1937 - 1952 King George Dimes MS-66

Disappointing if this is true. Will have to be careful not to get caught up in a bidding war...

@doubleeagle59 @twoods
I agree that many do that and I find it unethical.
I spend time study coins, look historical prices and decide what to bid and then lose it to someone else (auctioneer undisclosed reserve price), but then find it later listed on another auction.

The reason for auctioneer of doing that is having a lower start prices will attract more bidders which may push the selling price higher. But if the final price doesn't reach the "non-public" reserve then they add floor or mail bidder until the real buyer stop bidding or reach their reserve.

I would prefer they put the real reserve as their start prices.

For that reason in my first public auction, I have start prices which are really my reserve prices. For some "Eye Appeal" coins, the start price are 70% or even 80% of Trends value which may push away bidders but that's the price needed to sell.

when dealing with coins of this price and quality eye appeal and toning are major factors but technically they must meet the standards of the grade assigned. as someone who's seen them Hughes, what would you say their quality was based solely on technical grade aspects and not toning and eye appeal?

Thanks the dollarman and to Hugues for the honest assessment...the 1938 is a bit pricy so probably wont bid on it, but may bid on the 1950 coin...I will also be bidding in the upcoming icollector auction with Hugues coins in early November...
Now many of these coins don't come up for auction very often, I wonder what the market value of a 1950 MS-66 dime and 1948 MS-66 dime is?

@doubleeagle59
For sure there are some deal on ebay but most of the best Eye appeal coins are more expensive. Collectors who want to sell their top coins will make sure to have a decent reserve.

Toned#8800;toned
some are much nicer than other. See photos.
In the case of the 10c 1959 mentioned, I paid 30$ in 2014 and I won't sell it below that. For sure with 18% it will cost 35.40$ (no sale taxe).
Almost 89% Trends value but nice appeal coin worth more.

Just bought a 10c 1948 ICCS MS64 at >100% Trends on ebay.

I know the market is low, but high grade and nice coins always sell well.
It's the regular stock that price are down (like queen dollar, white coins, common years...).

And the 10c 1959 sold at 10$ is cheap but compare the look.

Personally, I prefer pay more for nicer coins.

Perfect example is the $1 1967 PCGS MS65 sold for 3,290 USD on HA (unbelievable crazy price):
https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/wor...bnail-071515

There is market for nice coins.

re: the PCGS ms65 1967 Canadian dollar that sold for $3200 USD.....

Somebody lost not only their shirt on that coin, but their mind too.

The buyer of that coin was most definitely from the US and he (or she) probably shells out the same kind of dough for the vibrantly toned Morgan dollars that sell for moon money.

I don't think there's a Canadian left who shells out that kind of crazy money for toned coins.

I agree toned coins are nicer, but it's important to watch out for ones that look too good to be true...whatever happened with that 1967 heritage sale may have been a glitch or error, it would be interesting to know what really happened as it's pretty rare someone would pay 20 times too much for a coin...
Any other thoughts on possible market values of the 1948 and 1950 dimes?