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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2951952, member: 26302"]I have been in the same situation. When I have seen fake coins in an auction, I have notified the auctioneer. You can learn a lot about auctioneers by doing this. Ones which I mentioned this and pulled the lot to be safe I continue to patronize. Unfortunately, most say "thanks" and still auction it of without mentioning the concern. Those auctioneers I refuse to patronize any longer, since I cannot count on the authenticity of anything there if I now know their morals.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got banned from one auction house once. After the auctioneer still sold the coins, I went over to the buyer and told him how I was certain all of the coins were fakes, and in fact had told the auctioneer before the auction but he ignored me. Evidently the buyer was a major purchaser there, and was quite upset. The auctioneer found me and told me to never return. I told him "no problem, I was not going to anyway".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2951952, member: 26302"]I have been in the same situation. When I have seen fake coins in an auction, I have notified the auctioneer. You can learn a lot about auctioneers by doing this. Ones which I mentioned this and pulled the lot to be safe I continue to patronize. Unfortunately, most say "thanks" and still auction it of without mentioning the concern. Those auctioneers I refuse to patronize any longer, since I cannot count on the authenticity of anything there if I now know their morals. I got banned from one auction house once. After the auctioneer still sold the coins, I went over to the buyer and told him how I was certain all of the coins were fakes, and in fact had told the auctioneer before the auction but he ignored me. Evidently the buyer was a major purchaser there, and was quite upset. The auctioneer found me and told me to never return. I told him "no problem, I was not going to anyway".[/QUOTE]
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