How is the market for the coins you are collecting right now?

bgrice

I'm a net seller right now only because I have some things to do with the money. Even with that I have every auction for any semi-valued($300-$900) coin(walker) with a starting bid that will take out the factor of taking a beating. I'll spend the extra fees to make sure a huge loss is not in the cards even though it limits the chances of finding a buyer. Right now I want to find a collector... not someone looking for a rip at my expense. 4-5 months ago I would have put up everything at $9.99 and let it play out. Otherwise, I'm on the sidelines except for filling spots in my toned rim Morgan date set and a few nik-naks I want.

Russ

Sizzling, and I mean literally record prices.

Russ, NCNE

ziggy29

Plateaued for the most part. High and fairly stable, not declining.

lordmarcovan

I made the market for the coins I collect right now.

(Then there was this "Thiggy-Fresh" upstart character...)

mrearlygold

Hot! Hot! for the one and not not for another.


Balance!

Tom

LindeDad

It's so hot I was blown out almost at the starting line. BTW my bid was higher than the last one sold at Heritage.
1964 Kennedy MS67
and that was just one of a group that went down last night.

Russ

That auction is a perfect example of why one should snipe. CameoCC could have had it for about $400 less if he hadn't tipped his hand early and let that inchworm run up the realized price.

Russ, NCNE

keets

now is a good time to note what's going on with some of the lesser grade coins, especially the known rare varieties for whatever serie you're knowledgeable about. those knid of coins often go begging for a buyer or even a bid.

Shamika

Buffalo nickels have been solid.

LindeDad

That auction is a perfect example of why one should snipe. CameoCC could have had it for about $400 less if he hadn't tipped his hand early and let that inchworm run up the realized price.
From what I saw on this one and the other two I think he would of paid what ever it toke to get them. I was watching after my snipe was out bid.

Russ

<< <i>From what I saw on this one and the other two I think he would of paid what ever it toke to get them. >>



Yeah, I also saw the others. My thought was that either he must have a client lined up for these coins or he's building a set. The prices were far too high just for inventory.

Russ, NCNE

LindeDad

I'll probably be back down to #10 soon. There are a few at the door.

bgrice

Good to hear that some of the series are doing well. I could probably pick up the '42S(MS65) for my walker short set this weekend for about $150 less than a month ago and I'm not even putting in a proxy bid at AuctionSniper. I have the cash.... I'm just not in the market. And to me all of the starting prices on many coins at Teletrade have got to be buyback bids by the sellers. They are opening way too high and never budge.

mirabela

I have a couple of buying niches -- straight ahead high-AU & sub-gem MS type stuff is holding steady.

Cheaper, lower-circ overlooked semi-keys have been turning sharply upward, actually -- in many cases this means that what I could have had for $55 last year I'm paying $85 for now or whatever, not a huge amount of money -- but when you figure the percentage it is evidently a big deal. Apparently somebody else has been thinking the same things as me.

bgrice

I'll digress a bit for now as I listed 5 walkers tonight and two sold already for $1420 with Buy It Now's. Both MS66 1930's(1934 & 1937S) PCGS walkers. I wasn't asking a premium, so it's good to see the collectors still snapping up coins they want. I'm happy, so no one loses and I met my $$$ goal to pay off my car. Next weekend I'll send off the final payment.

pf70collector

Key date 1995 W PF 69 UC SAE has doubled in price in last 6 months. Cannot get one for less than $5000.00 NGC or PCGS.

Conder101

Consistantly rising, as it has been doing for over thirty years.

BAJJERFAN

I would believe solid at this point for Morgans with more upside left IMO; tho I have not much tried to sell into it.

BillJones

What I would like to buy and what I can afford to buy are two different things.

I'd like to add some early gold type coins to my set. The problem is even the scrubbed up, shined up examples that get into PCGS and NGC slabs with a clean bill of health are selling for record prices. AND to add to the insult, the grading has now slipped by a notch. Most slabbed AUs, which is my target grade, are really only EF.

09sVDB

Everything has gone way up. That is because I've gotten rid of less desirable pieces and replaced them with strong collector coins.