{"product_id":"pleasure-profit-robert-w-shippee-9780794847135","title":"Pleasure \u0026 Profit: 100 Lessons for Building and Selling a Coin Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePleasure and Profit: 100 Lessons for Building and Selling a Collection of Rare Coins, 2nd edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the updated second edition of his award-winning book, Robert W. Shippee reveals how he got serious about building a meaningful collection of rare coins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis carefully assembled Waccabuc Collection of half cents through $20 gold double eagles sold at public auction for a profitable $1.5 million. The first edition of Pleasure and Profit quickly became one of the most talked-about books on collecting and investing in U.S. coins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLongtime hobbyists read it and said, \"I wish I'd had a guide like this when I started collecting.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this edition Shippee updates the market reports on most of the coins in his case-study collection. He expands his discussion of rare-coin indexes, and his comparison of coins vs. the stock market. And he makes a new analysis of his coins by denomination, tracking where they would be, value-wise, a decade-plus after their sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith greater knowledge comes greater confidence as a collector, Shippee says. Now you can learn from his spectacular successes and perhaps even more from his costly mistakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind out for yourself why Q. David Bowers calls \u003cem\u003ePleasure and Profit\u003c\/em\u003e \"one of the most useful books in American numismatics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert W. Shippee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0794847137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780794847135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitman Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Robert W. Shippee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372768579839,"sku":"9780794847135","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ae5a1c0-13c8-4826-8b1a-7efe44ed0f2d.jpg?v=1732726905","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pleasure-profit-robert-w-shippee-9780794847135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}