jezzzuzssssssssss these made my mouth water.. the pics in this guys store I started drooling..lol the fine precision of the cameraa angle and the in-depth field view is awesome the way he captures the toning perfect.... I want to do that.. http://www.ebay.com/cln/r-scoins/RE...62602186_79211&collectionid=59733540018&pos=1
Yeah, I have heard that. I prefer old fashioned dealers who, either verbally or pictorially, describe a coin that will be better in hand than their description. I am buying a coin not a pretty photo.
How does GSC use photo trickery? I have heard bad things about them, they can't trick you if it's just an astounding photo unless they make it "artifically" look better than it is.And by artifically I mean changing backgrounds, Photoshopping it digitally. So, how do they use photo trickery?
I have heard color enhancement and for some reason some nicks on the coin do not really show up on the photos. For me, this is hearsay since I have never bought one of their coins. There is LOTS of stuff than can be "tweaked" with coin photography without really "lying". Basically just photographing it in the best POSSIBLE way. Just ask me how to do it, and do the exact opposite. I have a real knack for photographing a coin so it looks 3 grades lower than it actually is.
Man - the 1909 and 1899 IHC's both look ugly to me. Based off those pictures both would come back "questionable color". Several do look nice - but I would skip anything by Great southern coins as mentioned above.
GSC has been known to alter the pictures of their coins in order to make them visually more appealing than they are in-hand. The way they light their photographs often covers up things like evidence of cleaning and other damage/blemishes. Just do a search of "Great Southern Coin" on this forum and you will read a bunch of posts by members who have bought from them and did not have a good experience.
