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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vitagen, post: 288012, member: 10636&quot;]I find the reserve and starting prices on those are too high.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one should have met the reserve before reaching $800</p><p>The second one is starting too high &amp; should either set it&#039;s start at max $2900, or set the reserve to that.&nbsp; Then, the bidding shall commence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reserves are funny.&nbsp; They can attract TONS of viewers, but few bidders if people start getting disappointed about a reserve never reaching after tons of bids. (20-30)</p><p>Even then, a reserve on an item worth less than $50 is silly.&nbsp; If your item it worth $50 or lower and you start it at $0.99 or $5.00 without a reserve...the bidders will raise it.&nbsp; Your odds of it reaching the actual value are very good.&nbsp; Especially for solid gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably not so much with lesser value items, like a small lot of wheat pennies or steel pennies that&#039;s worth $50 to you.&nbsp; Those depend on the timing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best thing for an actual price quote is to average the sale price of the last 10 completed auctions that sold...which are similar to yours (if possible that is).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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