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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 26036319, member: 22377"]* Does everyone just use Greysheet Wholesale as their guide to what they should expect to get? If so, how do I get values from Greysheet for free? LOL!</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #4d4dff">....many dealers use greysheet and some buyers use it too...it's a decent guide and can act as a starting point but quite a few coins don't sell at greysheet. If you have an eye appealing coin (like a high end toned Morgan), you can toss the greysheet as the price can be 3x, 10x, or more. On the other hand, a coin that is ugly, has turned in the holder, or has little demand can easily sell for well under greysheet. </span></p><p><span style="color: #4d4dff">...you can't get greysheets for free; there is a cost for subscribing or buying one-off issues. They do provide "retail" guides for free (there the prices are higher and the idea is that is what one would pay to a dealer to buy a coin).</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>* What's the difference between Greysheet (for gumba's like me?) and Bluesheet (for Dealers?), and are there even more "sheets" than these two?</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">....those are the main two and I think the bluesheet isn't used as much nowadays. The difference is that greysheet prices are for "sight-seen" (in person or you see a picture) transactions while bluesheet is for "sight-unseen" (i.e. the price for a generic 1881-S MS 65 Morgan but you don't know what specific coin you will get)</span></p><p><br /></p><p>* Do people use ebay to search for completed auctions to get recent realized prices?</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">...yes eBay completed auctions is still an important resource for sold prices. A few others are Heritage archives, Stacks, and Great Collections.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 26036319, member: 22377"]* Does everyone just use Greysheet Wholesale as their guide to what they should expect to get? If so, how do I get values from Greysheet for free? LOL! [COLOR=#4d4dff]....many dealers use greysheet and some buyers use it too...it's a decent guide and can act as a starting point but quite a few coins don't sell at greysheet. If you have an eye appealing coin (like a high end toned Morgan), you can toss the greysheet as the price can be 3x, 10x, or more. On the other hand, a coin that is ugly, has turned in the holder, or has little demand can easily sell for well under greysheet. ...you can't get greysheets for free; there is a cost for subscribing or buying one-off issues. They do provide "retail" guides for free (there the prices are higher and the idea is that is what one would pay to a dealer to buy a coin).[/COLOR] * What's the difference between Greysheet (for gumba's like me?) and Bluesheet (for Dealers?), and are there even more "sheets" than these two? [COLOR=#0000ff]....those are the main two and I think the bluesheet isn't used as much nowadays. The difference is that greysheet prices are for "sight-seen" (in person or you see a picture) transactions while bluesheet is for "sight-unseen" (i.e. the price for a generic 1881-S MS 65 Morgan but you don't know what specific coin you will get)[/COLOR] * Do people use ebay to search for completed auctions to get recent realized prices? [COLOR=#0000ff]...yes eBay completed auctions is still an important resource for sold prices. A few others are Heritage archives, Stacks, and Great Collections.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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