Laura Sperber

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   GIVING THANKS For sure, this year was slightly better than this time last year. The plunge had been quick...

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 .......   AUCTION BUYING I want to make it clear - this is not a self serving Hot Topics. I am...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   ANA NOT DIGESTED We all figured having a Long Beach Show only three weeks after the ANA Show in...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .......   ON/OFF Last week in the office was very quiet. It's like the light switch was flipped off. Only a...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics .......   If you think this Hot Topics sounds like a broken record... yes, it does. I can never say...

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...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ......   We’re sitting here in Las Vegas at the end of the PCGS Invitational Show writing this rare coin market report....

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

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics Market Report ........   Our show started VERY strong. Our first shot regular (we call him “super secret buyer”) made...

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 .....   SORT OF TYPICAL FOR A MID WINTER SHOW While the ANA works hard to put on a good show,...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ....   THE SHOW We never can say enough great things about the PCGS Invitationals in Las Vegas. They are by far 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 .....   FUN WAS MYSTERIOUS First we must commend the FUN people for running a great show. Having it in Tampa...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics ........ We're going to be brutally frank here. In our strong opinion, three issues have constrained the market recently: lack...

It's always a really good sign to walk in and your "super secret" seller gives you a thumbs up and says they are already...

First, we'd like to commend Stack's and Sotheby's on the wonderful job they did producing the sale. Everything from the catalog to the auctioneer...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics....   THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER! Finally, the sale that is so huge and dynamic that it actually stopped the upper...

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....   This was certainly not the booming CSNS Shows we remember attending years ago in Indy or St Louis. It's...

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 .......   I'M READY TO JUMP OUT OF MY SKIN!  Why will people pay crazy money in auction-when I can sell...

THE PCGS INVITATIONAL-ONE OF THE VERY BEST SHOWS This show can blow away several majors in many ways. We really can't stress enough how these...

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 ……. This past week was like we took our first big breath of fresh air for 2015. After suffering through...

By Laura Sperber – Legend Numismatics ……. Came home to frigid temps and snow on the ground. YUCK! It was even more frigid at the...

2014 WAS THE YEAR FROM HELL Can't say 2014 was a good year for myself or The Legend companies. We would have our good months,...

LAS VEGAS Typical for the Las Vegas PCGS Invitational for us, we did really well on the bourse floor-and crapped out on 8's on the...

By Laura Sperber - Legend Numismatics......... WE SEE IMPROVEMENT!  Seems like people have settled down and are back in "coin mode" again. In October what hit...