Laura Sperber

Legend Numismatic Market Report We did not expect things to be so good on tax week-boy were we wrong! In fact, we actually were partially...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .......   Journal entries from the founder of Legend Numismatics, Laura Sperber, help you stay current with the real happenings...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ……. We've all heard that phrase. What does it have to do with Long Beach? The show had decent attendence (even with...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   Legend Coin Market Report - AN UNEXPECTED GREAT SHOW - ALMOST LIKE OLD TIMES We can not believe how...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics....   Unusual Activity We can only make observations and report on what Legend did. Last week featured extra ordinary activity in the beginning....

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics Market Report We know people think we are wrong for comparing the two. We are are NOT making a...

As we have been predicting, the market is coming back By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   AS THE SEASONS CHANGE This is not only summer sliding...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ……. LEGEND BREAKS UP THE MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HALL/SIMPSON $10 LIBERTY SET No, Bob Simpson is NOT dumping or selling...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics A BLOCKBUSTER SHOW? We think it was pretty close. So far we have only heard ONE single complaint about someone...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ....   WE CAN'T BELIEVE IT We thought May would be a decent month. So far, it's turning out to be a record-breaking...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics Hot Topics THE OPINIONS AND COMMENTS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE THOSE OF THE WRITER ALONE  AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics A TRIBUTE Recently the dealer community lost two world class dealers-David Akers and Chuck Walanka. David Akers was our hero and...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   We'll be brutally honest - the coin market is very choppy. You can say its slowed and cry...

THE STAFF OF THE BALTIMORE SHOW IS THE BEST! Mary Counts, David Chrensaw, and Lori Hamrick and staff, put on the best commercial show there...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ...... LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION We’ll be blunt: Anaheim for sure was a VERY poor choice to hold a major coin show. California’s...

Laura Sperber - Hot Topics After a year or two of dodging the bullet, this week at CSNS the all mighty PNG will be voting...

Hot Topics by Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics Consolidation in reverse! I expected a few firms to fold and smaller dealers to shut. Out of...

THE MARKET IS STATUS QUO By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics ......... Its hard to have a really robust market place when 2 major auctions with...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .............. Sorry Long Beach Show owners, we do not go to coin shows to see Dennis Rodman signing autographs....

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics LONG BEACH-32 YEARS AND.... We have been coming to this show for over 32 years now. All we can do...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics .....   FUN WAS MYSTERIOUS First we must commend the FUN people for running a great show. Having it in Tampa...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics....   LOVE THE NEW LEVELS We're not going to fluff things. The market clearly is soft-in certain areas. Not good to...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .......   REALLY? For years now coin doctoring and gradeflation have been two of if not the biggest problems with the...

ANY GIVEN SHOW We've all heard the term "any given Sunday" referring to the fact any NFL team can win on any Sunday (not just...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics CoinWeek Content Partner For Legend, a week of no shows did not mean no business. We blew past  $1,000,000.00...

By ANA Board Member Laura Sperber ........ NO COMPLAINTS FROM ME Now that I am a year into being on the board, I am sad to...

HOT TOPICS By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics At the FUN Show John Albanese and the committee he has formed (to define coin doctoring)...

OF COURSE WE TOLD YOU SO! We're not trying to be everyones warm and fuzzy friend, tell you how many cokes we drank at the...

We'd be lying if we said we had a great week. Its annoying to have a really good FUN Show only to come home...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   AN EXCELLENT STATE SHOW We attended the Summer FUN Show specifically to meet with a customer. We did not...