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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 724584, member: 16510"]There is so many variables in your question.   There is so many variables in your question.It depends.  You say you do not care about greysheet, well that's one tool dealers rely on and sometimes 50% of retail is just about right.  I'm not sure what you are expecting?Is it not the same in all markets with many being much worse?For instance, go buy $1000 worth of jewlery and tell us if you can find even one place that will offer as much as 50% of what you paid.You see it does not matter what you think is fair or just.  The only thing that matters is do you want to sell to that dealer at that price, that's the only thing that matters.There are very few coins worth what we like to think they are in real life.They are only worth what buyer and seller agree upon at the moment of sale.  I hate to say it (again and again) but this stuff is not rare.  90% of this stuff is easily availible at most shows, shops and in collectors collections.  If you want to play outside of the norm your going to have to buy the coins (or whatever) that falls outside the norm.  Those coins are few and far between but to work out some kind of formula for buying and selling without the above knowledge and the greysheet, I don't see how you ever could.[/QUOTE]