter eagle.

 

You might be interested to know that into the late 1920s the 1854 was apparently the most commonly available Liberty quarter eagle.

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That's a beautiful coin. I think you made a great move......

 

Anytime I see a sports card story, I'm reminded of a dealer friend of mine, God rest his soul.

Anyway, he dealt in a little bit of everything with watches as a specialty. He loved to bet on sports and loved to play cards. He had a nice gathering for a poker game at his house one Saturday night. Oh, heck, this was probably 20 years ago.

At some point during the game, someone had to use the facilities. "Use the washtub in the laundry room", my friend tells him. "If you go upstairs, the kids wake up, my wife get's upset, let's just keep it down here." Everyone figures, OK it's your house.

A while later, I go into the laundry room....Doing my thing at the washtub, I glance on top of the washer next to it. Here's a little stack of Namath rookies, four of them. Just on top of the washer.....I grab the cards and bring them to the table, "Oh, I know" he says.

Jeepers, he wasn't absent minded or anything, he kind of just didn't care about stuff. He was a great dealer and a good friend.

I think those cards were from 1965. It was the Topps issue where the cards were narrow and tall. I wish I had those on top of my washer today.......

Paul

 

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Very nice quarter eagle.

 

You might be interested to know that into the late 1920s the 1854 was apparently the most commonly available Liberty quarter eagle.

 

This is true. Maybe it helps explain why there are only less then 10 examples of 1854 that are graded gem 65 by PCGS with none finer. These were used in the wild

 

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That's a beautiful coin. I think you made a great move......

 

Anytime I see a sports card story, I'm reminded of a dealer friend of mine, God rest his soul.

Anyway, he dealt in a little bit of everything with watches as a specialty. He loved to bet on sports and loved to play cards. He had a nice gathering for a poker game at his house one Saturday night. Oh, heck, this was probably 20 years ago.

At some point during the game, someone had to use the facilities. "Use the washtub in the laundry room", my friend tells him. "If you go upstairs, the kids wake up, my wife get's upset, let's just keep it down here." Everyone figures, OK it's your house.

A while later, I go into the laundry room....Doing my thing at the washtub, I glance on top of the washer next to it. Here's a little stack of Namath rookies, four of them. Just on top of the washer.....I grab the cards and bring them to the table, "Oh, I know" he says.

Jeepers, he wasn't absent minded or anything, he kind of just didn't care about stuff. He was a great dealer and a good friend.

I think those cards were from 1965. It was the Topps issue where the cards were narrow and tall. I wish I had those on top of my washer today.......

Paul

 

Yes, 1965 was the Tall Boys and the iconic cards from that set were the Namath and Maravich rookies.

 

you had good vision and this will probably not make you feel any better but I sold a well centerd gem example of this card for $9500 before commission. I consigned at 105%. These are condition rarities and I doubt the washer helped the cause ; )

 

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Congratulations on a twofer... getting a Beautiful Liberty quarter eagle, and on selling at new highs!!! :applause: That is a Sweet coin!!!

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