videos of ancient coins put up for auction - becoming the norm?

[Clarence F2]

I have not been active in the hobby for a while, but recently checked out a link to an online ancient coin auction for an American auction house. I noticed that for many of the coins on offer, not only are there high definition photos of both sides of the coin, but there is also a video made of a person with purple rubber gloves carefully turning the coin around so as to make a good video of it, which is uploaded to Youtube. Is this videoing of coins becoming the norm or is it just one American auction house experimenting with the technique?

[Curtis JJ]

Seems like it's okay to name the firms in this context? [REMOVED BY ADMIN] and HJ Berk (the first?), maybe others. From my observations, I think Harlan J. Berk first started it some time by or before 2019 (when I first noticed it) -- possibly Aaron Berk's idea, always appears to be a bare-handed (but often with painted nails) female "hand model." It took a couple years before I noticed others doing it too. [REMOVED BY ADMIN] started maybe a year or so back?

My personal preferences: I like the Berk videos best & tried to model any coin video I make on their style. [REMOVED BY ADMIN] latex gloves give me the creeps a bit. [REMOVED BY ADMIN] uses a black velvet cloth or something, which I don't much like. I like the "au naturel" videos, and I'm fine with handling ancient coins of course, I do it daily, but holding the faces and spinning the coins like [REMOVED BY ADMIN] does to show the edges feels a bit odd, especially with stuff like the EID MAR gold Aureus or Kimon's facing Arethusa Tetradrachms with perfect toning....

[Clarence F2]

Thanks for a detailed and informative reply

[Joe Sermarini]

Seems like it's okay to name the firms in this context?

Not unless they are a represented here by a Procurator Monetae. Which allows Berk to be named.