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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4291941, member: 73489&quot;]Great article, PF...thanks for posting.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(1)&nbsp; <b>I know I was intimidated going into the Heritage room at FUN.</b>&nbsp; I had no idea how it worked.&nbsp; In fact, I never saw the 1927-D because I thought you had to be a HA VIP or serious bidder for the coin.&nbsp; Nobody volunteered &quot;<i>Are you here to see the 1927-D?</i>&quot; or &quot;<i>Is there a coin you&#039;d like to see</i> ?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, in all honesty, I was more interested in getting away with one of the Platinum Night books for my collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know if they wanted you to take one or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>(2)&nbsp; I did register for the auctions (even though I didn&#039;t bid) by giving them my online HA information and they gave me that white paper thingy.&nbsp; But I was just a WEE BIT SHORT of having the funds to bid on the 1927-D. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(3)&nbsp; <b>VERY INTERESTING that the author says that 75% of auctions in the past were dealers </b>(jibes with Doug&#039;s repeated claims that 75-80% of business at shows is dealer-to-dealer) but now 75% are directly to people like us, collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>(4)&nbsp; <i>Dealers can bid for you, look at lots, etc ?&nbsp; Really ?&nbsp; Were people doing this at FUN ?&nbsp; What about conflicts of interest ?&nbsp; </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Are dealers doing this as a side business, or do you have to know the dealer personally ?&nbsp; Outside of the dealers/folks I&#039;ve met here and my LCS, I don&#039;t know if I&#039;d trust anybody else.</p><p><br /></p><p>(5)&nbsp; <b>I find the online auctions very good, esp. HA.</b>&nbsp; But some of them can last 4-6 hours (or more); would be great if they had something on the site that gave an estimated time until items that you have bid on or are on your Wishlist come up for auction.&nbsp; As it is, I guestimate..... about 15-20 seconds for each item to go so if something I want is about 350 items in the queu, I know it&#039;s gonna be about 75-90 minutes until I get close.</p><p><br /></p><p>(6)&nbsp; Speaking of online auctions and time.....<b><i>why are GC&#039;s auctions that are active sometimes 25-30 days before they expire ?</i></b>&nbsp; That seems long.&nbsp; HA won&#039;t start the bidding usually until about 2-3 weeks until the coin show and/or online auction commences.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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