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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 2917664, member: 86815&quot;]Having had recent experience of a friend selling part of a huge collection of Ancients I would advise an auction house but research them all thoroughly and negotiate. My friend was advised to sell over three auctions because his volume could saturate the market but withdrew the balance of his coins after the first auction because he experienced appalling service. The Auction House was a major London company but because of the volume were too lazy to catalogue individual coins but grouped them in batches of 4 with low estimates to &quot;attract&quot; buyers.</p><p>So what happened to my friend was that $200 dollar coins at current auction house prices were catalogued at $200 - $300 for 4 and sold at $400 so 50% of value less of course commission plus sales tax, net result a total disaster.</p><p>He is pretty disconcerted (pissed) and will now sell his coins with a specialist ancient auction House such as Naville or Roma who will list coins on an individual basis as this is not a hoard. He negotiated a lower fee than advertised but if the auction house sells cheap that is irrelevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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