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<p>[QUOTE="Factor, post: 7805704, member: 96413"]What I don't like about Heritage is that I end up paying 30-35% more than the hammer, as they charge state tax on top of their usual 20% and their shipping is the most expensive of all US based auctions. Plus extra fee for credit card or PayPal payments. </p><p>But in general I don't think 'retail' means much in ancient coins, particularly in not the most popular areas like provincials. Just for example, a very rare Rabbathmoba coin was listed on VCoins by two different sellers. Very similar condition (excellent for this type), I would have really hard time picking one. The asking price of the two coins was different by the factor of 4! And the only time this type was sold on an auction it brought somewhere in between these two listings. None of them was sold, literally for years - I had them in my watch list. What retail you have in mind if you would selling one? The lower, the higher, CNG result? If you discount a US coin 20% it will be sold immediately. If you discount ancient 40% in many cases nobody will notice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Factor, post: 7805704, member: 96413"]What I don't like about Heritage is that I end up paying 30-35% more than the hammer, as they charge state tax on top of their usual 20% and their shipping is the most expensive of all US based auctions. Plus extra fee for credit card or PayPal payments. But in general I don't think 'retail' means much in ancient coins, particularly in not the most popular areas like provincials. Just for example, a very rare Rabbathmoba coin was listed on VCoins by two different sellers. Very similar condition (excellent for this type), I would have really hard time picking one. The asking price of the two coins was different by the factor of 4! And the only time this type was sold on an auction it brought somewhere in between these two listings. None of them was sold, literally for years - I had them in my watch list. What retail you have in mind if you would selling one? The lower, the higher, CNG result? If you discount a US coin 20% it will be sold immediately. If you discount ancient 40% in many cases nobody will notice.[/QUOTE]
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