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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1410381, member: 19065&quot;]Both wonderful expressions of advice from Dr Kegg &amp; Steve! :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll add and posit that the supply of notes for sale in the last year or so seems a bit sparse. The good stuff, <i>i.e.</i> high value rarities, continue to roll out and attract attention at the big advertised auction houses&#039; signature auctions, but lower and mid-range supply seems spread rather thin, at least for the various things that interest me for what I have been seeking-- and not even finding available to put bids in for. If it&#039;s not the quality or the grades that I&#039;m after and can&#039;t find month after month, then the it&#039;s the total lack of certain series regardless of condition/grade, etc. It does seem there&#039;s a flood of low-low end and raw low grade stuff filling auction listings but the better stuff has been squirrel away in collections. </p><p><br /></p><p>With limited supply out there, bids are bound to be a touch stronger than guides can keep abreast of when things come up that collectors are after. For this reason, I tend to go by auction results more than anything when ball parking values. It takes time to research but you can start to do your own tracking and have estimates readily available in mind when you do see something to bid on when it appears. I don&#039;t think any guides can tell us any better than what we know suits our budgets and meets our perception of market value for a given note we are after. I suggest studying auction results and keeping personal records for what you are trying to acquire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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