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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3164553, member: 19463&quot;]I hate to see us referring new people to online auction results like those of CNG when they ask the inevitable beginner question, &quot;What is it worth?&quot;&nbsp; TIF gave a fine overview of the situation demonstrating the range of small differences in grade and great differences in style but even legitimate beginners tend to see the $1950 result where two well financed collectors butted heads rather than the boatload of more ordinary examples with the $150 to $200 estimates.&nbsp; We also need to remember that while CNG may sell a coin for a good price, the rest of us will receive considerably less.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I hate to see us beating up on someone for the watermark even though I agree they are a bad idea.&nbsp; Their appropriateness is seen differently in some fields, I suspect including Mr. Gardner&#039;s Wildlife Art group, than it is in the ancient coin circle.&nbsp; Rules of appropriate practices vary and I doubt he expected to get the response he did.&nbsp; I regret it when we drive off new people for the wrong reasons but I know we don&#039;t all agree on the definition of a new person we appreciate and one we &#039;Ignore&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To me, this question sums it up.&nbsp; Adding a watermark to seller&#039;s images as if they were your own work is a despicable thing to do (this comes from someone with more coin images given free to the world than most).&nbsp; Why do we question that he did not take the photo himself?&nbsp; It is a decent but not exceptional image as good as many of us produce but not something likely to be stolen due to its high art value.&nbsp; We could use a few more people here who try to take decent coin photos and might help with a share of the load answering queries on photography.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Welcome to Coin Talk Ancients, Mr. Gardner, if you are still here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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