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<p>[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 24657972, member: 91820"]Yes I am MORTOWN and MORTOWN is me - a bad name which I am afraid to change since it has a rep, at least I hope it does. </p><p><br /></p><p>At one point when ebay was an auction site, I was selling over 25 lots a week, I was buying all my coins from the best supplier in the world, and having a blast. Over the years the lack of policing fakes on ebay as well as a steep drop in interest in ancient coins (although you would not know from the prices on the big auctions on Numisbids, Biddr and Sixbid) as least on ebay - perhaps related to the lack of policing, the end of the flood of coins from eastern Europe, have made ebay a much more difficult environment generally and more difficult to sell. But, as I have said before it is the only place where you are still able to find - maybe twice a year, used to be more often - truly insane deals as a result of having knowledge. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I truly love this hobby - every aspect of it - history, the coins of all types, I love handling the coins I am selling - I have focused more on Greek bronzes because the seller's lots I get require me to attribute them and that is truly much more fun than simply photographing them and putting them up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 24657972, member: 91820"]Yes I am MORTOWN and MORTOWN is me - a bad name which I am afraid to change since it has a rep, at least I hope it does. At one point when ebay was an auction site, I was selling over 25 lots a week, I was buying all my coins from the best supplier in the world, and having a blast. Over the years the lack of policing fakes on ebay as well as a steep drop in interest in ancient coins (although you would not know from the prices on the big auctions on Numisbids, Biddr and Sixbid) as least on ebay - perhaps related to the lack of policing, the end of the flood of coins from eastern Europe, have made ebay a much more difficult environment generally and more difficult to sell. But, as I have said before it is the only place where you are still able to find - maybe twice a year, used to be more often - truly insane deals as a result of having knowledge. But I truly love this hobby - every aspect of it - history, the coins of all types, I love handling the coins I am selling - I have focused more on Greek bronzes because the seller's lots I get require me to attribute them and that is truly much more fun than simply photographing them and putting them up.[/QUOTE]
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