Posted 12/07/2010 12:42 am
Wear as far as possible, is measured in a grading system, and the attempt is to try and make it as objective as possible.
Discoloration (a bad term) and toning (usually a good term) tend to be subjective, and as a result, is more open to personal opinion.
Perhaps the best way to go is to grade strictly according to wear, which also includes nicks and scratches, then use additional description to indicate things which lessen eye appeal. This is the most common way a good postal auctioneer would describe his / her lots.
That way, you can bid according to whether you want the lot at the price you have bid for.
I have been bidding in Australian postal auctions in this way for years.
Discoloration (a bad term) and toning (usually a good term) tend to be subjective, and as a result, is more open to personal opinion.
Perhaps the best way to go is to grade strictly according to wear, which also includes nicks and scratches, then use additional description to indicate things which lessen eye appeal. This is the most common way a good postal auctioneer would describe his / her lots.
That way, you can bid according to whether you want the lot at the price you have bid for.
I have been bidding in Australian postal auctions in this way for years.
Edited by sel_69l
12/07/2010 12:44 am
12/07/2010 12:44 am
