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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1530403, member: 26302"]Personally, I would sell it as is. Those of us who hate slabs will simply ignore it when determining whether to purchase it, but there are many newbies to ancients who like the "protection" a slab brings. Yes its just ICG, but its not a self slab. Sending it Vagi might add value to certain customers, but not to most I believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your goal is to make money, sell it as is. If your goal was to collect and cherish these, I would break it out of the slab to more fully enjoy it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Be very careful comparing prices to "recent auctions". Ancient auctions can be weird breeds, especially ones at large shows. I bet you I could take an auction catalog with PRL to a major show and buy a lot of those items at a substantial discount. I just had someone offer me an electrum Greek for $700 and he had the auction catalog from a major show where a lesser coin, (but a die match), went for $1400 plus BP. I know you are an experienced dealer, just warning you major sales usually go quite high versus the real market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1530403, member: 26302"]Personally, I would sell it as is. Those of us who hate slabs will simply ignore it when determining whether to purchase it, but there are many newbies to ancients who like the "protection" a slab brings. Yes its just ICG, but its not a self slab. Sending it Vagi might add value to certain customers, but not to most I believe. If your goal is to make money, sell it as is. If your goal was to collect and cherish these, I would break it out of the slab to more fully enjoy it. Just my opinion. P.S. Be very careful comparing prices to "recent auctions". Ancient auctions can be weird breeds, especially ones at large shows. I bet you I could take an auction catalog with PRL to a major show and buy a lot of those items at a substantial discount. I just had someone offer me an electrum Greek for $700 and he had the auction catalog from a major show where a lesser coin, (but a die match), went for $1400 plus BP. I know you are an experienced dealer, just warning you major sales usually go quite high versus the real market.[/QUOTE]
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