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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 3454853, member: 56370&quot;]Most of my purchases are made through eBay and Heritage auctions, so the prices on those venues are what I consider to be the market price.&nbsp; In my limited experience at shows, my impression has been that the majority of dealers charge more for their material than what it could be bought for online, and that is because a lot of them are buying coins from the same sources as I am and marking them up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since my interests are very broad, I’m better off just buying online.&nbsp; The only value proposition I can see from dealers in today’s market is through specialization.&nbsp; For example, if my collection focused on early copper, then there would be a lot of thinly traded items that I may need, and a specialist dealer could be of help.&nbsp; That would make it worth paying a higher markup.&nbsp; But if I’m looking for a blast white classic commem or a Morgan Dollar, I’m better off with EBay or Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the last show I visited, the tables that stood out were the ones that were most specialized.&nbsp; One had an amazing selection of high end colonials and federal copper, and another had an entire case of monster toned Morgan’s.&nbsp; There were some nice spreads of ancients and world coins as well.&nbsp; I’m sure all of those dealers have a healthy markup, and more power to them.&nbsp; That’s where I see the future of B and M stores and shows.&nbsp; As for me, however, the older folks won’t see me at any shows so I’ll be part of their statistic showing that our hobby is dying...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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