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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2931108, member: 8959&quot;]There are undoubtedly (still) some good ancients on eBay, but wading thought it requires a lot of time and patience. Just too many fakes on Ebay, many (surprisingly</p><p>to me) with UK and also Spain-based sellers. I am often surprised that people actually buy and pay high prices for some coins which anybody with any experience in ancients will immediately detect as obvious fakes. It is actually dismaying. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many good auction houses. I have been particularly happy with: CNG, Heritage, Spinks, Baldwins, Künker, Gorny &amp; Mosch (in the past) Peus, and Leu to name that last few I have bought from and been satisfied with. </p><p>Yes you pay the fees, but Big Advantage: what you buy from them is usually at least authentic (in the overwhelming number of cases), and If not, you can always return the coins usually without problems. Just have to be careful with tooling and smoothing which some may carelessly overlook (or not mention).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;By far the best venue for me over the years is to buy from other collectors. People I know and thrust and who reach a certain point in their collecting careers where they start dispersing their collections. Or their interests may have changed. </p><p>We reach a fair deal: by selling direct they avoid the trouble of selling at auction, and I save the auction house fees<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Win-win.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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