What Are Simpson Hoard Slabs?

thanks dave. That's a good read and a touch of knowledge to store away. I wonder how and why his pieces come to market. And I saw a monster slabbed Sunnywood/Simpson in a pat legend sale. Wonder what the connection was?

To elaborate a little on why you see his name (Simpson) on some slabs is that it's to show a pedigree. It does sometimes seem a little odd to see a pedigree listed on a slab for a collector that is still alive and in this case, still very much active in collecting. To me it makes sense to make note on a slab of a pedigree such as Eliasberg, or Garrett, or Norweb. Collectors that are from the past, kind of like the hall of fame in music and in sports.

I've even seen dealers names noted as a pedigree on a slab. For example I've seen some noting a pedigree of Larry Shapiro. That just seems odd to me, but hey, it's just my own opinion.

Here is some interesting information on the Simpson Collection and why Mr. Simpson is breaking up some of the sets he has. Legend has been his main dealer for many years, and Laura Sperber has let out some insight on the reasoning behind the recent sales he has made.
http://www.legendcoin.com/cgi-bin/i...arket_report

The amazing comment is that his collection makes the current Pogue collection look low grade in comparison. If that is true (I assume it is, from what I know of his Registry sets) then WOW!