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David Lawrence Rare Coins Acquires “King of Barber Coinage”

Posted by John Brush at 5 March, 2010, 12:19 am - (4) Comment
Categories: Brush's Blog, DLRC (David Lawrence Rare Coins), News

While attending the Whitman Coin Expo in Baltimore, Maryland this week, I was lucky enough to be the designated bidder for David Lawrence Rare Coins (DLRC) at the show's official auction by Bowers and Merena Auctions. As the auction approached, the finest known 1901-S Barber Quarter was to be offered as lot 737. Graded by PCGS as MS-68, this item is, without question, the nicest… Continued...

Summer Sunset Collection is Around the Corner!

Posted by John Brush at 25 August, 2009, 4:04 pm - (0) Comment
Categories: Brush's Blog, DLRC (David Lawrence Rare Coins), DLRC Auctions, News

Three weeks before the ANA, we got an email from a customer who was looking to sell his coin collection. We get quite a few of these per week, but the list that soon accompanied the email was rather large, to the tune of nearly 1000 coins. Unfortunately I couldn't make it to his home in Florida that week to view the collection, but we were able… Continued...

David Lawrence’s Ramblings from Long Beach

Posted by John Brush at 10 February, 2009, 10:30 am - (0) Comment
Categories: Brush's Blog, DLRC (David Lawrence Rare Coins), News

As Bill Gates was releasing non-malaria infested mosquitoes into the crowd next door, John Feigenbaum and I, from David Lawrence Rare Coins, were burning the rubber soles on our shoes, trouncing around the bourse floor at the Long Beach Coin Show. Pre-show business was acceptable, and all of the major dealers seemed to be in attendance. While LB isn't what it once was, we were able to make a couple of… Continued...

And We’ll Have Fun, Fun, Fun

Posted by John Brush at 13 January, 2009, 4:51 pm - (1) Comment
Categories: Brush's Blog

Business was a little slow to start off amongst the typical pre-show attendees. However, once people started getting warmed up, it did improve. I attribute the lack of business early on amongst the dealers as a lack of motivation. Several dealers were obviously there to do business, while others were more interested in card games and enjoying the Florida sun. If you know John and I, we were determined to… Continued...

Another One Bites the Dust…

Posted by John Brush at 31 December, 2008, 10:19 am - (0) Comment
Categories: Brush's Blog

With only a few hours remaining in 2008,  I thought I'd try to recap my travels of a wandering numismatist from the past year... It all started out in January, as usual with the FUN show in Orlando. It was definitely one of the busiest shows of the year for us, and our 7 day adventure proved to be fruitful as we bought a lot, sold a lot, and rested very… Continued...

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