IN OTHER NEWS: MAY 20, 2018

A Tour of the May 2018 PAN Show

Longtime PAN member Patrick McBride walks you around an actual coin show. You will meet the dealers and what they deal. Find out why the PAN Coin Show is such a favorite for numismatic events.

To read the complete video, see:
CoinTelevision: So You Want to Attend a PAN Coin Show? VIDEO: 10:00. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raIKeNFyCpE)

More Recollections of John Pett

To read the complete article, see:
John Pett remembered by his friends (http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/John-Pett-remembered-by-his-friends/4?&id=5350)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
JOHN PETT (1951-2018) (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n17a11.html)
IN OTHER NEWS: MAY 6, 2018 : More on John Pett (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n18a36.html)

Article Profiles eBay Arts & Collectibles Lead Sam Bright

With his jeans and sneakers and unassuming demeanor, Sam Bright fits right in. But there’s an unmistakable intensity to this head of eBay’s multi-billion dollar Arts & Collectibles platform that hints at great depth beneath the surface, as well as the reasons for his unparalleled success.

With more than 50 million listings, from sports memorabilia to comics and cryptocurrency, Arts & Collectibles had its most profitable year at eBay in 2017—Bright’s first at its helm. While the company refuses to release exact figures, Bright says, “2017 was the marketplace’s highest gross merchandise volume year for the total Art & Collectibles category in the Americas. Additionally, the category had the highest absolute dollar gross merchandise volume ever, across five [sub] categories.”

“Art & Collectibles housed more than any other vertical in my mind,” says Bright. “Where else could I go from sourcing and servicing Elvis’ piano to partnering with [designer] Brad Ford to decorate the most expensive penthouse in New York?” The position also gives Bright an inside track for growing his own collection of Morgan silver dollars, gold bullion, and the occasional bit of Black Panther-themed swag. But the goods eBay sells don’t get Bright as excited as the good he believes he can do there.

To read the complete article, see:
SAM BRIGHT HAS THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TOUCH AT EBAY (http://www.blackenterprise.com/meet-sam-bright-ebays-golden-bullion-boy/)

Ships Unearthed in Virginia

Nestled in centuries of dirt and debris, several well-preserved ships and artifacts have been unearthed that offer a glimpse of life at what was once one of the busiest ports in the North American colonies.

At the site for Robinson Landing, a new townhouse and condominium development along the Potomac River here, excavations have uncovered the protruding, curved wooden bones of the ships. Three ships were scuttled and buried here centuries ago as Alexandria sought to expand its land into the deeper waters of the river.

The ships, she said, are by far the most striking discovery for the local community. But the urban archaeologists, who are required by city law to be present on any construction site, also found a trove of ordinary items that highlight what colonial residents were using, discarding and trading.

In the rubble of privies and the crumbled foundations of buildings, they found seeds, beads, pins, animal bones and a few pieces of jewelry. There were tokens from Newgate Prison in London and Spanish and Irish coins, signaling the beginnings of international trade.

To read the complete article, see:
Ships Unearthed in Virginia Offer Glimpse of Colonial Era (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/science/ships-archaeology-alexandria.html)

The Inventor of Time Banking?

The Lesson: Everyone has value and there are no throwaway people – which is why Dr. Edgar Cahn invented Time Banking: a currency built off reciprocating talents, time, and experience that is bringing communities around the world together and opening up new worlds of value and connections.

Notable Excerpt: “I feel that people, if you give most people a chance, would say, ‘I’d love to think of myself as a kind, decent human being. How can I do that?’ When you ask them politically, they feel alienated from a system that has sent them a message that they don’t matter; that their voices don’t matter. I think it’s a matter … of using vehicles that say you can create alternatives. I think we need a whole mentoring squad to make that feel real. I think Peace Corps did that. I think that there were times when we had that as a dominant culture. When the hot thing to do was not to be negative, but at least being negative gives you an identity if you don’t have any other options and I just think that time banking is neither left nor right – [it is] only respect for human beings, only respect for capacity and if we begin to appeal to the capacity of people to be bigger than themselves, I think they will respond.”

To read the complete article, see:
This ‘Currency’ Lets People Trade Talents in Exchange For Services (https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-currency-lets-people-trade-talents-in-exchange-for-services/)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
EURO CRISIS REVIVES TIME BANKS AND LABOR EXCHANGE NOTES (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n37a24.html)
LABOR EXCHANGE CURRENCY IN THE UNITED STATES (http://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n01a32.html)

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