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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 1525737, member: 22271&quot;]The other advantage of being there is that you get to preview the coins. Sometimes a flaw is not obvious from the website, but is quite visible when looked at under a loupe. Sometimes, the website image just doesn&#039;t do justice to any luster (if present).</p><p><br /></p><p>At an auction last week, this saved me from buying a coin that had almost imperceptible scratches in the the field just front of the bust (what it did is caused me to lower my max bid amount with the result that an on-line bidder won that particular auction). Had I not been able to see (in person) the fine hairline scratches, I would now own a coin that I would not have been happy with.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other advantage (especially if you go to a lot of auctions) is that you can see who you are bidding against. Sometimes you know the other bidder has deep pockets—this can stop you from getting into a bidding war where the only person who wins is the seller (and of course the auction house).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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