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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2783076, member: 39084&quot;]I think you&#039;re on the right track with that last thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s take the &quot;sold&quot; Ionia Ephesos tetradrachm as an example: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644324[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>- Hammered for $550 plus buyer&#039;s fee and shipping, so the dealer paid maybe $650 for it all-in.&nbsp; </p><p>- LISTED for $1295 but maybe that&#039;s just the dealer&#039;s personal estimate of the value of the coin.&nbsp; </p><p>- SOLD for what?&nbsp; $750?&nbsp; $950?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What if the dealer was bidding for a client and he just wanted to impress visitors to his website with a high-quality coin of this type?&nbsp; Of course he&#039;ll display it at a high price.&nbsp; Maybe the dealer made a 10% bidding fee and that&#039;s all.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;re answering your own questions here... maybe the next step is to research more of these prices on ACSEARCH and compare the hammered prices and the dealer&#039;s list prices to those found.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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