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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2521040, member: 10461&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; In this situation, there is no ethical obligation whatsoever upon the buyer to recompense the seller, especially after such a long time has elapsed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you unknowingly cherrypick someone you have a good and long-lasting relationship with, you may, <i>at your discretion</i>, &quot;throw him or her a crumb&quot; (i.e., give a modest thank you gift).&nbsp; I have both given and received these kinds of friendly &quot;sweetener&quot; gestures after the fact.&nbsp; It&#039;s a nice courtesy.&nbsp; But totally voluntary on the part of the one who did the cherrypicking.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Case in point:</b> when Rich Sayre (aka &quot;Cladiator&quot; on CU) bought a holed 1806 Draped Bust half from me for $75 in 2005, neither he nor I realized it was a previously undiscovered Overton Variety.&nbsp; When he listed it on eBay later, it sold for $1,801.&nbsp; It became the <a href="http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/convention2005/bustHalf.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/convention2005/bustHalf.html" rel="nofollow">1806 Overton-129 Discovery Coin</a>, and, if you look at that article I just linked, at least one expert placed a $20,000 value on it at the time!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Was I upset that such a rarity unknowingly passed through my hands?&nbsp; Not really.&nbsp; Rich didn&#039;t know he was cherrypicking me.&nbsp; And had two specialists not seen the coin on eBay and got into a bidding war over it, neither of us would have been the wiser.&nbsp; Rich had no ethical obligation to me.&nbsp; But he bought me a copy of the Overton book and signed it and had the specialists who discovered the O-129 sign it as well.&nbsp; I later signed it, too, so all of the owners in that coin&#039;s pedigree signed that book.</p><p><br /></p><p>That gesture by Rich was exactly the sort of thing I&#039;m talking about.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t owe me anything at all, but gave me a thoughtful gift anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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