“Luckiest Amulet in the World”

June 24, 2018Uncategorizedcaesar rodney, coin, coinology, counter clash, ej gold, gorby, gorebagg, jal, jewelry, rare, rarity, reincarnation, rodney, variantgorebagg

Gorebaggs World

Would you like to own a copy of the Luckiest Coin Amulet in the World? Here’s how it works:

I send you a 1999-P Lucky Rodney Quarter in Bright Uncirculated condition.

Your 1999-P BU Lucky Rodney Quarter is TOUCHED to the Master Rodney Error Coin in its PCGS Slab Container.

Your coin is similar to the Master Coin, but it is not an Error Coin. It is a high grade NORMAL version of the 1999-P Delaware State Quarter with Caesar Rodney on the Reverse.

When I touch your NORMAL NON-ERROR coin to the Acrylic Slab containing The Master Rodney Counter-Clash Mint-Error Ultra-Rare Quarter, it causes the “Luck” to rub off onto your similar coin, like stroking a needle with a magnet.

You can try this experiment. Place the magnetized needle on a cork coaster, and watch it turn and float in the water, where it will come to rest, and accurately point both North and South, just like any other compass.

Maybe it’s time for YOU to find your own Million-Dollar Coin, while wearing your new Lucky Rodney Amulet! Continue reading →

EJ Gold — New Graphics: SCRIMSHAW LANDSCAPES

February 14, 2015Uncategorizedart, artwork, dover, ejgold, etching, gorby, gorebagg, graphics, paper, rare, scrim, scrimshawgorebagg

Amsterdam Canals Windy Afternoon, 2.4.15, signed & dated in the plate. — SCRIM1 — “Amsterdam Canals Windy Afternoon”, 2.4.15, signed & dated in the plate.

All of my Scrimshaw Landscapes come to you printed on rare, laid-linen Dover 17th century style handmade watermarked paper, the same paper used by Rembrandt, van Ostade and others. The original artwork is scratched into the plate with a small sharp point. The lighter lines are called “drypoint” and the heavier darker areas are called “burr”. The originals are not for sale, but stunning, fine-art prints are available now.

This edition is limited by the amount of the rare Dover paper available. It is no longer made. I have the world’s supply. It was a paper favored by book restorers who wanted to match the 17th century paper of the volume under conservation. The print is 100% archival and should outlast this civilization if left to age on its own. I have many 400 year old prints made on this type of paper, and they show only normal signs of age, no foxing, no staining, nothing but normal age, which in this case, means “microscopic”, no visible damage. Continue reading →

Circle of Johnson

May 19, 2014Uncategorizedaddison, antiquarian, books, ejgold, fowler, johnson, literary, pepys, rare, steele, swiftgorebagg

If you’ve just recently arrived on Planet Earth, you’ll probably have no idea who Samuel Johnson was, literarily speaking. I happen to have a full beautiful and crisp collection in my library of Circle of Johnson, all in very closely matching 18th century bindings, to wit:

Female Spectator in 4 Volumes, London: 1748, by Elizabeth Fowler, one of the inventors of the modern novel, and one of the most important female literary figure of her time.

Miscellaneous Works in Verse & Prose in 3 Volumes with 4th volume Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, by Joseph Addison, London: 1767.

The Rambler in 4 Volumes, London: 1771. Published as a small periodical from 1750 to 1752, this is a fine, crisp set of the 1771 edition.

The World in 4 Volumes, London: 1772, by Adam Fitz-Adam. An important milestone in English Literature.

The Guardian in 2 Volumes, London: 1767, Addison & Steele’s major contribution to the Literary field, and one of the most important “Coffee-House” periodicals of its time.

The Tatler in 4 Volumes, London: 1764; the definitive contribution of three major Literary Figures of the 18th Century, Richard Addison, Joseph Steele and Jonathan Swift (Gulliver’s Travels).

This set is offered at a very modest $5000 to benefit the Ashram. You can donate directly to IDHHB, Inc. and I will carefully ship the books to you from my library, where they’ve been for the past 25 years. I still have the invoice from Ursus Books in NYC — I’m asking exactly what was paid 25 years ago, regardless of the fact that, although the books have retained their value, the money hasn’t.

I also have an incredible 10 volume set, to wit:

Diary of Samuel Pepys, Edited with additions by Henry Wheatley, 10 Volumes, with 10 frontispiece engravings, 30 illustrations, 3 fold-out pedigrees and one fold-out map not called for in the register. Bound in breathtakingly beautiful full green polished calf, London: George Bell & Sons, 1904, first unexpurgated edition and UNCUT!!!

I’m asking $1850 for this full incredibly RARE uncut set of Samuel Pepys. Again, it came from Ursus Books in New York City; Ursus is among the 10 most highly respected booksellers in the world.

These are only two of the items I have on my Antiquarian Bookseller’s Shelf. Would you like to know more? You have but to ask. I am hoping to pass on my book trader’s skills to someone who will take over the shop and run it, learning to buy as well as sell rare books and prints. No one I know who is in this profession hates to go to work in the morning.

See You At The Top!!!

gorby

To Rembrandt or Not To Rembrandt — The Money Issues

May 12, 2012Uncategorizedart, collectables, collectibles, market, moey, prints, rare, rembrandtgorebagg

These are original 17th century lifetime impressions produced by Rembrandt van Rijn in Holland, about 1640-ish. They come from very powerful collections with great and unusually clear provenance, meaning they can be traced back to previous owners quite far in the past. Pieces like this generally sell for anywhere from $24,000 to $150,000 for the very rare “St. Jerome in a Dark Chamber”, which came from the collection of Theodore Donson, the world’s most famous Rembrandt collector today. So how come if you brought these into a gallery or a dealer, the best they could offer would be a hundred bucks each, and that’s FRAMED!!! If you don’t get what the game is, tune in Saturday morning at 6;30 a.m. for a serious tutorial on selling stuff into a bad economy. There’s an ART to it, not just dumb luck or running full-tilt against a brick wall. See you on the ICW. If you don’t know how to join us there, ASK!!!

Peace,

gorby