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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3078534, member: 112&quot;]Sure some dealers buy stuff they find on ebay, but I&#039;d say they are few and far between because they simply know better. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t give ya exact numbers Cal or even a reasonable estimate of a percentage. And no there is no actual recorded data. It&#039;s more of something you simply know and learn by observation and conversation. Go to a live auction, most of the people in there are dealers, and consistently. Same thing for the online auctions. The majority of buyers are dealers, always have been.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for collectors setting the prices ? Nahhhhh, doesn&#039;t happen. Sure, collectors win some of the auctions, but do ya know why ? Because they over-pay. The dealers attending, or bidding online - they know the real world value of the coins. So if the bid exceeds that - the dealers simply stop bidding. And that&#039;s when the collectors win. </p><p><br /></p><p>But their winning doesn&#039;t change the prices nor even affect the prices - it&#039;s merely considered an outlier. The next time the same coin or similar coin comes up the dealers pay what it&#039;s worth and no more. And the price remains the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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