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 Friday, April 27, 2007
Babel
Posted by tom
Tom's Recommended Film of the Week
Most of this week I've been watching Helen Mirren films, but I'm going to cheat a bit for this weeks recommended film and choose one I viewed a few weeks back called Babel, starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It's an intersection type of story with good world ties, fine acting and an interesting moral message. What I take from Babel is the idea that no matter how small we think the world has become through quicker communication methods, we are all still pretty isolated. We stand alone, though we touch many, many lives every day, every minute and our decisions have far reaching effects.
For more information and reviews of Babel you might like to check out the Internet Movie Database. IMDb has tons of information on all films, plus reviews from users and lots of good biographical and filmography data. In fact, for your future reference I think I'll add IMDb to my link list.
Tom's Recommended Film of the Week
4/27/2007 5:26:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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Posted by tom
Friday Fix
London pm fixes for 4-27-07
Gold $677.50
Silver $13.35
Platinum $1281.00
Palladium $371.00
Friday Fix
4/27/2007 11:27:59 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Posted by tom
KP Update
Work is almost finished on the 2nd edition of The Standard Catalog of World Coins 21st Century and the brand new Standard Catalog of Modern World Gold Coins 1st edition. Editorial work has been completed on both books, and they are now in the hands of our fine production and design staffs, who will wrap them up and send them off to the printers within the next three weeks. By early July both books should be available for purchase.
Begining now and running through the summer months the editorial staff will be working on new editions of the 18th Century Standard Catalog of World Coins 4th edition and an expanded 5th edition of the ever popular Unusual World Coins . By the beginning of August we should have all editorial content set for the 18th Century book, while content for Unusual World Coins will be wrapped up by the end of September. If anyone has comments, additions, or suggestions for these two catalogs, just drop me a line!
KP Update
4/27/2007 10:46:02 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Snippets of fun stuff
Posted by tom
Auction Lot of the Week
I’m always looking at auction lots, both on line and in catalogs, so each week I’ll share with you one of the more unusual ones I’ve come across.  Tom’s Inescapable TruthsWe’ll attempt to inject a little humor into this Blog with some funny little quips on family and office life.  Price Change of the WeekValues are continually being changed in our database. Each week I’ll cue you in to a single price change of prominent significance. Tom’s Recommended Film of the Week I watch a lot of movies, so each week, just for fun, you’ll get to find out which one I thought was the best.  Focus Country
Here I will try to give you a little news you can use. This segment will feature a country, which is on the move price wise, or has some significant news worthy event happening that day or week. Friday FixEach Friday I’ll post the precious metals closes, London fix.  Commemorative Showdown!With commemortive coinage exploding all over the market, I thought it would be interesting to create ratios of population compared to number of commemorative coin types by country. Over time we'll be able to rank counties by their ratios to see which ones produce the most commeorative coins per capita. Population data will be derived from the CIA website, while commemorative type totals will be compiled from the Standard Catalog of World Coins database for issues from 1901 to present.  Old to New – Book ReviewA guide to building a working numismatic library, based on brief reviews of older references and classic auction catalogs, along with reviews of new works and recent auction sales of significance. KP UpdateFor those who like to be in the know, I'll give you the inside track on what Standard catalogs and other new coin books are on the horizon from Krause Publications, plus Numismaster updates and news of other web offerings.
Auction Lot of the Week | Commemorative Showdown! | Focus Country | Friday Fix | KP Update | Old to New - Book Review | Price Change of the Week | Tom's Inescapable Truths | Tom's Recommended Film of the Week
4/24/2007 5:49:59 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Welcome
Posted by tom
Welcome to my Blog! Here’s your chance to peer a little way into my mind and learn a bit about the way I think, the things I feel are significant and the way I view the world in it’s ever shifting facets. It’s been almost 20 years that I’ve been charged with the responsibility of market analysis for the standard Catalog of World Coins series. During that time I’ve had the privilege of working with some great numismatists! I’ve also had the opportunity to refine the catalogs, bring some old books back to life, start a few new ones and in general, give back to the hobby that opened me up to a wider world as a child. It’s been fun, and I’m looking forward to this new venture as an even more efficient means to better communication and idea exchange among my friends, associates and those who use KP products. Each Wednesday I’ll make some kind of text based Blog entry. During the other days of the week I plan on putting up a few snippets of fun stuff from the list displayed in my next blog entry. Some you’ll see weekly, others only on occasion. You’ll be able to follow threads on these short entries in the category section on the left hand navigation bar, just check by title, or you can scan the Blog field for the icons and titles. Just so you know what I’m up to I’ve included a brief explanation of each one in the next posting. Read, enjoy, get riled up, agree, disagree and above all, feel free to comment at will!
4/24/2007 12:10:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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