What's the best auction house to sell "A" box toned Morgans?

fivecents

A good friend of mine is selling his entire coin collection....several 100 K worth. Heritage is flying down to pick his collection up. He is going to let me "piggy back" some of my coins in with his collection for the pre ANA sell.
I am considering sending my best toned Morgans to Heritage. Which auction house has the best results selling super nice toned Morgans?

BAJJERFAN

Heritage doesn't seem to have a lot of toner Morgans but I don't check that closely these days. I would try to do some comparison of the pix they put up against what the real thing looks like in hand. If you feel better supplying your own pix I would ask about that.

airplanenut

If it's Heritage, they better be in an auction that people can lot view... I wouldn't trust their pictures with ANYTHING whose value was derived mostly on its color...

GAT

Like others have said, Heritage's picture quality is very poor and will cost you dearly. Fine another venue to sell your coins. Pretty soon I will be selling my monster toned Morgans and will have the same problem.

dizzyfoxx

I think ANR would do a great job in realizing top results. Their reputation is top notch and their catalog images are very good IMO.

kryptonitecomics

Superior

poorguy

How about I image each coin for $25 a piece and then you send them to heritage along with the images to use.

ChuckC

Heritage has poor photos which is why I no longer go over there to drool. However, are most of Heritage's clients buying the "holder" rather than the coin? That would make a big difference in the realization.

Bear

Ira & Larry Goldberg do a wonderful job on toned coins

and they have terrific full color pictures of all coins.

bushmaster8

I'd go ANR.

Longacre

I'd vote for ANR

fivecents

<< <i>How about I image each coin for $25 a piece and then you send them to heritage along with the images to use. >>

You did win my toned Morgan photo contest Brandon.



OK. Thanks guys...Heritage is out. Looks like it might be a choice between ANR or Superior.

Anyone else want to chime in??

mnmcoin

Going with Heritage is a huge mistake, in my opinion. I would probably use ANR or Bowers.

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morgannut2

Look--ANR just set a record price for a single toned Morgan ($23,000) - if the coins are A+ and MS65 or better, why not go with results???

fivecents

Good point Morgannut2. ANR it is!!

CoinRaritiesOnline

Since Superior had the Battle Creek stuff and did very well with it, they have tried to have some killer Morgan toners in every one of their sales. Don't overlook them for that niche of the coin market.

fivecents

Steve Deeds showed me how to crack out a coin once at a coin show. He seems like a super nice fellow.

CoinRaritiesOnline

Steve Deeds is at Bowers & Merena, by the way. He ran Superior's auction dept for a few years, but was hired away by B&M maybe 3 years ago. I agree - he is a nice guy.

fivecents

Oh OK. Man they do swap around don't they?

bestclser1

Actually,the buyers for killer toned Morgans will find them with whoever you consign them with.Heritage probably has the largest internet collector base,and their photography will get better.Superior has some good qualities,and Goldberg and ANR have good photography.Bottom line is the buyers for the A+ Morgans will find them.Good luck.

MadMarty

Have Russ sell them on E-Bay.

mdwoods

Bottom line is the buyers for the A+ Morgans will find them.

I agree. Heritage wouldn't be a bad choice. A lot of people view their auction lots and Heritage wants to maximize the price realized for their own profit and reputation.