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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 676795, member: 13650&quot;]I used to think the same thing but I don&#039;t believe it applies to at least lower end stuff now.&nbsp;&nbsp; I agree with GD&#039;s statement.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; And Kanga&#039;s statement here is why:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; When stuff is lower grade, thus lower priced, it&#039;s easy to pay double or triple what it&#039;s worth when someone finds something they have to have.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; When something is a slabbed, higher grade coin that may be worth several hundred or thousand dollars, there are much fewer bidders so somebody buying feels like they deserve a big break under the book value.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; In that sense, ebay has raised the value of lower grade coins and lowered the value of rarer, more expensive stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I think the best deals to be had are at coin shows with dealers who don&#039;t sell online.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of them have such large inventories that they don&#039;t have time to monitor what crazy prices are being paid for every individual coin or set on ebay lately.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Here&#039;s a BU war nickel set in a Capital Plastics holder I picked up at a show last year:</p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/Coin%20Album1/IMG_0370.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The holder alone sells for $15.&nbsp; &nbsp; I paid $75 for this set.&nbsp; With good pictures, I could likely get almost double for it on ebay.&nbsp; But is that the real value of it?&nbsp;&nbsp; There almost needs to be a separate price guide for ebay!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The thing is, the guy I bought it from said he had 5 or 6 sets just like it that he left at the shop because he didn&#039;t think they would sell.&nbsp; At $75.&nbsp;&nbsp; He would have gladly sold them all if he had brought them.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know the guy I went with would have bought one or two.&nbsp;&nbsp; I might have bought another myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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