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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 2028923, member: 24091&quot;]Agree, I&#039;ve been to a couple estate sales that were all coins and I made out great.&nbsp; My all-time favorite being an estate auction held by Mac&#039;s Auction Service in Excelsior Springs, MO a few years ago.&nbsp; Had I not been riding with a friend, I would have never found the place.&nbsp; An obscure barn off a country road in the middle of no-where, with dirt floors.&nbsp; The lots were set out on fruit tables.&nbsp; There was even a barking dog on the roof of the place, -I was laughing so hard before I even made it inside that it was a wonder I could see any of the coins through the tears in my eyes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Almost all old geezers in overalls, the youngest had to be 75 and a few in their late 90s and still buying coins.&nbsp; The only coins that went for too much were the keys. 1916-D in AG sold for something like $650 and a few other keys for generous full-pop retail prices.&nbsp; Everything else was nearly given way.&nbsp; They had uncut sheets of currency that sold at face value. I can&#039;t imagine what a bath the consignor took on those, probably a good thing he was already dead, might have pushed him over the edge.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I picked-up an NGC slabbed 2009 Lincoln proof set with the dollar and 4 cents in a single 5-coin NGC slab for $44 if that gives you any idea.&nbsp; There were a bunch of those real nice wood and glass cases for single NGC or PCGS slabs that normally cost between $20 and $30 that I picked-up for a buck a piece. They were great for coins I was selling on eBay at the time, if someone paid too much, I would send the coin in one of those babies (which wasn&#039;t shown in my auction) and the gesture knocked their socks off, got all sorts of great feedback...,, But I digress.&nbsp; The guy I was with bought the entire 50 States Quarter set in NGC PF69 for about 15% over melt.&nbsp; We stopped at the Elms (where Truman spent the election night in 1948) to blow some of our good fortune on a great meal afterward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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