Landon Collection Nice But Caveat Emptor

@colonialjohn

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Looks like there are quite a few internet bids starting to come in now, especially in the last day or two. Like Macdon ,I too am a lot less enthusiastic than I was. Just do the math on this. Lots of similar gems all coming out at the same time, with very few high end players in the decimal Canadian segment right now. There could be some great LONG TERM bargains for the investor or dealer with VERY deep pockets.
That said the Canadian economy is NOT that great right now and a lot of the so called top end Coin Dealers in Canada will not or cannot tie up huge amounts of cash in speculative inventory. Try selling a nice 100K plus numismatic holding to a dealer in Canada right now for instant cash. You will get one of the following answers. I am not interested or I have too much of that stuff , can I pay you over time ?, or if you are really lucky someone will low ball you at one third of trends. Right now CASH is KING and most are going to hold on to it.
As to the comment on those of us lucky enough to have the luxury of bidding in US dollars, it is an advantage for sure, but you must consider that most economists and FX traders see the Greenback rising a further 5 to 10 per cent, and quickly against the other currencies which are all (exception Swiss franc and Sterling)in a suicide race to the bottom because of insane Central Bank policies. An almost certain guarantee of a win in the Greenback is going to trump speculating in Large Cents any day.
For what it is worth , enjoy the sale either in person or online, bid prudently and tread lightly. Remember a golden rule of numismatics. No matter how nice the coin or coins are ,there are still more of them to buy than anyone has cash. Just like a city bus comes by every ten minutes ,new coins are available every sale.

AG I will drink a beer for you after the session. Heck I might even drink two in the session, it will be a long night . Toronto will be fun for a few days, but expensive! Hope you are lucky enough to get a few coins from the sale.

Feb 11 session 1 is the Landon sale Feb 12 session 2 Victoria North sale

@Pacificoin - agree with that, right on. Have fun at the show

1889 is a key date in that series.. I think trends has F-15 around $2200....

As for why no picture... I can't honestly speak for that... it's certainly a coin that would warrant getting as much attraction as possible in an auction.. but I also will assume that who ever ends up taking that one home will already be at the auction in person and have viewed the coin in hand.

Also in the cataloge the items that follow are some pretty fantastic coins in their own right which will probably fetch more money so perhaps more attention was given to those coins which are in MS-AU condition...

There are a few unattributed varieties being offered.

In the huge selection of 1899's alone I can see one group of gem 99's with a RP 9 in the group of 5 cents..

For anyone going..getting a close look at those lots will offer some "best of" surprises..with those gem cents..

Some very nice bids in there already..

That's my point, even with the current soft market, key dates are still bringing 50-60+% of Trends, not 30%. I wish I could be there in person to see it, perhaps it has been cleaned or is impaired in some other way.