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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4413076, member: 19463"]Would it be out of place to point out that people who have no experience in a field but more money than they can handle do have the option of hiring an auction agent with great experience and impeccable honesty to represent them in the auction? If you are bidding tens/hundreds of thousands in a sale on the top coins, you can afford to pay someone an additional 5% to advise you as to when to walk away and when to jump in with both feet. Buying high grade gold will go better if we have a friend with a clue standing by to say when it is time to be sensible. That may mean avoiding some sellers altogether. We need to remember that the winner in any auction paid more for the item than all the other people who were bidding thought it was worth to them. If you are collecting for the enjoyment of the hobby, you don't mind paying 'too much' to get what you want. The trick is not to pay too much for what you don't want and didn't know why you shouldn't have wanted it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4413076, member: 19463"]Would it be out of place to point out that people who have no experience in a field but more money than they can handle do have the option of hiring an auction agent with great experience and impeccable honesty to represent them in the auction? If you are bidding tens/hundreds of thousands in a sale on the top coins, you can afford to pay someone an additional 5% to advise you as to when to walk away and when to jump in with both feet. Buying high grade gold will go better if we have a friend with a clue standing by to say when it is time to be sensible. That may mean avoiding some sellers altogether. We need to remember that the winner in any auction paid more for the item than all the other people who were bidding thought it was worth to them. If you are collecting for the enjoyment of the hobby, you don't mind paying 'too much' to get what you want. The trick is not to pay too much for what you don't want and didn't know why you shouldn't have wanted it.[/QUOTE]
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