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Which auction house would you choose?

FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭
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If you had a small collection of 50 world coins valued at $20-25k, which auction house would you use and why?

A. Bowers and Merena/Ponterio

B. Heritage

C. Goldbergs

D. Other

Thanks.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,848 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Depends on the country and type coins involved

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭

    Mostly Asia and Latin America. Very little European. No British or Canadian. Some gold but mainly higher grade silver and key clad dates.

  • IloiloKanoIloiloKano Posts: 1,051
    Heritage if they are all certified - greater exposure to clientele able to afford coins of such value, practice of spreading some items over multiple auctions in order to reduce multiple similar items in the same auction and friendlier Internet browsing capability.

    However, if some are certified US-PI coins image you definitely should discount those and place them on a Buy-Sell-Trade post.
    My US-PI One Centavo Circulation Strikes (1903-1944)
  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ponterio has impressed me for years with its customer service.
    Heritage I tend to like, though their marketing can be pushy at times.
    I would not consider Goldbergs.
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  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508 ✭


    I would say Goldbergs: their catalogs and online images impress me much more than the others you listed, and their reputation now after Millennia and other world coin sales is well known.
  • koincollectkoincollect Posts: 446 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I would say Goldbergs: their catalogs and online images impress me much more than the others you listed, and their reputation now after Millennia and other world coin sales is well known. >>


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  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree that Goldberg has the better presentation of auction materials/catalogues, but I believe that Heritage has higher traffic and a higher hit rate with potential buyers. The unknown variable is what other offerings will be bundled into the same auction that will attract attention. If an auction does not offer many talers, then I have less incentive to devour the entire catalogue in detail.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,848 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Based upon what you have, I think it is a tough call. I think any of these would do fine.

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • Silvereagle82Silvereagle82 Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭
    I'd agree with Heritage and/or Goldberg.
    Had you said mostly European I'd had said Kunker or Elsen (Both European Auction houses). IMHO based upon watching the auction market (primarily gold) very closely over the past few years .... I think you would get higher prices for European coins in the Europe market than in the USA. (With an additional reward caused by the positive Euro to $ conversion)
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