What would be a realistic price for a 1936 proof set?

DMWJR

In PCGS 66, seven coin set, with both Lincolns red?

Smittys

opps

SanctionII

Luckily for me, a heck of a lot more than what I paid to pick up a 1936 proof set in 1998. If I sold mine today, I would make a nice profit on it (I can't definitively say that for many of the coins I have purchased).

DMWJR

One of the reasons I have been asking is because I need a Lincoln 36 BR proof in 66red for my set. I ran across someone selling the complete 1936 seven coin set, but the asking price was $35k.....

SanctionII

I was at the Spring 2005 Santa Clara show. One of the dealer who attends this show on a regular basis specializes in 1936-1942 proof sets. He had a PCGS slabbed 1936 5 coin set with all 5 coins grading PF 65 and was asking $15k for the set, This price was the combined RETAIL price of the 5 coins as listed in one of the month coin magazines that have listing of current retail coin prices. I do not recall whether the cent and nickel coins in the set were Satin or Brilliant and I do not know what the retail prices of the missing 2 coins would be. I also do not know what the retail prices of the 7 coins would be if slabbed PCGS PF 66.

I would be surprised if adding the two missing coins and bumping the grades for all coins from 65 to 66 would result in a RETAIL price of $35K. Even if the RETAIL total of the 7 coins in 66 grade was $35,000.00, I would not pay retail for the set or for any coin in the set.