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<p>[QUOTE="1970 Silver Art, post: 844643, member: 18828"]Honestly speaking, ebay is the best place to sell silver art bars of any size because you have a larger pool of potential buyers online. Ebay collectors are willing to pay a large premium over spot for silver art bars because there is a very strong desire and a demand for silver art bars on ebay. </p><p> </p><p>The next best place that I can think of to selling the Norman Rockwell Four Freedoms series is at a coin show. If there is a coin show that is close to where you live, then you can try that venue as well. The advantage of selling at a coin show would be that when they sell, you can get your cash up front instead of waiting for an online payment. </p><p> </p><p>The disadvantage that I see of selling at a coin show would be that you may not have a big enough marketplace of potential buyers to look at your art bar set. Then there is that expense of setting up a table at a coin show and that is a factor to consider if you wanted to sell at a local coin show. </p><p> </p><p>As for the spotting, I would recommend leaving it as it is. That is probably some toning and some collectors like toning on their silver art bars. </p><p> </p><p>Ebay is as close to the "real world" that you can get in terms of value over spot. I am sure that you could get a decent premium over spot on Hamilton Mint bars but it may not be as big a premium when you factor in ebay and paypal fees. Since it is a complete set, then you might get more for them on ebay if you sold them as a set. Complete silver art bar sets tend to do well on ebay based on some ebay auctions that I have seen in the past. </p><p> </p><p>If you sold those Hamilton Mint art bars at a local dealer, then the local dealer will only give you the metal value of those art bars minus a discount. </p><p> </p><p>Ebay is the best place to sell them to get the best price for them in my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="1970 Silver Art, post: 844643, member: 18828"]Honestly speaking, ebay is the best place to sell silver art bars of any size because you have a larger pool of potential buyers online. Ebay collectors are willing to pay a large premium over spot for silver art bars because there is a very strong desire and a demand for silver art bars on ebay. The next best place that I can think of to selling the Norman Rockwell Four Freedoms series is at a coin show. If there is a coin show that is close to where you live, then you can try that venue as well. The advantage of selling at a coin show would be that when they sell, you can get your cash up front instead of waiting for an online payment. The disadvantage that I see of selling at a coin show would be that you may not have a big enough marketplace of potential buyers to look at your art bar set. Then there is that expense of setting up a table at a coin show and that is a factor to consider if you wanted to sell at a local coin show. As for the spotting, I would recommend leaving it as it is. That is probably some toning and some collectors like toning on their silver art bars. Ebay is as close to the "real world" that you can get in terms of value over spot. I am sure that you could get a decent premium over spot on Hamilton Mint bars but it may not be as big a premium when you factor in ebay and paypal fees. Since it is a complete set, then you might get more for them on ebay if you sold them as a set. Complete silver art bar sets tend to do well on ebay based on some ebay auctions that I have seen in the past. If you sold those Hamilton Mint art bars at a local dealer, then the local dealer will only give you the metal value of those art bars minus a discount. Ebay is the best place to sell them to get the best price for them in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
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