Rod Burress This is Me

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1. 1. Large Cents

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   Published on: 2/9/2008   Last Visited: 2/9/2008

   While ordering a 1797 S-147 (R5) in net G5, full bold date with typical porosity, from the monthly price list issued by Rod Burress (the secretary for EAC,) he asks me whether I'm attending the EAC sale in Virginia. I say I won't be able to attend, but that I'll probably mail bids on some of the coins. Rod mentions that he acts as a bidding agent at sales and charges 3% of a coin's hammer price. If I don't get the coin he's bidding for, I don't pay anything.
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   I send a list of large cents I'm interested in to Rod, and he'll examine the coins at the convention. I agree to call Rod at a certain time in his hotel room, and he'll give me his assessment of each cent and what it may possibly sell for. Rod's prices are higher than mine, so I agree to raise my prices, which should give me a better chance of landing some coins. Rod also suggests that I give him a dollar limit, because getting all eleven coins could be more than I could afford. He's right, of course.
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   But Rod had a small surprise for me. Because I hadn't won any cents with my first eight bids, he raised my last three bids by 10% and managed to win the S-238 (R4), which he thought was undergraded at VG10 and which he got for me at the hammer price of $145, only $5 more than my original bid.

2. 2. OfficersText

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   Published on: 9/7/2007   Last Visited: 9/7/2007

   Vice President/Membership: Rod Burress Cincinnati, Ohio

3. 3. Large Cents

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   Published on: 3/29/2002   Last Visited: 2/9/2008

   Rod Burress, the membership chairman of EAC, went to the auction and placed bids on behalf of individuals not able to attend the auction in person. He helped 15 collectors, including myself, acquire a '93 cap.