Bounty offered for anyone going to the Whitman show in Baltimore this weekend (Nov 6-8)

If you happen to notice any dealers that seem to have a focus on early U.S. coinage (especially flowing hair coins), I am looking for a:

• flowing hair half dollar
  
• problem-free
• low grade (AG or G)
• no varieties or high rarity (>R.4) that will drive the price up

I'm not looking for you to buy it for me or anything, just message/email/text me with the dealer's name. I will make it worth your while.

Thanks.

 

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DLRC has a G6 pcgs in their auction this sunday. starting at 2100

 

Thanks @ksparrow. That seems overpriced to me... Or have I been away from the game too long?

 

@Dougmeister . Did you see my list of possible dealers in your other post? James

 

Flowing hair ANYTHING has been wicked hot the past year. They are coins that have continuously increased in value over the past few years. So, either wait it out and pray they drop to manageable levels...... or pay up

 

No not over priced. The early stuff is on fire.

 

Wow. Did not realize. Thx.

 

Yes! Thank you!

 

So... I forget... what is the rule of thumb for online auctions as they relate to Greysheet? You could "expect" to pay... which one... CDN CPG (Retail), right? And NOT the (cheaper) CDN Greysheet value, right?

(And I understand that those are just guidelines anyway... recent, completed auctions of similar coins are the only real way to estimate what a coin will hammer at.)

So... if Flowing Hair... and indeed, anything early U.S.... are "on fire", "wicked hot", etc., what's your best guess? Greysheet *Retail* plus... 10%?

(Including any buyer's premiums, etc.)

Edit: I have looked at completed auctions, and there haven't been a whole lot of them, but so far, they seem to be hammering between the two Greysheet values... closer to the higher (Retail) one...)

 

@Dougmeister . Singlr bigest problem you are going to have with the CDN values is the lack of comparable sales. Those values make a lot more sense when you have a half dozen recent sales to average out. I usually find that on rarer date coins the CDN numbers can be all but useless.
We all know coins are not wheat futures or some kind of fungible. I mainly collect Seated coins and often times cannot find 3 sales in the last 5 years. I don't think you will ever find a simple or singular rule of thumb you can apply. james