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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 12712, member: 1113&quot;]Using eBay can be a good alternative for many sellers.&nbsp; However, unless a few criteria are met, I doubt you&#039;ll do much better on eBay than through a dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all, if you&#039;re looking to get maximum value, ideally the coins are already certified (i.e. slabbed), preferably by PCGS or NGC as those will, all else being equal, generally fetch the highest price since the market has more faith in the stated grade.&nbsp; Though in reality, unless &quot;the market&quot; will pay more than $25 for a PCGS or NGC-graded coin than a raw coin, you&#039;re better off financially just getting a good picture of it (see below), grading it accurately, describing it completely and letting the market set the price.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, selling big ticket items may be difficult with a new eBay account or one with a low feedback rating.&nbsp; If you have a new account with zero feedback, don&#039;t count on getting $900-950 on a $1000-valued item (or even the $700-800 a dealer might give you).&nbsp; While some justifiably look at this tactic with some suspicion, you may want to sell a few small-ticket items first to build the feedback rating.&nbsp; Now if you sell nothing but $5 items to build it up and then suddenly sell a $1000 item when your feedback hits double digits, some *will* be suspicious -- and understandably so -- but it&#039;s still better than trying to sell it with zero feedback.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally -- and this is especially true if you have a lot of coins to sell which are of very high value -- invest in good imaging equipment (camera, lighting, et cetera) if you don&#039;t have it already.&nbsp; The higher bids you&#039;ll get with very good images of your coins will likely more than pay for the equipment if the value of the coins is high enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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