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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1298977, member: 26302&quot;]Big Ed, I think price guides are useful for pricing yoru collection, as long as you recognize these are retail prices. Even then, prices guides always overprice common, low priced items. Think of it this way, if the dealer has a cost of $1 minimum to put a coin in a flip and price it, then for a coin that is really worth $1 it will be priced at $2. There is a built in dealer minimum cost to handle a coin built in, for a $200 coin this cost is almost meaningless, for a $1 items its considerable. This is one of the reasons price guides overvalue the most common coins all of the time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, I keep in mind in tallying cat value, the cheap stuff is valued too high, the middle stuff is about right, and the high priced stuff is probably valued too low. If you keep those facts in mind, and the fact the price guide is for retail prices, I believe it should help you reconcile what you see in price guides and real life. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your experience with Ebay is simply people being dumb, something not infrequent on Ebay. If I weren&#039;t too lazy I would sort through my IHC for you, but I believe at least one member has offered assitance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helped a little.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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