Who Owns The Coin When Offered By Several Dealers?

i don't think there is, it's kinda of like selling your house through 3 agents, whoever sells it first makes the commission,

So for selling a coin sorta the same thing, you tell the 3 big seller's what you have , and they all market/promote it, the first one to sell at the approved price, makes the commission..

Not even suggesting that this is the case, but I've seen things like this happen in a non coin setting before where people work in cooperation in order to inflate a price/value.

Items real value $50.

Seller 1 lists for $150, sellers 2 and 3 list for $250.

Unsuspecting newb sees the $150 and jumps on the "deal".

Group splits the commission & sets a new reference point for "real" comparative value.

Alternative is that all 3 compete with each other and no one makes any money.

Let me clarify. In some cases the same exact coin is on Heritage AND on several different dealer sites. It's not sold because I made offers at all 4 places and each responded with a counter.

Dealers may own the coin jointly - they made an offer for the collection when one couldn't swing the $ all at once. They then either divvy the collection up (I'll take the Seated, you get the modern bullion) OR they all list it, and whoever sells it gets some extra portion of the proceeds.

A dealer may have an agreement with another dealer to try and sell it, as long as s/he doesn't undercut the owner.

Finally, there are some unscrupulous people who list something they don't own at a higher price than the real owner is offering it for, betting they can buy it from the owner and then send it on and make the difference. Look for ebay listings at high prices with unusually long shipment times...

Talk to the dealer asking the lowest price. This is a common practice -- dealers marketing coins from other dealers' inventories, but at a small to moderate mark-up. If you find the one with the lowest price, you've probably found the one in possession of the actual coin.