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Message:: [QUOTE="Alex22, post: 3576207, member: 102942"]Thanks [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] for the comment. I agree on the limited sampling, and the lack of specific details which I don't want to bring up as it would not help my point, but as a newbie encountering such responses from a few auction houses not too unknown, I think it would be safer to generalize the "not a guaranty" part of my statements. I don't say that the auction houses don't care whether they sell authentic coins or fakes, but they would tend to relax their assessment depth in order to save time and money on research (hence to have more competitive prices), while also easing the support conditions for taking back the coin and generously refunding if such cases arise. The latter does not lower their reputation, as many major auction houses have coins returned, or taken out from forthcoming auctions because the collectors pointing out something, and they do their business just fine. I more refer to the fact that we cannot outsource the need to research our coins to the auction houses, by unconditionally trusting their judgement.[/QUOTE]