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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2659982, member: 71642"]For some material that will get you good overall prices. trying to get as close to retail value would be by selling to other collectors directly which would not be a fast process if you have time you can do that, but it won't be very speedy...unless your prices are too low.</p><p><br /></p><p>You balance the exposure and service of the auction houses (payments, shipping) vs max return. eBay sucks as it takes 10% plus Paypal has a cut (3-4%) and you have to deal with the shipping/fraud etc. Great Collections has a lower fee and will handle raw coin submission and can be a great venue for the 69/70 modern coins. You may personally only run into one or two people interested but the auction houses will have orders of magnitude more. </p><p><br /></p><p>Same for the rarities...there is the book value, the retail shop price, the auction house price, dealer offers, peer to peer sales whicha are all different. The true rarities will be hard to move yourself...either not finding a peer or a low offer from someone who has to risk it in inventory for awhile. That's why the auctions (not eBay) are attractive IMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 2659982, member: 71642"]For some material that will get you good overall prices. trying to get as close to retail value would be by selling to other collectors directly which would not be a fast process if you have time you can do that, but it won't be very speedy...unless your prices are too low. You balance the exposure and service of the auction houses (payments, shipping) vs max return. eBay sucks as it takes 10% plus Paypal has a cut (3-4%) and you have to deal with the shipping/fraud etc. Great Collections has a lower fee and will handle raw coin submission and can be a great venue for the 69/70 modern coins. You may personally only run into one or two people interested but the auction houses will have orders of magnitude more. Same for the rarities...there is the book value, the retail shop price, the auction house price, dealer offers, peer to peer sales whicha are all different. The true rarities will be hard to move yourself...either not finding a peer or a low offer from someone who has to risk it in inventory for awhile. That's why the auctions (not eBay) are attractive IMO.[/QUOTE]
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