Sample Slab Book Review

Tryna
Well I see you don't collect the samples but that is OK. But you should have some knowledge of them.
FWIW: You can cherry pick the samples up in many different places. Most dealers don't want them but there is a following for them and on ebay the few collectors of samples pay strong prices for the rare ones. And this book will make the market stronger for them. I have been collecting them for a number of years now and I admit that I probably know most of the sample slab collectors, just from the posts on the different forums.
No I don't think there will be a Slab World but there is a web site call sampleslabs. and samplecoinslabs, PCGS and Coin World has done articles on them, Heritage has a listing of them at their site. So it is a growing market for them. There are no samples that cost $1000's. but samples have sold for over $500. currently on ebay looking at the closed listings here:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-US-/2...mple&_sop=16

There is 320 listing of samples that have sold in just the last 90 days. Now I think that there are alot of people that are collecting samples.

RJP - I'm not an independent observer as I helped David with information incorporated into the book.

However, your later note is EXACTLY why we need this book. Most of the sites you mention - Heritage, here at CCF - they are all copies of parts of the data the late Cam Keifer posted at SampleSlabs.com

From the note at the bottom here at CCF:

Can someone explain what a "sample slab" is?

Thanks for the info and the links.