Awesome Coins

1840 $10 Liberty "No Motto" Gold ICG Au-53 US $756.00 (16 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 16:29:08 PDT

(3)-THREE ST. GAUDEN'S Mini Gold Coins 22kt-HGE FREE SH US $3.50 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 17:26:01 PDT

1894-O Ten Dollar Gold Eagle NGC AU 58 US $693.09 (17 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 18:03:23 PDT

1901-O Ten Dollar Gold Eagle NGC AU 58 US $661.75 (7 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 18:09:38 PDT

2000 United States $10 Gold Eagle 1/4 Ounce BU US $313.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 18:30:29 PDT

2007 Early Rease Gold Coin Eagle G$10 MS70 1/4oz Gold US $400.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 18:47:47 PDT

1895-O Liberty Gold Eagle $10 - GEM BU - KEY MS Coin! US $1,985.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 19:13:08 PDT

1906-D Liberty Gold Eagle $10 - GEM BU - KEY MS Coin! US $1,865.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 19:26:01 PDT

1908-D Indian Gold Eagle GEM BU - Rare MS KEY Coin! US $2,695.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 19:39:03 PDT

1/4 OZ GOLD EAGLE COIN AMERICAN LIBERTY NICE BULLION US $311.00 (10 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 19:45:37 PDT

1897 $10 Liberty Head PCGS MS62 +++OLD GREEN HOLDER+++ US $820.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 19:49:07 PDT

1888 S - U.S $10 Gold Liberty W/ Motto CH XF US $685.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 19:49:19 PDT

1847 Liberty Head $10 Eagle PCGS XF45 - Great Coin! US $829.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 20:00:01 PDT

1912 Ten Dollar $10 Gold Indian Head Coin US $689.00 (12 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 20:01:15 PDT

1881 Gold Eagle, Coronet Type $10 Coin...a must see! US $585.00 (4 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 20:17:56 PDT

1850 $10 dollar liberty gold coin VF (dealer quote) US $628.02 (14 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 20:19:53 PDT

1893 Gold Eagle, Coronet Type $10 Coin...a must see! US $595.00 (4 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 20:21:23 PDT

1884-S Liberty Gold Eagle $10 - GEM BU - KEY MS Coin! US $2,395.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 20:49:14 PDT

30 pcs. US $10 Liberty Gold Eagles (almost 15 ounces) US $24,990.00 End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 20:55:43 PDT

1892 S LIBERTY HEAD $10 GOLD EAGLE AU NO RESERVE US $510.00 (24 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 21:00:17 PDT

1847 Ten Dollar Gold Coin US $633.00 (9 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 21:00:38 PDT

1996 $10 gold eagle ngc ms69 US $325.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 21:07:37 PDT

40 pcs US $10 Liberty Gold Coins-almost 20 oz. of gold US $31,900.00 End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 21:25:26 PDT

1887 10 DOLLAR GOLD LIBERTY EAGELE COIN US $511.51 (9 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 21:49:31 PDT

(3)-THREE ST. GAUDEN'S Mini Gold Coins 22kt-HGE FREE SH US $3.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Wednesday Mar-17-2010 22:17:38 PDT

1894 $10 LIBERTY GOLD DOUBLE EAGLE ~ NGC MS - 61 PL US $3,500.00 End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 0:21:35 PDT

1909-S US GOLD $10 Indian Head Eagle S Mintmark US $510.00 (2 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 0:23:28 PDT

1913-S Indian $10 Eagle Gold Certified Anacs AU-58 N/R US $766.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 9:09:37 PDT

1892-S U.S.$10 EAGLE LIBERTY GOLD COIN US $650.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 9:14:32 PDT

1892 US CORONET EAGLE TEN DOLLAR GOLD COIN US $749.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 10:06:55 PDT

******1851 $10 LIBERTY HEAD GOLD EAGLE****** US $600.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 10:13:47 PDT

40 U.S.Liberty Type $10.00 gold pieces. Minted pre 1908 US $26,975.00 End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 10:35:57 PDT

10 U.S.Liberty Type $10.00 gold pieces. Minted pre 1908 US $6,795.00 End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 10:36:00 PDT

10 U.S.Indian Type $10.00 gold pieces. Minted pre 1917 US $7,150.00 End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 10:36:03 PDT

1913 $10 Indian Eagle Gold US $1,050.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 11:04:36 PDT

Very Nice 1901 Liberty Gold COIN US $405.00 (7 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 11:16:10 PDT

2003 $10 GOLD EAGLE MS 70 PROOF ICG US $31.00 (3 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 11:36:45 PDT

1911 Ten Dollar Eagle Gold Coin US $575.00 (11 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 11:56:07 PDT

2000 NGC MS-69 $10 Gold Quarter Ounce Uncirculated US $305.97 (13 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 12:19:40 PDT

1891 S $20 GOLD CORONET HEAD DOUBLE EAGLE BU NGC MS62 US $2,495.00 End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 13:04:00 PDT

GEM 1894 $10 GOLD CORONET HEAD EAGLE BU NGC MS62 ms 62 US $1,049.00 End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 13:09:33 PDT

