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Valued Member
Canada
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Poll Question
I am considering consigning a collection for sale and wondering if HA is better to use vs TCNC
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1984 Posts |
It totally depends on what the collection includes. For high end foreign coins, I have used Heritage with good results. For Canadian coins, I would also consider CoinExpo and Moore. In addition to the auctioneer, I would also consider the venue. So if I were selling some very high end Canadian coins, I might want to look at the RCNA auction as a preferred venue. That all being said, while it is more difficult, with ebay costs at around 10% and any auction house taking a total spread of say 30%, I often find that ebay is the best answer. |
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It depends what I am selling.
Geoffrey Bell Auctions would be my first choice, for Canadian stuff.
Heritage Auctions, for my bigger errors and PCGS Registry Set material.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5585 Posts |
The only vote for TCNC from me would be the dealer/auctioneer to avoid.
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Valued Member
Canada
403 Posts |
Good question to ask any prospective auctioneer is what their respective fees are to sell the items.
As an aside, I hear CC&C will do another Canadian Legacy Sale, but unsure of when.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2301 Posts |
As SPP says Bell for Canadian. Top notch!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5394 Posts |
I would not recommend any auction firm unless you have superb absolute or condition rarities. Where do you think coin dealers go to buy a good percentage of their material for resale. Try selling at shows yourself or online . This way YOU control what you get for price. There are more than a few of us on the CCF forum , Canada and US who actually make a living full or part time selling on ebay. Or through our websites. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You've picked the worst time to sell since 1982.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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@doubleeagle Your probably right about this being a bad time to sell. Ive been fishing for about a year now with enough info to write a book on who and what to avoid. LCS are off my radar and will never get a crumb from my plate. I know all about how they have to make a living etc, Ive been in business many years myself and its a waste of time to harp on me about that but I don't try and take advantage of my clients like some of the LCS Ive met with in my region, heck will freeze over before I would sell a dime to the ones I dealt with. Ill give ebay a try and see what happens on some of the stuff I want to sell. |
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Posted 02/19/2016 09:56 am
