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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2001029, member: 26302"]Good points Bill. I guess I would, if I were coin king for a day, simply prefer it to be: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Starting Bid</p><p>2. Estimated value</p><p><br /></p><p>The estimate having no bearing on starting bid, and the estimate being a more realistic idea of the value. I go through some coin catalogs and they will have a coin I KNOW, and so does everyone else, will sell for $1000 estimated at $150. At some point it becomes disingenuous, and it feels the auction house is just setting extreme lowball estimates to artificially brag about how much above "estimate" the auction went for. Maybe if they didn't always have that press release bragging how much better than estimate they did on the sale I wouldn't mind as much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion on the subject. We do, of course, value your perspective on the issue. We know you aren't the marketing department! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2001029, member: 26302"]Good points Bill. I guess I would, if I were coin king for a day, simply prefer it to be: 1. Starting Bid 2. Estimated value The estimate having no bearing on starting bid, and the estimate being a more realistic idea of the value. I go through some coin catalogs and they will have a coin I KNOW, and so does everyone else, will sell for $1000 estimated at $150. At some point it becomes disingenuous, and it feels the auction house is just setting extreme lowball estimates to artificially brag about how much above "estimate" the auction went for. Maybe if they didn't always have that press release bragging how much better than estimate they did on the sale I wouldn't mind as much. Just my opinion on the subject. We do, of course, value your perspective on the issue. We know you aren't the marketing department! :)[/QUOTE]
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