Which auction house to use?

Windycity

If you were to sell your collection via auction, would you consign to the Heritage Fun Sale with such a high volumn of consignments or would you sellect a smaller firm such as Stacks/ANR, Superior or another?

RYK

This question has been discussed numerous times but not since the ANR-Stack's merger, IIRC. In the past, I would have said ANR, but given the changes with the merger, if I had to sell now, I would probably go with Heritage. The real answer is that I would probably follow the direction of a specialist dealer that I trust and have him handle all the arrangements.

ColonialCoinUnion

My choice of auction house would depend largely on what is in the consignment.

Assuming we are discussing the collection which is linked in your sig line, I would say that Heritage is a fine choice in general, but I would personally be wary of my relatively small consignment getting lost in a sea of similar coins.

For everything you have in your set, there may be multiples of identically graded coins in the Heritage FUN session and, even though your's may be lovely, PQ examples, I think its awfully hard to get top dollar under those circumstances.

Russ

None of the above.

Russ, NCNE

RichieURich

<< <i>None of the above.

Russ, NCNE >>



So what would you suggest, Russ?

Russ

<< <i><< None of the above.

Russ, NCNE >>

So what would you suggest, Russ? >>



Well, I was really only referring to my collection. Only a couple of my coins are valuable enough to consider a "big" house, and those would be sold with a couple PM's to collectors to whom I've granted right of first refusal. The others would do as well, or better, on eBay as they would any place else.

Russ, NCNE

MikeKing

You would get much better treatment, photos and descriptions by using ANR/Stack's over firms like Heritage

410a

ANR...........ANR.........ANR

One time a while back, I sold through ANR only a few coins
value $1800 to $4800. I received by far the most personalble and
kindest treatment you could have ever expected. These people have
their hearts in numismatics. So, does Stack's although I think ANR is
the premium of honest objective grading and description of coins
whether certified or not. ANR and Stacks were together at the
Elisaberg auction I received catalogs from both companies. They are
not strangers to one an other. I tell you there is a certain something
about NYC that I really like and it would be nice to be wealthy
enough to live there and take a walk to Stack's and view a coin
and make a purchase. Which I have done although I don't live in
NYC. There is a lot of good things about Stack's and it can only get
better with the finest auction company and people to cross this
sometimes $$$ driven miserable side of the hobby/investing in coin.
That fine organization is ANR. You will see nothing, but good come
from this merger. A merger of tradition, art, history, stories of deals
and players in coins. If you ever get the chance pick up "The Waterford water cure" a book by Dave Bowers. Odd read, but the
preface written by John J Ford is really the type of thing that
captures the spirit of what I am trying to convey here.

I know grading is subjective.

That's my story and I am sticking to it.

410a

ANR...........ANR.........ANR

One time a while back, I sold through ANR only a few coins
value $1800 to $4800. I received by far the most personalble and
kindest treatment you could have ever expected. These people have
their hearts in numismatics. So, does Stack's although I think ANR is
the premium of honest objective grading and description of coins
whether certified or not. ANR and Stacks were together at the
Elisaberg auction I received catalogs from both companies. They are
not strangers to one an other. I tell you there is a certain something
about NYC that I really like and it would be nice to be wealthy
enough to live there and take a walk to Stack's and view a coin
and make a purchase. Which I have done although I don't live in
NYC. There is a lot of good things about Stack's and it can only get
better with the finest auction company and people to cross this
sometimes $$$ driven miserable side of the hobby/investing in coin.
That fine organization is ANR. You will see nothing, but good come
from this merger. A merger of tradition, art, history, stories of deals
and players in coins. If you ever get the chance pick up "The Waterford water cure" a book by Dave Bowers. Odd read, but the
preface written by John J Ford is really the type of thing that
captures the spirit of what I am trying to convey here.

I know grading is subjective.

That's my story and I am sticking to it.

Coxe

Depends on the collection to be auctioned. What I do not like about Heritage is that they will break up a nice balanced set and sell it off over several different sales for a major show like FUN: key dates worth 5 or 6 figures in Platinum Night, Coins worth over $700 in the signature sale, and the rest in the online sale and weekly internet sales.

I have to decide this week or next whether to send them my Braided Hair half cent set. Would be nice to have them all in the signature sale with my provenance as it took a dozen years in selections of top census pieces to assemble it.

Longacre

I think Stack's and Heritage are the first choices. The others should be looked at for comparison, though. I would lean toward Stack's, but my comments are based on past experiences with ANR (on the purchase side, not on the auction consignment side).

BuffQuarter

Hmmmmmm, I spent a lot of time putting my collection together. Lets see, send it off to a factory to be mixed in with thousands upon thousands upon thousands of competing coins or send it to a smaller company with good names in the business who are more customer oriented than volume oriented. I'll take Stack's over Heritage any day of the week.