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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 2949315, member: 22377"][USER=87737]@Beefer518[/USER] I'm more with [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] that this coin sold for a fair price, but was not a steal. I also think the grade is fair; while the cheek is rough, the fields are actually quite nice. Another thing to note, is that the auction started at $400 and only had the one bid near the end. In my experiences with GC, coins with high start prices tend to do worse than the ones that start at some nominal value (like $1 or $10). Although it is somewhat irrational, it does seem that more people are attracted to the listings where they see a lot of bids.</p><p><br /></p><p>To add, this is an older, less popular, and slightly scarce NGC holder (NGC 8, which "lasted only for about four weeks in August and Sept of 2000" per Conder101). Being from 2000, that might also be before NGC started using the star designation ([USER=66]@Conder101[/USER] or [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] would either of you know when the star first appeared at NGC?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Adding holder pictures</p><p><img src="https://www.greatcollections.com/image.php?id=f8d6ecf1fb70eb8cf541c0d2a9af8249" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.greatcollections.com/image.php?id=cd27dbacf55e30b8d4cc0ea1ba80780a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 2949315, member: 22377"][USER=87737]@Beefer518[/USER] I'm more with [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] that this coin sold for a fair price, but was not a steal. I also think the grade is fair; while the cheek is rough, the fields are actually quite nice. Another thing to note, is that the auction started at $400 and only had the one bid near the end. In my experiences with GC, coins with high start prices tend to do worse than the ones that start at some nominal value (like $1 or $10). Although it is somewhat irrational, it does seem that more people are attracted to the listings where they see a lot of bids. To add, this is an older, less popular, and slightly scarce NGC holder (NGC 8, which "lasted only for about four weeks in August and Sept of 2000" per Conder101). Being from 2000, that might also be before NGC started using the star designation ([USER=66]@Conder101[/USER] or [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] would either of you know when the star first appeared at NGC?). Edit: Adding holder pictures [IMG]https://www.greatcollections.com/image.php?id=f8d6ecf1fb70eb8cf541c0d2a9af8249[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.greatcollections.com/image.php?id=cd27dbacf55e30b8d4cc0ea1ba80780a[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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