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<p>[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 2144830, member: 3726"]Here are three options all of which I have done:</p><p>(1) Sell to LCS and get your money the quickest, but you will lose more on the sell since they have to make a profit. If I had a current grey sheet I can almost tell you what my local shop will give for a coin.</p><p>(2) Consign to a dealer. You can get good returns and will pay a 5 - 10% fee for selling the coins. Depends on which dealer you work with. The problem is you have to wait for the coins to sell. So it could be quiet a while in some cases. I have used 2 - 900fine and Rick Snow.</p><p>(3) Work with an auction house. You know when you will get your money, but it will still take time. Depending on what and how much you might be able to get it down to 5% commission. I used Heritage and did real good on the coins that went on platinum night, but the common low grade stuff went on Sunday/Tuesday auctions they did not do real well. For the platinum night coins I lost roughly the 5% commission - remember I paid retail for a lot of these coins from dealers. Those that went on Tuesday sunday only about 2k of coins I lost about 10% if I recall correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those were my results and just what I experienced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 2144830, member: 3726"]Here are three options all of which I have done: (1) Sell to LCS and get your money the quickest, but you will lose more on the sell since they have to make a profit. If I had a current grey sheet I can almost tell you what my local shop will give for a coin. (2) Consign to a dealer. You can get good returns and will pay a 5 - 10% fee for selling the coins. Depends on which dealer you work with. The problem is you have to wait for the coins to sell. So it could be quiet a while in some cases. I have used 2 - 900fine and Rick Snow. (3) Work with an auction house. You know when you will get your money, but it will still take time. Depending on what and how much you might be able to get it down to 5% commission. I used Heritage and did real good on the coins that went on platinum night, but the common low grade stuff went on Sunday/Tuesday auctions they did not do real well. For the platinum night coins I lost roughly the 5% commission - remember I paid retail for a lot of these coins from dealers. Those that went on Tuesday sunday only about 2k of coins I lost about 10% if I recall correctly. Those were my results and just what I experienced.[/QUOTE]
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