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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2782759, member: 76086&quot;]I dont think I was being so.&nbsp; I know (and have known) rich folks just like I said, and two that I can remember specifically told me they didn&#039;t care what they paid or what anything later sold for.&nbsp; Maybe I should have qualified my statement by saying &#039;some&#039;.&nbsp; My apologies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was going to use him as an example as to how auction results can be skewed.&nbsp; At least one auction house that I recall re-listed many of the coins he &#039;bought&#039; at the end but never paid for (and this was mentioned in the later auction catalog).&nbsp; Even now some smaller houses will relist coins with a note referencing the previous auction but &#039;not paid for&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point I was trying to make is that raw data gives us an uninformed snapshot, though I would suspect that if one were to average out a type you would get very close to the approximation of values and pricing trends.&nbsp; The retail market is far more difficult determine....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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