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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8235194, member: 22377"]It looks like Heritage hires people who write those paragraphs while GC chooses not to (and pass along the savings). </p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that an expensive coin won’t really need a description to sell. I can see some fancy language helping encourage the average bidder to throw up to a few hundred more on something like a nicely toned Morgan with a great description of the color. But will those write ups matter on a $100k coin? I’m leaning towards no-that buyer knows what they are chasing and a description won’t make or break their bidding. Plus, if it’s a famous or rare coin, there will be plenty of things written about it in other sources (previous auctions, books, magazines, coin websites) that the potential buyer will almost certainly see while researching the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8235194, member: 22377"]It looks like Heritage hires people who write those paragraphs while GC chooses not to (and pass along the savings). My guess is that an expensive coin won’t really need a description to sell. I can see some fancy language helping encourage the average bidder to throw up to a few hundred more on something like a nicely toned Morgan with a great description of the color. But will those write ups matter on a $100k coin? I’m leaning towards no-that buyer knows what they are chasing and a description won’t make or break their bidding. Plus, if it’s a famous or rare coin, there will be plenty of things written about it in other sources (previous auctions, books, magazines, coin websites) that the potential buyer will almost certainly see while researching the coin.[/QUOTE]
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