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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7721873, member: 120820&quot;]Indeed. I&#039;ve seen one well known high-end dealer on multiple occasions put coins up for auction &quot;from collection of a gentleman&quot;, etc, that I had recorded as being sold on eBay a few months earlier. I really don&#039;t get the point (although I&#039;ve seen some of these sell for a $1K markup over eBay price, so who knows if those words may have played a part).</p><p><br /></p><p>In my own realm (Constantinian bronzes) unfortunately provenance is not available the majority of the time, or a relatively recent auction provenance at best. You may get a hoard provenance, but since hoard reports typically lack photos of most coins, I rather doubt these have much value. It&#039;s also quite common for coins to sell in lots where there are no pictures (e.g. the PLVR NATAL FEL plate coin I posted in another thread, ex. Roma, had previously been sold in a Kunker group lot, as have many coins from famous collectors. I have one coin ex. Lord Grantley 5th, but again no original sale photo. Constantine just gets no respect!).</p><p><br /></p><p>Nowadays buying from overseas auctions you do at least usually get legal export papers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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