An interesting observation on the Heritage website

Bikingnut

I was browsing the Washington's on the Heritage website tonight and noticed some with outrageous prices and the "Make an offer" next to them. When I clicked on these listings, there was a picture of the coin, and a description and no previous auction/selling data or the normal data that usually accompanies each of their listed coins such as the current population and market data for the grade and date. The other Washington's that were listed with more realistic prices or at auction contained the data. Do they do this to try and snag the newbie collectors who have no idea what is a fair price, or do they really believe the price reflects the current market trends. I tend to believe the former. Here are two examples. The first is a 53S that IMO isn't all that attractive and is about four times over the price it should be. The second is a 53S closing in the next auction.

53S number 1

53S number 2

The second 53S is much more attractive, and I could be wrong, but I believe it will go for probably around 45-50 dollars judging by the realized price history.

Just an observation that I find interesting.

Bikingnut

Maybe it isn't that interesting! Or maybe we only bash ebay sellers here.

lordmarcovan

Or maybe Washington quarters aren't that interesting?

Stuart

Bikingnut: Thanks for directing me to the Heritage Web Site. Something interesting that I did observe there is that they are now using a new image viewing technology that was recently discussed on another thread, with pan & zoom capability that refocuses after the zoom.

It's a pretty cool new development (for me) that I think enhances the online coin shopping experience.