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F117ASRF117ASR Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭
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I just wanted to bring up the fact that many of the SMS sets on ebay that show a promising chance for a CAM or DCAM are going for rediculus prices. Some are just CAMs and not even worth the money. The crazy thing is that this has just started over the past month. December was actually slow. example.
I must say though that I am happy that kennedys are getting more attention.
Beware of the flying monkeys!
Aerospace Structures Engineer

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the link.

    It is a nice Kennedy but it seems a little risky to pay that kind of money on the basis of the picture alone. It will be well worth it if it's nice and clean.
    Tempus fugit.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    It's not.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • F117ASRF117ASR Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭
    True. If it is a DCAM then that is awesome. But pics are often misleading
    Beware of the flying monkeys!
    Aerospace Structures Engineer
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Speakin' of "moon" money...

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  • F117ASRF117ASR Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭
    Marty have you ever asked a seller to end an auction early to get something you wanted for cheap? Would you guys think it unfair to do so?
    Beware of the flying monkeys!
    Aerospace Structures Engineer
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    I haven't, but there are board members here who do it all the time...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    That one has a ways to go before it gets to the level of this one.



    << <i>Marty have you ever asked a seller to end an auction early to get something you wanted for cheap? Would you guys think it unfair to do so? >>



    Hell, I did it in the auction you linked. image As soon as it went live I eMailed the seller and asked her to add a BIN while there were no bids. By the time she got back to me, there were already bids so it was too late.



    << <i>I haven't, but there are board members here who do it all the time... >>



    Yeah, sure. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • F117ASRF117ASR Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Hell, I did it in the auction you linked. >>



    image

    How much did you offer? (be honest)
    Beware of the flying monkeys!
    Aerospace Structures Engineer
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    image

    The money is already wrong on that one. image Here is the reverse of the coin you linked. A few days ago, R & I listed an NGC MS65 Cam with a BIN of $90 that was a much nicer coin, based on the pics. Hard to see through the haze, but I count this coin MS66 (maybe) Cam with a good bath. I'm still watching it to see how strong it closes based on the obverse pic, but the bid's past me.

    Link to the other 65.

    image
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  • ca0100000ca0100000 Posts: 362 ✭✭
    How about we let the first bid get it..
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Welcome to the conversation, Ca0100000. I see you ARE the first bidder. image Always a pleasure to meet another SMS collector. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Always a pleasure to meet another SMS collector. >>



    No it isn't! There's enough damned competition already! image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • ca0100000ca0100000 Posts: 362 ✭✭
    Don't worry. The stuff I win is always someone's scraps. Thanks for the welcomeimage
  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    image

    Hey, Russ, I didn't know it was OK to say damned here. Damned, damned, damned. Now I feel like Bart.
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

    image
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i><< Hell, I did it in the auction you linked. >>

    How much did you offer? (be honest) >>



    I asked for a BIN of $25.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have and can put together some cameo SMS sets with the fruits of my cherrypicking over the years.

    Do you think I could get moon money if I sold on ebay 1965, 1966 and 1967 sets where all five coins in each set are at least CAM and some are DCAM? How much would these type of assembled sets bring if the sets were photographed and displayed in correct lighting with the full cameo effect being shown?
  • F117ASRF117ASR Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭


    << <i>
    Do you think I could get moon money if I sold on ebay 1965, 1966 and 1967 sets where all five coins in each set are at least CAM and some are DCAM? How much would these type of assembled sets bring if the sets were photographed and displayed in correct lighting with the full cameo effect being shown? >>



    Well if I saw a set with nothing but what looks like DCAMS and CAMS then I would think you were just good at taking pics and would pass up your auction. Now if you said that you guaranteed them to be up to my standard then yeah, you would get moon money. If you wanted to make more then I guess it would be good to buy 15 SMS sets and in each one put
    the cam or dcam.
    Beware of the flying monkeys!
    Aerospace Structures Engineer

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