GreatCollections has moved its new headquarters to 17891 Cartwright Road in Irvine, California 92614.
This upgraded location spans more than 28,000 square feet and significantly enhances all aspects of GreatCollections, encompassing auction lot viewing, client meeting spaces, and the entire auction production process.
"We have been working on the new office for the past year, building it to our exact specifications to handle our growing company. And this is just the beginning. Our new location will enable GreatCollections to expand to additional collectibles categories, while also continuing to grow our weekly auctions of certified coins and paper money," said Ian Russell, president and founder of GreatCollections.
The new headquarters in Irvine will offer enhanced convenience for visitors, boasting several hotels and restaurants within walking distance. Additionally, it remains just a few minutes away from Orange County’s John Wayne Airport (SNA). GreatCollections is also situated less than 10 minutes from PCGS, the premier coin grading service, which is also headquartered in Orange County.
GreatCollections’ new address for all shipments, including consignments and correspondence, is as follows:
GC Receiving
17891 Cartwright Road
Irvine CA 92614
Tel: 1-800-442-6467 (1-949-679-4180)
GreatCollections Unveils New Headquarters in Irvine
For any clients who recently sent consignments or payments to us, our local USPS, UPS and Fedex representatives will automatically redirect letters/packages to our new address.
For more information, please contact GreatCollections at 1-800-442-6467 or visit www.greatcollections.com.
About GreatCollections
GreatCollections, the official auction house of the American Numismatic Association, specializes in auctioning certified coins and banknotes, handling transactions from start to finish. Since its founding in 2010, GreatCollections has successfully auctioned over 1 million certified coins, making it one of the leading certified coin companies in the United States with annual sales in 2022 exceeding $270 million. Ian Russell, owner/president of GreatCollections, is a member of the prestigious Professional Numismatists Guild, member of the National Auctioneers Association and was recently named the ANA Harry J. Forman Dealer of the Year. For more information about GreatCollections, visit www.greatcollections.com or call 800-442-6467.
Call me an amateur armchair architect if you like, but this characteristically stark looking edifice looks like it could well have been designed by Frank Lloyd Wrong.
I thought he was a big fan of steel structures. Or was I wrong?
You’re partly correct, Craig. Frank Lloyd Wright did use a lot of steel in his structures, but that material was employed primarily for support rather than as design. The principal and therefore most visually apparent and artistically striking element of his architectural masterpieces was in fact massive amounts of concrete.
As another example of one of his concrete structures, there’s the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, an exceedingly prominent instance of the use of sprayed rather than of poured concrete.
It’s a good think he made use of reinforced concrete, otherwise the cost to maintain these unique structures would be prohibitive indeed. I always appreciated how he incorporated and was inspired by elements of nature, as seen in your first insert. That’s a house I’d look good in! Lol
Craig,
You have stumbled upon a unique irony in this particular case. Apparently while he was so intent on making the house stick out so far from the waterfall he rather seriously under-estimated the amount of steel reinforcement required to hold up the weight of all that protruding concrete. Subsequent testing in later years showed the entire structure to be on the verge of total collapse, and only due to the timely installation of additional steel beams was the house saved from exactly that sad fate.
Note to Mr. Mike Unser:
Mike, whenever I attempt to edit any of my comments I immediately get stopped in my tracks by a “Your Are Posting Too Fast – Slow Down!” warning that absolutely prevents me from changing any of my text. This has never happened before; is this a glitch in the system?
Mike Unser,
I noticed that same thing that Kaiser has come across when I try to edit a post & I’ve never seen that before – a big red box area at the top that states what Kaiser said.
NumisdudeTX
Seth,
It is as though there were an algorithm in place to prevent any editing from taking place. If that is indeed the case I for one can’t grasp the rationale for it.
Kaiser,
Another computer mystery. I hope it’s not AI taking over this forum! Lol.
NumisdudeTX
Seth,
Wait. This isn’t how the Terminator got his start, is it, as a coin site bot?
Kaiser, Slow Down! You forgot to say the magic word: “mistake”. The only times I’ve seen Mr. Unser respond to a text is when you point out that there is a mistake in the article.
Major D,
That is all true, but calling it a “mistake” tends to signify that it is a personal error while terming it a “glitch” conveys the idea of an electronic malfunction.
>> “The new headquarters in Irvine will offer enhanced convenience for visitors, boasting several hotels and restaurants within walking distance”
I coudda sworn that nobody walks in LA (much less the burbs of LA)
c_q,
Yep, walking in LA and the area will get you robbed fast, especially after visiting this rare coin company’s new modern headquarters building that thieves already have on their radar!
Take a bodyguard with you if you visit this place since they have some major, top-grade coin rarities inside!
NumisdudeTX
Seth and c_q,
I see now I wasn’t alone in wondering about that observation in the company’s publicity blurb. “L.A.” vis a vis “Within walking distance”. This does not compute.