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<p>[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1404164, member: 22271"]One thing to remember about Heritage is that they are, if not the Walmart of Auction houses for lower value coins, they tend to act like it. If you have high value (I'm talking 5 digits beyond the decimal point) coins, see what they will do for you, other than 1) have your coins sent off for grading (which, I believe you end up paying for), 2) take pictures, 3) have someone write a short paragraph description and 4) put it in one of their sales. From what I've seen, high value coins do tend to get consigned to auctions associated with specific nationally known coin shows. The rest get put in their weekly auctions (sometimes without photos).</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless they put it in writing, don't assume they will do <i>any</i> advertising of your coins (beyond what could be as short as a couple of sentences).</p><p><br /></p><p>If your coins are high value coins, talk to the other major auction houses (Stacks-Bowers, Goldberg, etc) and see what they will do and then compare their offer(s) to Heritage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1404164, member: 22271"]One thing to remember about Heritage is that they are, if not the Walmart of Auction houses for lower value coins, they tend to act like it. If you have high value (I'm talking 5 digits beyond the decimal point) coins, see what they will do for you, other than 1) have your coins sent off for grading (which, I believe you end up paying for), 2) take pictures, 3) have someone write a short paragraph description and 4) put it in one of their sales. From what I've seen, high value coins do tend to get consigned to auctions associated with specific nationally known coin shows. The rest get put in their weekly auctions (sometimes without photos). Unless they put it in writing, don't assume they will do [I]any[/I] advertising of your coins (beyond what could be as short as a couple of sentences). If your coins are high value coins, talk to the other major auction houses (Stacks-Bowers, Goldberg, etc) and see what they will do and then compare their offer(s) to Heritage.[/QUOTE]
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