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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1484692, member: 15309"]Race,</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are not in a hurry to sell your collection, I suggest that you use E-Bay to liquidate your collection if you have good photography skills. I am doing it right now and am basically breaking even with my purchase prices despite the E-Bay and Paypal fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the problems that I see with your coins is that you have a huge number of lower graded coins which means an awful lot of work for the dealer to recoup his investment if he buys your collection. He probably knows that it will take him forever to sell that many coins and plans on selling them wholesale to other dealers. As a result, you are essentially being charged the profit margin for two dealers rather than one. I think if you walked into his shop with a box of 20 worth $25K, you would get a much better offer than 40%.</p><p><br /></p><p>As it stands, you will probably realize much better prices if you sell the coins yourself. As a warning, selling on E-Bay can be a lot of fun, but it is a lot of work and you have to be on top of it everyday. Some days it is very much like a job.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck!</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1484692, member: 15309"]Race, If you are not in a hurry to sell your collection, I suggest that you use E-Bay to liquidate your collection if you have good photography skills. I am doing it right now and am basically breaking even with my purchase prices despite the E-Bay and Paypal fees. One of the problems that I see with your coins is that you have a huge number of lower graded coins which means an awful lot of work for the dealer to recoup his investment if he buys your collection. He probably knows that it will take him forever to sell that many coins and plans on selling them wholesale to other dealers. As a result, you are essentially being charged the profit margin for two dealers rather than one. I think if you walked into his shop with a box of 20 worth $25K, you would get a much better offer than 40%. As it stands, you will probably realize much better prices if you sell the coins yourself. As a warning, selling on E-Bay can be a lot of fun, but it is a lot of work and you have to be on top of it everyday. Some days it is very much like a job. Good luck! Paul[/QUOTE]
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