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peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 11/15/2013 11:12 am Use the quality dealers.(They often take a cheeky offer). Look at the BNTA site/members and you will see plenty have web sites. There are many excellent dealers who are not members.Rather than blatent advertising look in coin news. There are also many foreign dealers who retain a good stock of British coins....I won't divulge my contacts. Regarding ebay there are good dealers and good sellers but...........caveat emptor. Just enjoy the hobby. BTW many coin books including specialist books can be loaned from your local library. I've borrowed a few titles and returned them...others I have gone out and bought my own copy. Report this Post to the Staff
Battersea Dogs Home New Member United Kingdom 34 Posts	Posted 11/15/2013 12:17 pm 'Those auction houses seem only to deal in quite high value items and I don't like entering bidding wars for expensive stuff. I prefer to just consider a given price.' Nobody is forced to bid the price higher than they want to go. If you are prepared to pay ten, a hundred, a thousand or whatever, if the price exceeds that then walk away. But equally you may find you have the chance to buy something cheaper than you were willing to pay. Report this Post to the Staff
Tom Goodheart Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 856 Posts	Posted 11/15/2013 1:33 pm Quote: OK, another question please, where are the best sites to look at past auction performance for these coins. :) Amongst others (I have over 50 coin sites bookmarked!) I use mcsearch.info (which covers mediaeval - later coins). The companion acsearch deals with ancients. CoinArchives.com is good, but is limited to recent auction sales. Both are searchable and will give you an idea of prices realised for coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Tom Goodheart Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 856 Posts	Posted 11/15/2013 1:39 pm Quote: Those auction houses seem only to deal in quite high value items and I don't like entering bidding wars for expensive stuff. I prefer to just consider a given price. It depends on what you collect. I suspect that if you really get into a particular area you will begin to find that to source better or scarcer coins auction houses start to win out over places like ebay. However I understand what you say about the convenience of a fixed price. It does make things easier buying directly from a dealer. I'd send a couple of recommendations but your settings don't seem to accept emails Demarco. If you want you could try to message me I guess? Report this Post to the Staff
Tom Goodheart Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 856 Posts	Posted 11/15/2013 1:51 pm Quote: You have to do your own homework. As Peter says, the best price guide is really your own knowledge and research. Unfortunately you can't buy a copy from a shop. Over the last few years I have saved images of coins that interest me with their prices, where and when they have sold. I just checked. I now have 1,428 such records! Now if I see a coin I can compare it with other similar ones. I can judge whether it is just average for the type or any better. And I can see what was paid for one previously, which is as useful as the price in a coin guide, sometimes better. After all, with true rarities the prices in books like Spink are only really adjusted when an example comes on the market. Yes it's taken time to build my records. But it's now perhaps the most valuable part of my collection! Report this Post to the Staff
Mynki New Member United Kingdom 28 Posts	Posted 11/18/2013 11:52 am Thanks for the feedback gents. I now have a copy of the 2013 Spinks guide. And have my own valuations spreadsheet under construction. I also collectt and trade in Investment Grade Scotch so the who principle isn't new to me. :) Report this Post to the Staff
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