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Posted 04/21/2008 05:37 am
"the greysheet" is my BIBLE...a MUST for any collector that is serious about getting value...and then of course grading skills are a must as well..these two go hand in hand.
Did find an excellent buy ( you can once in a while a ebay). Found a gem collection 34-55 with a 26 P 29 PDS and 30 PDS all gem. The coins were in a Whitman folder (the manufacture date on the folder was 1955 and was the OLD kind of folder that had a plastic sheet to encase and protect each page) That's why the collection ended at 1955. This was a collector (not a dealer) who told me (in email) he paid 8.50 for the collection in 1956 and has had it ever since. Turned out to be true as these were all gem red's MS63 and up. Paid a whopping $265 but it now. It was on the auction block for 20 minutes had 6 days 23 hours and 40 minutes left.
So it's like searching rolls, hit and miss. I stay away from sellers with huge feedback numbers like 3000 and up. I like to buy from newbies, BUT have also gotten crap from newbies as well.
Like I said it's like searching rolls..
Did find an excellent buy ( you can once in a while a ebay). Found a gem collection 34-55 with a 26 P 29 PDS and 30 PDS all gem. The coins were in a Whitman folder (the manufacture date on the folder was 1955 and was the OLD kind of folder that had a plastic sheet to encase and protect each page) That's why the collection ended at 1955. This was a collector (not a dealer) who told me (in email) he paid 8.50 for the collection in 1956 and has had it ever since. Turned out to be true as these were all gem red's MS63 and up. Paid a whopping $265 but it now. It was on the auction block for 20 minutes had 6 days 23 hours and 40 minutes left.
So it's like searching rolls, hit and miss. I stay away from sellers with huge feedback numbers like 3000 and up. I like to buy from newbies, BUT have also gotten crap from newbies as well.
Like I said it's like searching rolls..
