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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;danfierce70, post: 670942, member: 19659&quot;]I think I may have posted about this before, but I can&#039;t remember.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A few years ago, my cousin and her soon-to-be husband were having an estate sale for his father.&nbsp; He was moving in with them due to health reasons.&nbsp; Anyhoo, I went up there to say hi and check things out, when I noticed a nice coin collection by the door.&nbsp; (Keep in mind this was before I got re-interested in coins.) They also had a price list that one of the siblings had gathered from ebay auction comparison, not red book values.&nbsp; There were tons of wheats, buffaloes, mercuries, and mostly Franklin halves.&nbsp; I checked out the list, noticing that the prices were way too low, even then and without real knowledge.&nbsp; I suggested they remove them from the sale or risk getting taken advantage of.&nbsp; </p><p>Fast forward to the near present after I got refired up about coins. I contacted them again just to see if they still had the collection and they did.&nbsp; I took another look, wrote down six pieces they had, so I could look up the values for them, just to give an example of what they were truly worth.&nbsp; They had about $37.00 marked total on the coins.&nbsp; After my research, I informed them that the value of the same coins was at $177.00.&nbsp; He offered to sell me the entire collection for $1000.&nbsp; There are approximately (without knowing true count and value) 100 to 150 Franklin halves ALONE.&nbsp; If I had the money, I would seriously consider buying in a heartbeat, then reselling what I could to make my money back. Am I a sucker, or did I do the right thing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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