iTaggit Announces "Gone Wishing" Contest

Make your wish come true by entering iTaggit’s Gone Wishing – longest wish list contest. Add the things you wish for to your public wish list during Nov. 19, 2007 – Dec. 26, 2007 and compete to win $300, $200, or $100 towards the purchase of an item on your wish list. Don’t forget to send your list out to all of your family and friends to be sure you get the hottest holiday gifts this season!

To Win the Gone Wishing - Longest Wish List Contest

1. Add items to your public wish list. The length of the wish lists are based on the number of items you have in your list.

2. For each item to qualify, it must have at least one picture and a title.

3. For wish lists to qualify, they must be public and be the original wish list provided when the iTaggit account was created.

4. Users may only have one wish list for the contest.

5. Have your list complete by 12pm CST on December 26.

Prizes:
1st place: Up to $300 towards an item on your Wish List.
2nd place: Up to $200 towards an item on your Wish List.
3rd Place: Up to $100 towards an item on your Wish List.

*Items must be in the user’s wish list BEFORE the conclusion of the contest.

Quick Tip:

With “Black Friday” and the holiday season fast approaching, we want to help you get what you want this holiday season. Use iTaggit’s “Send This Collection To a Friend” tool to e-mail your collection to your friends and increase your collection views. To do this:

1. View your collection;

2. Click on the item actions menu AND choose “Send This Collection to a Friend”

3. Enter as many email addresses as you would like and include a personal message to be sure you get what you want over the holidays!

Rare American Coin Collection Sold For $30 Million

According to an article from the Associated Press, an anonymous buyer has paid more than $30 million for a collection of rare U.S. Prototype coins, some from the 1700s, that never went into circulation, according to Laura Sperber, a partner in Legend Numismatics, who brokered the deal. The collection consists of around 1,000 coins that collectors refer to as pattern coins. They all have trial designs on them that never went into production because the U.S. Mint chose others. Gathering such a large collection of pattern coins is difficult because so few were created in the first place, and they were usually supposed to stay in the possession of the Mint, since they were, after all, the rejects. It took the seller about ten years to assemble the coin collection, which spans the period from 1792 to 1942. Highlights of the collection include test designs for the first pennies made in 1792 and six coins from 1872 that are often referred to as “Amazonian” patterns because the female figure portraying liberty is much stronger and regal looking than in earlier versions.

Until 1909, when Abraham Lincoln's face was immortalized on the penny, presidents weren't allowed on coins because, at the time, putting the nation's leader on a coin seemed too similar to the practice of kings being displayed on European coins. “To put an individual on coinage was considered very unrepublican because the people have the power in a republic,” said Douglas A. Mudd, Curator of the American Numismatic Association Money Museum. That wasn't considered the best example for a country less than a decade removed from the Revolutionary War. For more information, check out the original article.
Perhaps the new buyer, who preferred to be referred to as Mr. Simpson for security reasons, will post his new collection to iTaggit and let us help him organize his valuable pieces. 'Til then, be sure to post your coin collection to our gallery, and if you need help with appraisal estimates, enter them into our “What's My Item Worth” collection.