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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1599641, member: 25357&quot;]I&#039;ve also been selling portions of my collection over the last six months or so.&nbsp; I went to a couple of different dealers, got lowballed by one.&nbsp; Got a fair offer from another.&nbsp; I&#039;ve since sold large portions of my gold.&nbsp; Got about 95 percent of spot on that.&nbsp; Since I got in at around $400 on most of it, I figured it was a good time to sell and take some profits.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For most of my other coins, I will probably use ebay.&nbsp; Especially for the slabbed keys.&nbsp; I may sell some to a dealer in bulk, but it&#039;s a trade off.&nbsp; You&#039;ll probably make more selling them individually on Ebay, but it&#039;s a lot more work to photograph, list, and ship the coins.&nbsp; Plus you have to deal with the buying public.&nbsp; One dealer made me a reasonable offer on my Morgan Set, but again, I think I&#039;ll just do the drudge work,&nbsp; break out the coins individually and list on eBay.&nbsp; One thing to note about selling on ebay, is the fact that you&#039;ve got to factor in 9 percent sellers fees plus three percent paypal, that will take a 12 percent chunk out of any profits right off the bat.&nbsp; What you get in return is unparalleled access to a huge virtual market for your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still think you can do better than selling the entire collection to a dealer, they&#039;re in it for a profit so must build in a margin accordingly.&nbsp; But you&#039;ve got to be willing to do the work.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other thing I&#039;ve learned since I started selling, it&#039;s a lot harder to make money in coins than it looks.&nbsp; But I got 10 years of enjoyment out of collecting, and an education in the market to boot.&nbsp; I can always start collecting coins again if the fancy strikes me.&nbsp; Good luck to you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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