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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sesop, post: 682029, member: 19386&quot;]<b>thanks</b></p><p><br /></p><p>thanks for the responses. interesting views. i find it hard to believe that every set has been picked over- surely there are thousands of examples of person x buys 1959 mint set. person x dies. person x&#039;s kids could care less about the coins and list them on ebay. i would think it more likely that the dealers chopped up the sets when slabbing became so popular and that the majority of the sets showing up on ebay are from old so and so&#039;s old coin collection, blah blah blah. most of the sets i&#039;ve bought come from sellers with little feedback. 100% but few sales. most indicate they are the original owner. even if half are lying and are dealers posing as naive sellers to trick people like me into shelling out $9 for a set which has no shot of an ms-70 coin, that still leaves a lot of material. as i said, i buy them because i like them. if they increase in value, great. i just can&#039;t fathom that the volume of in-tact sets hasn&#039;t decreased dramatically over time, which, at some point, will make them more valuable. </p><p><br /></p><p>everyone can be a monday morning quarterback, but its usually the stock nobody thinks to buy which ends up higher than anybody could have anticipated. indeed, today, the sets are being taken apart a la the junkyard example someone gave. imagine taking an old cadillac to the junkyard. the sum is worth less than the parts. but that same car, if kept in a garage for 50 or so years, will at some point be worth more than the parts. if for no other reason than so few are left in original condition. just a thought. either way, i could care less. for $3-30 a pop, i&#039;m picking them up until i run out of money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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