Cant Wait To See What This Engelhard Goes For

It's good to see you again Gofindtreasure. With all due respect to barryg, I disagree. If I were in your situation I would do THE EXACT same thing. I wouldn't dare take a chance listing this thing any lower than you did. A bidding war might commence if you list it lower. Then again, it might not and it might sell for half of what you're asking. This bar is awesome: rare size and lowest serial # I've ever seen. Other 4s with higher serial numbers have sold higher, so why take the chance? If it doesn't sell, you can try again later. The beautiful thing about a high starting bid, is you only need 1 person to want it at that price. A bidding war requires at least 2.

Based on the others that have sold over the last few months, I'd be surprised if yours didn't sell. I think someone will bid on it now, but if they don't, someone will if/when you list it again in the future. I wish you the best of luck! I'll be watching.

I am going to weigh in on this thread.

The bottom line line is the owner of this bar is entitled, in my opinion, what ever the MARKET can bear. He is letting the market decide and the market clearly wants it with/despite lower PM metal prices.

So more power to him and once again,you can see how the efficient the markets work even in numismatic and or collectible pieces. Its a beautiful thing.

Well, at least two people thought $3,250 was a low enough starting price. I wonder how high she'll go!

Now to actually get someone to send you the money once they win. I have found on ebay especially when you have a high dollar item people tend to get buyers remorse before they pay. I wish you the best of luck, not sure why you waited several months to sell it though? If I found something like that it would have been gone months ago replaced with a few 100 ounces of silver.

One of the high bidders is a steady client of mine, I don't think you will have any worries a out getting paid when it comes to this item.

The starting bid was a good laugh for me. I sell a lot of rare engelhard and JM bars and find the 0.99$ starting with no reserve works best.
Knowing you only paid under $300 for the bar to begin with I would have started it at $0.99 you probably would have seen better numbers and received way more exposure for this item.

What does it matter what price he paid? He knows the market potential and the lowest dollar amount he was willing to accept. Last August three 4 oz Engelhards were sold and the price ranged from $1,650 to $3,500. Why risk it?

If I found this bar on the sidewalk and two seconds later someone offered me $2,000 for it I would say no way. In my view he shouldn't be happy for whatever he can get just because he doesn't have a whole lot into it. In the grand scheme of things, there are only a handful of people who are legitimately interested in this bar at that price, and I'm sure they are all aware it's there for the taking. As silly as it sounds, there's nothing stopping a bidding war from starting at $3K+

Thanks for the support Crow
What I paid for it really is irrelevant.

As for your 4 oz bar swrbxxx

That sounds great

Can we see a picture?

I'm sure you would have no problem fetching a high premium for that one.

I think About.ag would really appreciate photos of that bar too.