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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 4506474, member: 91771&quot;]I recommend the auction aggregators numisbids, biddr, sixbid, bidinside and deamonta. Most of the auction houses on those sites are very good, well-established businesses. Avoid coins from emporium hamburg at all costs, however, as they frequently sell fake coins. It&#039;s also best to avoid Lanz. (Those are the only notoriously bad dealers I know of on those platforms, but it&#039;s always good to do a quick search of the house on google or in the cointalk archives, if you&#039;re unfamiliar with it). </p><p><br /></p><p>For getting your toes wet I might recommend savoca&#039;s &quot;blue&quot; auctions for lower-end material. They always have a great selection of small greek silver, which is a favorite of mine. Artemide is another personal favorite--I&#039;ve gotten several decent deals on very rare coins there. If you&#039;re really looking to dive in CNG, NAC, Kunker, Harlan Berk, and Roma are all particularly well regarded, and tend to be pricey. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s great to browse through lots and lots of auctions though. Get a sense of the kind of material different houses sell and at what kinds of prices. I think it&#039;s the best way to figure out what specifically your interested in and what fits your budget. One nice thing about numisbids is you can save lots you&#039;re interested in and go back to them later to see what they sold for, so you can build a personalized archive based on your interests.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You should also make use of the archive sites coinarchives.com, sixbid-coin-archive.com, and on <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx</a> to get a sense of market prices for comparable coins, and relative rarity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Vcoins and Mashops are also good online marketplaces for trustworthy coin dealers. They are buy-it-now and tend to be priced at high-retail. Occasionally you can find a good deal if you know what you&#039;re looking for. I always cross-reference their prices with auction results (factoring in buyer&#039;s premiums which are generally not reported with the &quot;sold&quot; price) to make sure I&#039;m not vastly overpaying for something. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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