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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ConfederateHalf, post: 1222545, member: 27946&quot;]<b>I&#039;m still not buying it....</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose, if you are King Farouk of Egypt, that *maybe* you don&#039;t open all the stuff you buy, but let&#039;s face it, most of the stuff offered on eBay as &quot;unopened&quot; didn&#039;t come from the King Farouk collection.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Besides, even if one is willing to accept the possibility that a tiny percentage of original buyers of 1950&#039;s proof sets didn&#039;t open them up, how likely is it that those who subsequently came to possess these sets also chose to leave them sealed?&nbsp; I think this is especially unlikely over the past 20 years as the slabbing craze and the passion for &quot;cameo&quot; proofs has driven the prices of those pieces *way* up.&nbsp; Who in their right mind today would sell you a truly unopened set for chump change when they can open the envelope - check it for high-dollar slabbable cameos - and then re-seal it if nothing great is found?&nbsp; In other words - if you are bright enough to treasure hunt through these envelopes, don&#039;t you think the guy who had it before you might have had the same idea? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My own feeling is that if you want to treasure hunt for high-dollar cameo proofs in old &quot;un-opened&quot; envelopes, don&#039;t pay a premium for the privilege.&nbsp; Pay what you would for a run-of-the-mill set of brilliant proofs.&nbsp; If someone wants a big premium there is a 99%+ change, IMHO, that you are being scammed.&nbsp; Especially if the eBay listing goes on and on with tantalizing phrases like &quot;cameo proofs inside?&quot; and such, which is the sort of cheesy come-on I usually see appended to these listings. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nope - I&#039;ll pass on that stuff.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe in the tooth fairy, golden unicorns, unsearched bags of wheat cents or unopened proof sets being sold on eBay.&nbsp; Total rubbish... :rollling:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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