Whitman Publishing releases new updated edition of Pleasure and Profit: 100 Lessons for Building and Selling a Collection of Rare Coins

Whitman Publishing announces the release of the second edition of Pleasure and Profit: 100 Lessons for Building and Selling a Collection of Rare Coins, the award-winning memoir on collecting and investing in rare coins
by Robert W. Shippee. 

The 328-page book will debut at the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Baltimore Expo, February 28, 2019. After that, it can be ordered from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide, and online, for $19.95 retail.

Pleasure and ProfitIn Pleasure and Profit, longtime collector Robert Shippee reveals how he carefully assembled a meaningful collection of rare coins. His Waccabuc Collection of half cents through $20 gold double eagles sold at public auction for a profitable $1.5 million. Pleasure and Profit gathers the lessons he learned from buying and selling each of the nearly 150 coins.

Shippee provides real-world advice to guide other collectors on acquisition strategies, storage choices, and disposition options, in addition to commentary on auction firms, third-party grading services, famous dealers, numismatic personalities, market forces, and—with unflinching honesty—his laid-bare financial results.

Read more and see previews at Coin Update News.

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