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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JeffsRealm, post: 2528687, member: 81515&quot;]Ok, so a couple weekends ago I bought my first ancient. Which I really stumbled upon. The dealer that sold it to me is 3 hours away. So while returning to him will be rare. However not without the realm of possibility as I do get up to that area a few times a year. However with winter setting in it probably won&#039;t be until spring.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have done a lot more research on them, I have done some more planning, and kind of have a few areas of interest. I have been reading a lot both online and in the books you all have recommended. I have been looking at Vcoin and CNG. I have also started looking at Sixbid and Numisbid. I am pretty much ignoring ebay, not knowing a lot about fakes and so on as I would rather put my trust in buying from reputable auction houses, dealers, etc. Not saying ebay is bad, I just am not as comfortable there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, so armed with a list of ancient coins I kind of would like to have. Nothing overly expensive $30-$150 some even less. </p><p><br /></p><p>How do you go about purchasing ancients? This is where I am kind of getting overwhelmed. I went to a local coin show this weekend. A smaller one, there was not an ancient to be found. This is not unexpected though. However now with Ancients on my radar it was kind of like going out to eat and topping off the meal with root beer float only to find they are out of root beer. There is a much larger coin show in a couple weeks near me. However, I am not expecting much in the way of ancients to be there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking through post I notice many of you purchase through auctions, is this the preferred way to get ancients? While in the US do you stick primarily to US only Auctions? </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you go with European Auctions? If so how does this work? Take for example WAG Online, there are actually 5 items on there I would love to bid on. Well the whole site is in German. So using a lot of google translate trying to make out the requirements. Ok there seems to be a 17% charge for the buyer, which is about normal. However, paying them seems to be an issue. They do not take credit cards, they do not take paypal, they do not take bitcoin, they do not take foreign checks. This seems to be pretty common in foreign auctions from what I have seen even on English sites. So how do you pay for the auction? Then, they also say they require you to get customs paperwork and pay export fees on top of shipping? Shipping I expected to pay for, what customs paperwork is needed, export fees?? I have had relatives and friends in the past be in foreign countries. I have had to ship them items before. Aside from filling out customs paperwork I have never had to do anything other than that. I have also purchased items online from stores in Europe, not auction houses, things just arrive at my house in a few weeks. No extra paperwork or anything needed, sure shipping is more, I expect that. So I am kind of confused as to these requirements. Can someone explain them?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I was looking at the European auctions is the items I am looking to bid on seem much more abundant there. One of the items I am looking at there is only one on CNG, where there are about 20 in Europe. The one on CNG is about 3 times the price. So buying from Europe and paying extra in shipping makes financial sense. Plus a better selection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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