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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 26589568, member: 74222&quot;]I realized something weird with an Austrian auction house.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin here:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1694231[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>... there is buyers fee which is around 20%.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, that Phocas coin was sold for 780 Euro.</p><p><br /></p><p>But a bit later the auction house listed it on their own store here for 900 Euro:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numismatiknaumann/66/product/phocas_with_sharp_strike_and_great_centering/2322555/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numismatiknaumann/66/product/phocas_with_sharp_strike_and_great_centering/2322555/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numismatiknaumann/66/product/phocas_with_sharp_strike_and_great_centering/2322555/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And also this Justinian II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1694232[/ATTACH]</p><p>... with buyers fee it would be 4200 Euro.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, this was also listed soon in their store for 4500 euro:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numismatiknaumann/66/product/one_of_the_earliest_depictions_of_christ_on_coins/2322554/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numismatiknaumann/66/product/one_of_the_earliest_depictions_of_christ_on_coins/2322554/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numismatiknaumann/66/product/one_of_the_earliest_depictions_of_christ_on_coins/2322554/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is this a normal practice among the auction houses? To bid or buy their own coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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