K & F Auction Of Margo Russell's Library Success...

Congratulations on the additions.

So far fred has been a super guy to deal with, I sent in my references to be able to participate in his auctions rather than pay 25% up front, he approved me as my references with other book dealers this past year is pretty good (I spent more on books than coins).

I download the catalog in pdf format well before the sale and make up a want list of various item, I spend several days researching these first, seeing how much previous ones have sold for, etc. (one item I've been watching on ebay at $15.00 but haven't purchased for more than 3 months), I saw in Fred's sale went unsold in his last auction and was up again for bids, so I bid the minimum of $5.00 and won it. Others I based what I was willing to pay, cut out a few lots as better copies were coming up in other sales, then completed a DL'd bid sheet and faxed it in to Fred, you can also email or call him directly with your bids. THEN I Wait for the PRL to be announced and found out I had won 4 of 7 items, one I lost out bY $1.00 - dang it. He will invoice me later this week and then I pay, simple really. There is (on most all auctions) a buyers fee, Fred is 15%, K&F is 17.5%, then a per lot charge for packing FL - ¢.75 (max $3.00) and the shipping costs to be added in to your winning bids, which will be on the final invoice. Pay and you get the books.

On to part 2 of the Margo Russell auction yesterday; I really had my heart set on 2 lots, I ended up with 4, while there were over 9 lots on my want list, I just couldn't afford them all this month. Prices were strong on the pieces I wanted, except the 2 I REALLY wanted (YAY!). So now I'm just waiting for the invoice, I have completed my set of Numismatic Scrapbook magazines. I bought complete sets of the first 3 years. The first issue was less than 200 printed and not many kept over the years. As you can imagine, for a first issue of a magazine, not really many subscribers yet, so they were most likely given out for free to dealers, and others that would not be keen on keeping much clutter around for long in a busy shop.

Q. David Bowers classifies the Numismatic Scrapbook, as one of his most important and often referenced, as well as read items, in his personal library. It contains a snapshot of the coin marketplace from the mid to late 1930's on through 1976 when the magazine ended. Bowers ran his very first advertisement in the year of 1955 in the publication.

Feel great to complete another set of a really hard to complete collection.

Congrats


I received my copy of the Bugert's book on San Francisco minted halves and have been flipping through it.


-MV