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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 25320949, member: 92212&quot;]This made me curious so I did a little quick research.&nbsp; (Actually I suppose you could call it &quot;fact-checking&quot;.) </p><p><br /></p><p>8 examples of this type are recorded on ACS over the past 5 years. (That goes back to 2019, before the COVID-era price escalation period, so it includes some &#039;bargains&#039; relative to today&#039;s prices.)&nbsp; The average hammer price of the 8 was $9.596 not including auction fees.&nbsp; Allowing for a 15% fee added to the hammer means there was a $11,035 average cost-to-the-buyer.&nbsp; So, a listing at $10,656 (with no added fee required) is actually a below-average-cost, making it sure enough true that it is... &quot;not necessarily over-priced&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, for my collecting budget (which certainly isn&#039;t bargain basement), spending over $10K for a coin <u><i>feels</i></u> over-priced.&nbsp; :-o&nbsp; It far exceeds what I would/could ever spend for a single coin.&nbsp; But for those many ancient coin collectors who aren&#039;t economically challenged, $10K is probably about like me buying a $750 coin.&nbsp; So for ME... this coin is over-priced for MY budget... but it isn&#039;t really priced above its value based on what people have historically been willing to pay over the past 5 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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