Proof 2007 Martha Washington Gold Spouse Wooden Box COA US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 13:29:18 PDT

2007 UNC Abigail Adams Gold Spouse Wooden Box Set COA US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 13:29:20 PDT

4 U.S. First Spouse Gold Coin Washington Adams Monroe+ US $2,300.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 13:42:01 PDT

1888-S $10.00 Liberty Gold Coin Nice US $575.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 14:01:56 PDT

1913 PCGS AU58 $10 Gold Eagle Indian Rare coin US $660.13 (7 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 15:59:09 PDT

1906-S Mint $10 Ten Dollar Gold Coin US $657.03 (22 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 16:00:06 PDT

1907 Ten Dollar Indian Head Gold Coin US $651.99 (8 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 16:02:36 PDT

1907 Mint $10 Ten Dollar Gold Indian Head US $990.00 (17 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 16:04:39 PDT

1895-O Mint $10 Ten Dollar Gold Coin US $585.00 (6 Bids) End Date: Thursday Mar-18-2010 16:09:59 PDT

guest post by mikl-em

Congrats to San Francisco artist Josh Ellingson, a long-time friend & co-conspirator of Laughing Squid, on being featured in the Fresh section of the Communication Arts website. CA is the largest international trade journal of visual communications.

Bay area art fans with their eyes open have probably noticed Josh’s work in recent years in local weeklies, major magazines, posters for parties and concerts, or galleries and stores in San Francisco and beyond. Josh has designed ads, posters, and postcards for Laughing Squid over the years, too. The image below was one of the first in the Laughing Squid postcard series.

Josh will be at the Wondercon convention this week in San Francisco at Moscone Center South, you’ll find him in Artists’ Alley. He’ll have some new prints, making their exclusive debut at the convention.

In Josh’s own words from the Communication Arts piece:

I’m influenced by popular culture, particularly television and movies, and I’ve also always been a fan of comic books and collectible toys. I’m enamored with science and scientific advancements and lately, astronomy has had a big impact on my work. There’s something about the scale of the cosmic level that makes my brain buzz.

Josh has had exciting things happening. In addition to the CA feature his work has recently appeared on TV, in art shows in Arizona & South Carolina (upcoming), on limited edition tequila bottles, and in outer space. So it seemed overdue to cover some of the cool stuff he’s been up to since Scott last posted about him in July ‘08.

First off, that art-in-space thing. The illustration below, featuring burlesque icon Dirty Martini was chosen to be included in the first ever art show at the International Space Station, which is in orbit around a small blue planet called Earth.

In the images below, you can see Josh’s piece, fittingly entitled “Dirty Martini and the Birth of the Space Program”, on a wall of the space station:

There it is, over the shoulder of the ‘naut on the far left. Possibly the first Dirty Martini in space. Not likely, but possible.

Last month back on Earth, fellow bay artist KRK Ryden curated a show called “The Panelists”, featuring art that celebrates the comic book panel. It happened at Pravus Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona, where Josh’s work appeared alongside pieces by KRK, Mark Mothersbaugh, Niagara, Mark George, and many others.

Josh wrote about his wild time in PHX and there’s a blog about the show & artists. Here’s a video that Josh shot while he was there that shows everyone’s killer art…

The next gallery show for Josh will feature his brand new series “Carrying Home”. It’s a solo show at South Carolina State University running from Mar 23-April 14. Here’s one of the pieces, Vice, that will be up:

Back to last year, Ellingson-on-television happened in a surprising meeting of Reality TV and a Great Old One. The TLC show LA Ink shot a scene in the offices of Boom-Studios who happened to have Josh’s artwork on their walls. In fact it’s the cover art Josh designed for a comic that Boom published called Cthulhu Tales: The Rising. The door-sized image hangs proudly in their conference room.

Josh heard about it on the night of the show, and quickly ballyhooed it up on Twitter.

Here’s the original illustration, unsullied by TLC watermark, UPC symbol, or Josh’s Kraftwerk imitation…

No slight on Josh, but it’s rather a handsome take on Cthulhu, don’t you think?

Saving the boozed for last (or penultimate anyway), last year Josh also got a high profile, high concept gig, when he and a few other artists were selected to design custom bottles of 1800 tequila. What results are some really stunning alcoholic vessels.

Josh has more pix on his flickr stream, including shots of the billboards and sneakers that 1800 made of his work. NOTCOT.org has a post with great pix of the collection.

The original artwork is entitled “Eagle with Baby Dragons” (below).

Finally, here’s a short selection of the great posters that Josh created last year and throughout history…

This April you can go check out the Ellingson atelier in person when the Spring 2009 Mission Open Studios is on. Josh works out of the bustling 1890 Bryant Street Studios where he shares a large space with several other great local artists and the granddaddy of internet radio stations SOMA FM. Together they call themselves Local 303 and next month marks their 3rd anniversary in the space. Here’s some pix of their work and play over the years.

Okay, Josh, don’t do anything else for a while, okay?

photos & illustrations by Joshua Ellingson

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Artist Josh Ellingson in Space, Arizona, Tequila & Communication Arts

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