Not sure about y'all... but this EBay mentality just drives me NUTS
Broadstruck
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Why in the world do these mental midgets break up matched toned sets and list them in separate auctions 
This isn't the first time I've seen this nor will it be the last....
But it's drives me to the brink of madness trying to comprehend the reason the seller felt compelled to do it
It's just total numismatic irresponsibility to send 3 coins that have been together for 71 years in 3 different directions!
TONED TEXAS COMMEMORATIVE HALF 1937 PCGS MS-66
TONED TEXAS COMMEMORATIVE HALF 1937D PCGS MS-66
TONED TEXAS COMMEMORATIVE HALF 1937S PCGS MS-66
Thanx for letting me vent!
This isn't the first time I've seen this nor will it be the last....
But it's drives me to the brink of madness trying to comprehend the reason the seller felt compelled to do it
It's just total numismatic irresponsibility to send 3 coins that have been together for 71 years in 3 different directions!
TONED TEXAS COMMEMORATIVE HALF 1937 PCGS MS-66
TONED TEXAS COMMEMORATIVE HALF 1937D PCGS MS-66
TONED TEXAS COMMEMORATIVE HALF 1937S PCGS MS-66
Thanx for letting me vent!
To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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<< <i>Images look juiced, but the label is the right color. >>
Hmmm, looks fine to me. Maybe I'm not looking for the right signs.
And to answer the OP, I can see your concern. But, the seller is just trying to maximize their sale prices. I would agree with them that the best way to do this would be to split them into three auctions.
As it is, a collector that wants to keep them together has a fighting chance, but will have to duke it out over each and every coin in order to win all three.
Selling all three at once will automatically disqualify buyers who do not want all three.
I see the logic as a seller and I would do the same thing. Fortunately, that won't happen as coins this nice do not go through my possession.
And one other thing. Those Texas Commems look really really small to me. I'm used to the one that is 14.6 troy ounces and is the size of your hand.
<< <i>But it's drives me to the brink of madness trying to comprehend the reason the seller felt compelled to do it
Maybe because it's more profitable to do so? I listed a set of commems last year (not as colorfully toned as these, but still...) and nobody bid. I broke the set into three separate listings, and they all sold. To different bidders. For a combined total that was higher than the opening bid of the complete set.
edited to add...
<< <i>It's just total numismatic irresponsibility to send 3 coins that have been together for 71 years in 3 different directions!
They don't have to go in 3 different directions. All that's needed to keep the set together is for a bidder to win all three auctions. Of course, that does mean the bidder would have to bid aggressively, so as to be sure to win them all. And if separating them is "total numismatic irresponsibility", isn't that just what you'd expect a numismatically responsible person to do?
Will you be bidding?
<< <i>And to answer the OP, I can see your concern. But, the seller is just trying to maximize their sale prices. I would agree with them that the best way to do this would be to split them into three auctions. >>
have been, then I'd see your point. I think you ought to buy them all, ask for the packaging and remove
them from the holders and put them to bed where they belong. Good luck!
bob
<< <i>Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa, doesn't bother me at all. If they were all holdered together, which maybe they should
have been, then I'd see your point. I think you ought to buy them all, ask for the packaging and remove
them from the holders and put them to bed where they belong. Good luck!
bob
Congrats on 3,000!
<< <i>Do you think he has Pierce Brosnan's or Ian Fleming's consent to use those images in his auctions? >>
It's OK, he's a Power Seller.
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