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<p>[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 8288541, member: 20480"]I can vouch for there not being much fresh material, although there were certainly coins enough to pique my interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both Thursday & Friday were good, but Saturday was dead as a doornail. That could have been weather related, as it was a nicer day than the prior two.</p><p><br /></p><p>More than one dealer observed that customers seemed to be experiencing "sticker shock". With prices up for everything else . . . gasoline, food, services and non-perishables, this comes as no surprise to me. On the one hand, I heard complaints that pricing seemed to have been jacked up almost capriciously in the price guides, while I also observed that retail sellers were asking for all of that when offering their coins for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prices are definitely on the rise, and I had to be careful not to sell too quickly that which I could not affordably replace. One perfect example of this . . . I sold a 1904-S Half Eagle in PCGS AU55 for $750 and ended up paying $775 for another lower grade NGC AU50 1904-S Half Eagle the very next day.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a struggle for me to buy anything special, as may be apparent next time I post newps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 8288541, member: 20480"]I can vouch for there not being much fresh material, although there were certainly coins enough to pique my interest. Both Thursday & Friday were good, but Saturday was dead as a doornail. That could have been weather related, as it was a nicer day than the prior two. More than one dealer observed that customers seemed to be experiencing "sticker shock". With prices up for everything else . . . gasoline, food, services and non-perishables, this comes as no surprise to me. On the one hand, I heard complaints that pricing seemed to have been jacked up almost capriciously in the price guides, while I also observed that retail sellers were asking for all of that when offering their coins for sale. Prices are definitely on the rise, and I had to be careful not to sell too quickly that which I could not affordably replace. One perfect example of this . . . I sold a 1904-S Half Eagle in PCGS AU55 for $750 and ended up paying $775 for another lower grade NGC AU50 1904-S Half Eagle the very next day. It was a struggle for me to buy anything special, as may be apparent next time I post newps.[/QUOTE]
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