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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2605906, member: 56859&quot;]CNG is my favorite US auction house.&nbsp; They are very easy to use, friendly, quick to ship, and diligent with their coin attributions and pedigrees.&nbsp; Their archives are my first stop when searching for price comparisons for any coin (ACsearch.info is the other main place I use for research).</p><p><br /></p><p>Pecunem (Gitbud-Naumann) had major bidding platform problems last year, causing a few auctions to be interrupted and postponed.&nbsp; One auction was halted and then moved to another virtual venue at a later date.&nbsp; Pecunem reopened recently but Gitbud and Naumann split up.&nbsp; Nauman jumped to Biddr.&nbsp; I&#039;ve bid with them many times.&nbsp; Gitbud stayed with Pecunem and their auctions resumed recently but it looked like a relative dud with only 347 lots.&nbsp; Naumann has had much greater success on Biddr and they have been offering many coins of high interest to me (stay away!!&nbsp; Mine mine mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Auction houses I use most often:&nbsp; CNG, Naumann, Naville, Roma (although sometimes Roma&#039;s opening bids are too optimistic).&nbsp; I picked up a couple of killer coins at remarkably good prices in HJB Buy or Bid sales this year.&nbsp; HJB gets the coins in the mail lightning-fast, which is nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re killing time saving up for your first auction forays, watching auctions or studying them right after they close can be enlightening.&nbsp; Which auction houses have the greatest percent of sold lots?&nbsp; CNG is certainly one with a high sell rate.&nbsp; Which auction houses fail to sell a large number of their auction coins?&nbsp; The last few times I studied them, Pegasi had an abysmal sell rate, probably because their opening bids were higher than most coins were worth; most of the sold coins did so for opening bid.&nbsp; If you bid on a coin in Pegasi you will probably win it-- and you probably paid top dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some auction houses show bidder names.&nbsp; CNG, Roma, and a few others do.&nbsp; That can be instructive as well.&nbsp; After watching many auctions you can identify people who always bid early, people who you can probably outbid, and people you will never be able to outbid (cough *Clio* cough) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, don&#039;t forget to factor in the buyer&#039;s premium.&nbsp; It ranges from ~12% to more than 20% so check carefully for those terms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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