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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 6271847, member: 89970&quot;]I remember waiting for weeks to hear if my mail bids were successful or not.&nbsp; In some cases auction houses only notified you if you were a winner.&nbsp; Bidding was a guessing game since there were no published current high bids.&nbsp; Although sometimes you could telephone the seller to see what the current high bid was, this was not always feasible for overseas auctions.&nbsp;&nbsp; The photography in the catalogs was often not very good and of course there was no enlargement/zoom available. At the time, we were highly dependent on the integrity of the cataloger for accurate descriptions, but sometimes what the seller might view as trivial issue would be fatal to the buyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The good things about pre-internet numismatics:</p><p>1.&nbsp; There was a coin store in just about every town.</p><p>2.&nbsp; There were no buyers fees at auctions</p><p>3.&nbsp; Coin shows were the best opportunities to find that special coin.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Many close one-on-one interpersonal relationships prevailed over time with the help of the postal service (Letters and photos).</p><p>5.&nbsp; There were no slabs[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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