Posted 12/04/2009 5:44 pm
If I understand your question correctly, it seems that you are asking about which book is better for pricing coins to buy on places like ebay. If that is correct I'd say you'd be better off with the RedBook instead of the Bluebook. The RedBook's goal is to reflect the current retail price for a given coin (well, as much as a once per year publication can!). In a sense it can be used to set an upper limit on what a coin "should" go for if you are a regular collector. The PCGS price guide might be another good source for retail prices that is more up to date.
Don't think of ebay as anything but a retail source for coins. Everyone knows about ebay and anyone can use it, so having the mindset that it is a wholesale operation is incorrect. Of course in an auction situation you can get great deals, but auctions also create a buyer frenzy that can make things go for far more than they are worth.
Don't think of ebay as anything but a retail source for coins. Everyone knows about ebay and anyone can use it, so having the mindset that it is a wholesale operation is incorrect. Of course in an auction situation you can get great deals, but auctions also create a buyer frenzy that can make things go for far more than they are worth.
