Does anyone remember Teletrade on VHS?

[Just Bob]

They would send you a video of the coins in the monthly auction, to view at your convenience. On the night of the auction, you would call in, and hear a computer voice say, "Welcome to Teletrade. Please enter your ID." You bid on lots by punching in the numbers, and had to keep calling back to see if you had been outbid.

[physics-fan3.14]

In 1987, I was terrorizing our black lab, running around as a curly headed little 2 year old. 

What you describe sounds amazing, though.... 

[toneddollars]

I still have several of those tapes, if I’m not mistaken the bidding was on Sunday nights.

[LINCOLNMAN]

I remember it well. State of the art at the time. Lots of fun. 

[DWLange]

I used to bid in Teletrade Auctions years ago, and yes, they were usually on Sunday nights. I never requested a video, however. 

[numisport]

I still have a Teletrade catalog dated Dec 2001. It says Premier Plus and lists estimates for each lot. Was not aware of videos offered. By the way you can get those digitized if your VHS player doesn't work.

[Just Bob]

One of the coins that I bought back then:

 

 

[Makesnocents]

I'm pretty sure we still used beta in 1987 besides calling in to check bids wouldn't have worked here we still had party line so I'm sure it would have pissed the neighbors off hogging the phone line all night Sunday LUCKY 

[dragon]

Yes....definitely remember popping those VHS tapes in and seeing the auction lots.  I also remember getting frustrated calling in near the end of a sale and not getting through. 

[thebeav]

Wow, that's wild. I don't remember it though. I was trudging around on the show circuit, trying to make deals so I could eat. I guess I wasn't paying attention to some of that stuff.

[Walkerfan]

I wasn't buying coins in 1987.  I didn't get back into them, until  around 1994 and even then, I just dabbled  in raw stuff  from local B & Ms.  That is a very cool piece of History that I was unaware of.  Thanks for sharing.