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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3309008, member: 82322&quot;]Some auction houses seal the lots with something like this to prevent people from touching or swapping coins:</p><p><a href="https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/impulse-coin-flip-sealer.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/impulse-coin-flip-sealer.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinsupplyexpress.com/impulse-coin-flip-sealer.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>At the Spink preview the lots I looked at were sealed into 4x4s with something like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the Heritage and the Stacks previews most of the lots were in slabs.&nbsp; I can&#039;t recall if the few unslabbed lots were sealed.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the CNG preview I was sitting next to a high-roller who was encouraged to take out and inspect a Naxos drachm that later hammered for 1/4 million.&nbsp; He dropped it at least once (4 inches, onto his catalog) and handed it to me, a complete stranger, so that I could touch and praise it.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=371292" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=371292" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=371292</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I removed and held one lot I was considering, an obol I think, so that I could inspect the surfaces under magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I owned an auction house I would seal the lots in their flips.&nbsp; Not because of acid finger residue....&nbsp; As a youth I wanted to be a stage magician.&nbsp; I would not sleep well knowing every customer had a chance to palm the wares of my consigners.&nbsp; (I would unseal and reseal lots on request.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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