Let me tell you, surviving Stacks’ Long Beach Show revival felt like running a marathon through a minefield. Six months ago, I was drowning in dealer […]

How I Lost $4,750 at My First Coin Auction My first GreatCollections auction cost me $4,750 in preventable mistakes. Like many collectors, I got stars in […]

I’ve Been Hunting These Rare Coins for Five Years. Here’s What Nobody Tells You About Building a Double Dime Set. When I bought my first twenty-cent […]

That Sinking Feeling When eBay’s Notification Hits Your Inbox After selling over 5,000 collectibles on eBay, I considered myself scam-proof. Then last February, I lost $300 […]

I’ve Been Through the eBay Negotiation Wringer – Here’s What Actually Works After six years and hundreds of eBay sales, I thought I knew all the […]

I Lost My Coin Collecting Bible – Here’s How It Cost Me $3,500 and Changed Everything Six months ago, I experienced every collector’s worst fear. My […]

For six months, my kitchen table disappeared beneath coin tubes and magnifying glasses. Let me share what my Lincoln cent obsession taught me – the hard […]

This Coin Cost Me $217 – Here’s What Actually Happened Let me tell you why I spent $217 on a coin supposedly worth $75. Six months […]

My 6-Month Morgan Dollar Obsession: 7 Painful Lessons From a New Collector When I decided to collect all 13 Carson City Morgan Dollars last January, I […]