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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6272671, member: 110350&quot;]That may have been true several years ago, but I would strongly dispute the truth of that generalization now. What with the explosion in auction prices for ancient coins and the addition of the buyer&#039;s premium (often 20%, from what people have said). I always compare the retail prices asked at VCoins with recent auction prices listed at acsearch for coins of the same type in similar condition, and although I&#039;m willing to pay some premium for the certainty of a retail purchase from a reputable dealer, most of the time in the last year or so what I&#039;ve paid has been comparable to what I would currently have to pay at auction. If the price isn&#039;t comparable (even after adding my &quot;certainty premium&quot;), I won&#039;t buy the coin. I don&#039;t like the auction process, except for old-fashioned mail bid auctions like Frank Robinson&#039;s, or &quot;buy or bid&quot; sales like Harlan J. Berk&#039;s. (For one thing, I don&#039;t necessarily trust myself not to get carried away!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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