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KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
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My dealer has a newspaper type sheet that lists the retail, whole-sale, and auction prices. do u know what it is, and if u do where can i get 1?
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Greysheet, maybe?

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Kid,
    I think I've got your answer and you can buy it right off the Internet.

    They are likely using the Coin Dealer Newsletter. In the industry it's called the Grey Sheet. Go to www.greysheet.com and you can buy the latest issue for about $4. I always buy the weekly and monthly versions (monthly covers more coins) before big shows. For $8, I get the latest pricing info - bid and ask. There is also a Blue Sheet for sight unseen slab prices. If you are buying the first time, there are also some grouping prices under the Specials section. $14 gts you just about everything.

    Then again, when I was a kid (high school), I convinced my local dealer to give me his old grey sheets. They were a couple months old, but pricing was close enough for me.

    Good luck.
    Tom

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    Type collector since 1981
    Current focus 1855 date type set
  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Russ - You have fingers of lightning! What are you using, voice recognition software? image
    Tom

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    Type collector since 1981
    Current focus 1855 date type set
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Blade,

    Actually, I'm old and very, very slow. How's that make you feel?image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • davefperrydavefperry Posts: 50 ✭
    Both of you guys are fast. It's the greysheet. If you have a good relationship with the dealer he may be willing to let you go through his wastebasket when he gets his new ones. One dealer told me it was illegal to give them away.
  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Russ - I feel older by the day so I guess it's catching up with me. (Maybe it's chasin around the 1 yr old at home)

    Dave - I think that dealer's comments were a cop out. You can't photocopy material that is copyrighted, but if you've purchased a legal copy, it is within your rights to give it to another person. I'm not a lawyer, but I used to work with a bunch of folks in intellectual property. The only way this would be illegal is if you sign a contract explicitly stating that it is for the original purchaser only (many consulting companies do this). I have purchased the grey sheet online and don't recall any restrictions like this.
    Tom

    NOTE: No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

    Type collector since 1981
    Current focus 1855 date type set

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