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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2529497, member: 56859&quot;]I have no issue with a dealer using a 100% markup for the reasons you listed.&nbsp; However, I expect those dealers to have acquired those coins at something resembling &quot;wholesale&quot; price.&nbsp; I can think of at least one high-end Vcoins dealer who often has expensive coins from recently closed auctions and the hammer prices weren&#039;t really &quot;steals&quot;.&nbsp; I would be very surprised if that dealer ever sells the coins for such lofty prices.&nbsp; Surely anyone shopping in that price bracket would have seen the coin at the recent auction.&nbsp; I wonder what his average discount is when such coins are sold.&nbsp; I&#039;m assuming the coins were bought at auction by the dealer but they could be consignments (unlikely, given the very short time between auction closing and listing in his store).</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps this is an example of what Doug described in post 39 of this thread:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/buying-ancients-some-questions.284360/page-2#post-2529093" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/buying-ancients-some-questions.284360/page-2#post-2529093">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/buying-ancients-some-questions.284360/page-2#post-2529093</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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