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<p>[QUOTE="rlm's cents, post: 824052, member: 7957"]I will give you an answer that you probably will not see anywhere else and definitely not in the future. Back in the days of yore (2004) there was an eBay seller who sold a complete set of uncertified Lincolns from 1934 - 1958 twice per week. They ended on Thursday and Sunday. He used STOCK photos and that is why this data cannot be recreated. Anyhow, I chose the dates 1934 through 1939 each day and here are my totals;</p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday . $223.18 . $159.67 . $141.11 . $172.71 . <b>$185.19 (AVG)</b></p><p>Sunday . . $184.97 . $107.63 . $163.73 . missed . <b>$152.11 (AVG)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>(The periods are just to help line the columns up.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing I know of that was different between the 2 auctions except that they ended on different days. Read whatever you want from the data, but I am pretty sure that Thursdays were not worse than Sundays. Personally, I think it more a question of coins per buyer rather than just the total number of buyers. I am not sure Thursday is still better, but for popular coins (where there are significant buyers), I doubt that the day makes a significant difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I firmly believe that there is a definite difference with odd ball ending times. I have managed some nice deals buying coins that end other than convenient evening times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rlm's cents, post: 824052, member: 7957"]I will give you an answer that you probably will not see anywhere else and definitely not in the future. Back in the days of yore (2004) there was an eBay seller who sold a complete set of uncertified Lincolns from 1934 - 1958 twice per week. They ended on Thursday and Sunday. He used STOCK photos and that is why this data cannot be recreated. Anyhow, I chose the dates 1934 through 1939 each day and here are my totals; Thursday . $223.18 . $159.67 . $141.11 . $172.71 . [B]$185.19 (AVG)[/B] Sunday . . $184.97 . $107.63 . $163.73 . missed . [B]$152.11 (AVG)[/B] (The periods are just to help line the columns up.) There is nothing I know of that was different between the 2 auctions except that they ended on different days. Read whatever you want from the data, but I am pretty sure that Thursdays were not worse than Sundays. Personally, I think it more a question of coins per buyer rather than just the total number of buyers. I am not sure Thursday is still better, but for popular coins (where there are significant buyers), I doubt that the day makes a significant difference. On the other hand, I firmly believe that there is a definite difference with odd ball ending times. I have managed some nice deals buying coins that end other than convenient evening times.[/QUOTE]
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