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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2352757, member: 19463&quot;]Don&#039;t think all this is new.&nbsp; in the late 80&#039;s a member of our club died.&nbsp; His widow asked one of the members to help her dispose of his coins (no one in the family wanted them).&nbsp; The group was large and varied in terms of value.&nbsp; The best offer from several dealer who was shown them was under 25% of retail as estimated by a couple of our more experienced member dealers (neither of whom could afford the whole group).&nbsp; The widow said that she wanted the club members to have first shot so we went through boxes and boxes at meetings for about a year.&nbsp; Things we could not absorb were consigned to various auctions or sold to dealers who specialized in that level coin.&nbsp; After a lot of work, the widow got a bit more than the original estimate.&nbsp; The member who made this happen received nothing for many hours work and we can not expect dealers to do all this sorting and handling for nothing.&nbsp; That is where the 25% figure came from.&nbsp; Fair?&nbsp; Maybe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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