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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 2023234, member: 37498"]Good job on picking up a couple of good deals. I've noticed that a lot of the silver stuff I usually look for was easier to find for a <i>cheaper</i> price 1-2 months ago. It <i>seems</i> as if the average asking price on ebay has gone up as the price of silver has gone down. Go figure.</p><p><br /></p><p>To elaborate, I typically snatch up silver proof sets if they are around 10% above melt value. I know that as the price of silver comes down, it will get harder and harder to find them for melt because the numismatic value becomes more of a factor. But what I saw was the lowest asking prices following the spot price down to $18 or so, where they then rebounded a bit to $20 or so levels.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I'm seeing today is not only is it pretty much impossible to find them for 10% above spot, it's hard to find them for 10% over $20/oz., but I had no problem buying as much as I wanted to at 10% over spot at $18/oz.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 2023234, member: 37498"]Good job on picking up a couple of good deals. I've noticed that a lot of the silver stuff I usually look for was easier to find for a [I]cheaper[/I] price 1-2 months ago. It [I]seems[/I] as if the average asking price on ebay has gone up as the price of silver has gone down. Go figure. To elaborate, I typically snatch up silver proof sets if they are around 10% above melt value. I know that as the price of silver comes down, it will get harder and harder to find them for melt because the numismatic value becomes more of a factor. But what I saw was the lowest asking prices following the spot price down to $18 or so, where they then rebounded a bit to $20 or so levels. What I'm seeing today is not only is it pretty much impossible to find them for 10% above spot, it's hard to find them for 10% over $20/oz., but I had no problem buying as much as I wanted to at 10% over spot at $18/oz.[/QUOTE]
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