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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2012253, member: 27832&quot;]I hate dealers that insist on making a profit, instead of selling to me at the same price that they paid themselves. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>More seriously, at the big local coin show this summer I asked one dealer what he was most looking to buy. He actually gave a short and unusually specific list, including nicer-grade SLQs, early Walkers, and S-mint Buffalos.</p><p><br /></p><p>It just so happened that I had an ANACS AU55 FH 1917 T1 SLQ, a nice VF or so 1919-S Walker, and a darkly toned but original and probably high-VF 1925-S Buffalo. I brought them to him the second day, and we had a fairly long discussion about each coin -- good and bad features, likely grades for the two raw coins, and so forth. He made offers that I thought were fair. I know I could probably have gotten more on eBay; it&#039;s possible that he was seeing something I wasn&#039;t, and that I could have gotten a <i>lot</i> more on eBay. But because he was so specific that first day, and so engaged the second day, I was happy to sell to him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another dealer at the show had a sign up stating that he was looking to buy PL and DMPL Morgans. I have one, a common-date MS64 in an old holder. I figured the old holder would increase its market desirability. He agreed that he likes old holders, and that it was a pretty coin, but he also pointed out that standards for PL/DMPL have <i>tightened</i> since the old-holder days -- and, looking at coins from his inventory, it was clear that this one didn&#039;t measure up to most of the others. He still made me an offer close to what I paid for the coin, and he was very frank about what he&#039;d expect to get for it (something like $70 to buy it from me, selling it for maybe $100). I decided I liked the coin better than the offer, but I left with a really positive attitude toward the dealer, and I&#039;ll certainly give him priority if I&#039;m looking to sell any other coins in his specialty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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