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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 751508, member: 2972&quot;]I never said that Brandon doesn&#039;t take good photographs -- to the contrary I agree he&#039;s a great photographer.&nbsp; I simply said he makes the coin look much better than it does in-hand -- and I stand by that statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s take the coin used in this thread for an example -- the coin is a very darkly toned coin.&nbsp; I will wager the coin appears almost black in-hand, yet the overexposed photo using nearly-reflected light disguises this fact.&nbsp; Does the coin look like it does in the photograph if it is angled just right into the light -- yes.&nbsp; Does the coin look like this from a distance or in-hand at any other angle -- no.</p><p><br /></p><p>And like you, I&#039;ve seen quite a few of their coins both in-hand and in photographs.&nbsp; It is very likely that I&#039;ve had the opportunity to examine more of their inventory than you have, having visited their table on two occasions at FUN and going through their entire inventory. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will disagree that they made money by purchasing exceptional coins.&nbsp; Some of their inventory was exceptional.&nbsp; Most wasn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now there&#039;s nothing wrong with making a profit.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing wrong with taking great photos and using those photos to sell the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, when one interprets retail sales done in this way to define market prices for coins that I take exception. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First, from what I recall, a 19% markup was hardly typical for Anaconda.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, put those coins up for sale at the next Signature auction and see what they bring sight-seen.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet it&#039;s much closer to 10x than you think.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your welcome.&nbsp; Let&#039;s remember that I wasn&#039;t the one whose title tried to draw that conclusion.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Take care...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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