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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;StevenF, post: 1323604, member: 34316&quot;]illini, I agree with you that the first strike labels should have no effect on the coins sales price, especially in the 25th sets case when all sets were stacked and ready to ship before they even went on sale. But what I&#039;m trying to do with my charts is to show whether these kind of assumptions are true or not, by looking at the data.</p><p><br /></p><p>For every PCGS 70 set that has sold on ebay, I have also recorded what labeling option was used. So far there have been three options I have seen: Mercanti signature First Strike, 25th Anniversary First Strike, and Traditional First Strike(Flag). All sales I have seen are thus first strike, and this is why I included the first strike fee in my costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I start seeing non first strike labels in sufficient quantities, I can create a similar chart for those sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is interesting to note, that even though there should be no difference in prices between the three label options I have observed, the Flag labels do seem to sell for significantly more than the others. Although the number of sales of these labels are still very low compared to the other two options, so I wouldn&#039;t say that this difference will hold up over time as these labels become more common.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will concede that the charts are difficult to understand. First I wasn&#039;t trying to show total profit on the graded sets, I was trying to show the profit above and beyond just selling the sets raw in a sealed box, ie. did grading the sets make you more money or less than the raw sealed sets would of. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the &quot;gradient lines&quot; nobody&#039;s grades will perfectly fall on a line, it requires you to kind of fit what you got onto the chart. That&#039;s not a precise thing to do, where on the chart are you if you have 20 out 25 coins as 70, but no complete sets of 70, as you state it depends on which of the coins you&#039;re missing. But I was hoping that it could give people a sense for what their profit would be if they commited to spend the money on the grading. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your kind words, and your reasoned debate.</p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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