This is Insanity

ClarkOfKent

$49 for a '64 proof set?

DanC

C'mon Clark... that puppy is "Direct" from the mint.

Lookit all those sunglasses!

LucyBop

I can think of three cats that are responsible for driving up the prices!








"theme song to the three stooges is playin'"

DanC

It was overpriced when it hit $10.

I don't recall having seen any '64 proof sets coming in hard plastic either. Maybe I'll have to unleash some of my "unopened" '64 sets that I opened. They all look just about as good.

SarasotaFrank

<< <i>I can think of three cats that are responsible for driving up the prices!
>>



two accounted for - one MIA (only because he is busy answering my PQ question.

PhillyJoe

First it was fairly newbie bidding, then WHAM. Bidder must think they see something there. I actually have one of these proof sets buried in a safe deposit box somewhere, haven't looked at it in years. Bothers me a little that my state treasurer has an ebay account for "official" use only.

Joe

Russ

Where are idiots like this when I'm selling stuff?

Russ, NCNE

JLW

Boy the State of Pennsylvania can sure run an auction! (Pretty good feedback too)
Joe

Loki

All the high bidder and the shades are doing is following the State of Pennsylvania auctions. They are bidding against each other with absolutely no clue as to the actual value of the set lol. I bet they don't even look at the coin category at all.

DanC

Hmmm. I wonder how the PA Attorney General feels about shill bidding?

Outhaul

Well, it IS an auction, and high bid wins, no matter how ridiculous we feel the price is.

Cheers,

Bob

Bulldog

Shill Bidding, is like eating Herring and Bad Breath, Everyone notices, few do anything about it, and no one goes to jail!

Caveat Emptor!


Bulldog

sinin1

I have a set like that right in front of me - only difference is mine is uncirculated not proof.

From that picture, can you tell if proof?

RGL

Clark: Did you see the thread on pepperdoodles' $76 snipe of a 1971 Proof Set?

gmarguli

It sure doesn't look like a proof set to me.

What suckers!

vam44

I used to RIP all kinds of Cherries from Pa.`s Treasury Vaults when they had traditional auctions( before they discovered ebay ).Now, I check out their auctions once in awhile and shake my head in disbelief! How can there be so many Rubes out there?
The ultimate sales gimmick, and it`s all legit., check out their feedback!

BillJones

In 1964 these sets got to as high as $35.00 retail. Of course that was in 1964 dollars, which more than $100 in today's dollars.

Still this set is out of the original mint package, and unless that is one heck of a cameo in there, the buyers are buried for life and probably their children's lives.

By hey the bought it from the government so it must be a fair deal ... right?