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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7652757, member: 91461&quot;]Just fell down a rabbit hole reading about a bad auction house that kinda turned into a confusing diatribe.</p><p>To wash that down, like a good scotch after eating a child&#039;s birthday cake, I thought I would remind everyone that there are a LOT of good, reputable auction houses. It&#039;s just that there are some, usually newer, that should be avoided.</p><p>So I am starting a list of auction houses that I have bought from and had experiences with.</p><p>To those that are new to auction houses, you are welcome. To those that frequent these auction houses, sorry for filling a couple of buddies in on our little secrets <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I am pretty new to the auction game myself, but still have purchased from these places so can at least vouch from my own experiences. I would enjoy seeing if there are others who share similar sentiment or vice versa.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/d9afdfcb46b2b8865d48f1b3a1ac1720/tumblr_oynta6BH6g1uqyagpo1_500.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The heavy hitters are just that for a reason. They have been around for a long time and have shown repeatedly that we can trust them...even if we have to pay extra for the reassurance. And yes, they all have probably had a few fakes slip threw their experienced hands and into ours, they still are the best that we have.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m thinking of places like:</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG</p><p>Heritage</p><p>Nomos</p><p>Tauler &amp; Fau</p><p>Numismatik Naumann</p><p>Stack&#039;s Bowers</p><p><br /></p><p>All I have purchased from and received the excellent experience that you expect from a top notch firm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Others that I have really enjoyed my purchasing experiences are:</p><p><br /></p><p>Savoca (NOBODY ships faster)</p><p>Aureo &amp; Calico</p><p>Artemide</p><p>Ibercoin</p><p>BAC</p><p><br /></p><p>I hear good things but haven&#039;t purchased from:</p><p>NAC</p><p>ROMA</p><p>Kunker</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/5600a51b29ab562504e73886ba30ed6f/tumblr_oynta6BH6g1uqyagpo2_500.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Though some of these are auction houses that I haven&#039;t purchased from, I have either seen fakes reported in their auctions, had negative experiences myself or read of sketchy experiences and personally avoid:</p><p><br /></p><p>LANZ</p><p>KATZ</p><p>Zeus</p><p>Biga</p><p>Ares</p><p>Kairos</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/fQhgYm5P9052/200.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>EBAY! It&#039;s pretty easy; anytime you purchase from a new, to you, seller on ebay you MUST check Forvm&#039;s Notorious Fake Sellers list: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0</a></p><p>and even then, you are putting your coin collections integrity at risk more than purchasing from an established auction house.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to read others thoughts on these auction houses, any corrections about where you would put them and other auction houses that you feel are...</p><p><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.EYoS78DuvYtGTDRCfzxTgQHaDP?pid=ImgDet&amp;rs=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]AFa1-kciCb4[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I promised my new Celtic Tet! Check him out and post those Celts!</p><p>*Edit: was told the tet wasn&#039;t showing up, so I posted it both ways<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> to make sure all could enjoy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1315711[/ATTACH] </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/screenshot_20210529-093954_chrome-jpg.1312165/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Danubian Celts - Imitative Alexander Tetradrachm</p><p>300-200 BCE</p><p>Obv: traces of greatly degraded stylised head of Herakles right. Rev: garbled legend to right, stylised Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; IML monogram in left field. 16.8 grams. Fine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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