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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 711229, member: 13650&quot;]I think all we&#039;re seeing is a good cross-section of collectors, over-all, that we already knew existed.&nbsp; &nbsp; To me, you can break it up into thirds.&nbsp; The wishful thinkers, the rational, and the irrational.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The first group doesn&#039;t desire and/or doesn&#039;t understand average premiums for toned coins with gorgeous eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I believe I fall in the second group (but could also fall in the first I guess).&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t actively collect toned coins but I do like them and will pay a premium, to a point, to get something unique.&nbsp;&nbsp; Based on my opinion and average budget.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;m not really in the market for one of these or on the look out for a toned one.&nbsp; But, if it were for sale here, there&#039;s no way I&#039;d let it go for less than $100!&nbsp; I mean, c&#039;mon!</p><p>&nbsp; So I can say, everybody&#039;s guess below that is wrong.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then the next guy might come along and say there&#039;s no way they&#039;d let it go for less than $300.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then I&#039;d be wrong.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The third group would be the pure toning collector that primarily only focuses on toned coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; To me, $300 on up for this would be irrational but would not be for them.&nbsp; Based on prices in that piece of the pie of the collecting world, you could say the sky&#039;s the limit on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I believe it&#039;s hard to say who&#039;s wrong.&nbsp; Many here would not pay $75 for it if given the opportunity.&nbsp; That&#039;s their choice.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t pay more than $150 for it if given the opportunity.&nbsp; That&#039;s my choice.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Somebody else may be willing to go up to $400.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The seller depends on finding the wealthiest individual who wants it the most, with no price guide to base anything off of. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; If it sells for $700, than it likely means there is a small group of individuals that it could be re-sold to again at that price and they would have to be seeked out.&nbsp; &nbsp; Maybe a broader group would buy it for $400.&nbsp; &nbsp; And then a much broader group would likely pay $200.&nbsp; &nbsp; Then everybody would give $50 for it!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s worth 50 or 700 to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If a millionaire &#039;has to have it&#039; and pays someone $10,000 for it, that doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s worth $10,000.&nbsp; &nbsp; If somebody pays $700 for it, it doesn&#039;t mean they&#039;d have an easy time re-selling it for $700.&nbsp; &nbsp; That&#039;s why I believe people should really analyze the prices they&#039;re willing to pay for such pieces.&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s no price guide to fall back on.&nbsp; It just comes down to the broadest group of people who will give &#039;X&#039; amount for it now and in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; My guess was based on my opinion that the vast majority of collectors overall would not pay more than $200 for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean a handful of people won&#039;t pay $1000 for it.&nbsp; &nbsp; But now we&#039;re back to the fact that I like them and I wouldn&#039;t pay $200 for it if offered.&nbsp; &nbsp; So said buyer would have to rely on someone else to get their money back out of it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Which may be a growing or shrinking pool of people as time goes on.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The price of this could vary greatly if it was sold 10 times over a year&#039;s span.&nbsp; And that info would be needed to obtain a meaningful average price.&nbsp; To me anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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