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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3929268, member: 26302"]If, and it's a big if, they know how to interpret price guides.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, common stuff always overpriced, really rare underpriced, and middle of the road on average fairly priced. What I mean by on average is you need to recognize that for a VF coin, there are ugly ones, average ones and superb ones. A person who always buys middle of the road coins at or below price guide will most likely have inferior looking coins. Better coins bring better than average prices, and advanced collectors know this. Therefore, over price guide is fine for superior coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>A senior, well respected dealer once told me "you want to buy what I don't have". What he meant was superior for the grade, problem free, rare collector coins. The reason you do not see these often is because people always buy them, and dealers on average are left with the others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3929268, member: 26302"]If, and it's a big if, they know how to interpret price guides. To me, common stuff always overpriced, really rare underpriced, and middle of the road on average fairly priced. What I mean by on average is you need to recognize that for a VF coin, there are ugly ones, average ones and superb ones. A person who always buys middle of the road coins at or below price guide will most likely have inferior looking coins. Better coins bring better than average prices, and advanced collectors know this. Therefore, over price guide is fine for superior coins. A senior, well respected dealer once told me "you want to buy what I don't have". What he meant was superior for the grade, problem free, rare collector coins. The reason you do not see these often is because people always buy them, and dealers on average are left with the others.[/QUOTE]
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