bought two coins from online auction house
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ok i did my first online auction non ebay over the weekend i bought these two coins and you can see what i paid for each one, now my question do you think they will grade out to what they were listed as? pcgs and do you think i paid way too much lol have no camera so here is the links to both coins thks.............https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=2593&aid=26123&lid=7251864#topoflot and https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=2593&aid=26123&lid=7252200#topoflot
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Link to My Registry Set.
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-specialty-sets/washington-quarters-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1932-1964/publishedset/78469
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I used to be famous now I just collect coins.
Link to My Registry Set.
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-specialty-sets/washington-quarters-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1932-1964/publishedset/78469
Varieties Are The Spice Of LIFE and Thanks to Those who teach us what to search For.
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Hamilton's Antique and Estate Auctions, Inc
and the auction description says something like ALL from a private estate auction
the coins are yours - when the auction gavel hit the block the lot was yours
what do you expect from them? they settled with the consigner long ago
they may or probably do not know much about coins
auctions are BUYERS BEWARE, and if you can not see item in person, you are taking all the risk
even if the 2x2 has something scribbled on it
forget about it and move on - possibly learn from your mistake
and if you see a coin like the following - think something is not quite right (and pass or bid accordingly)
First i do not expect anything from them, if you read my other thread it was more about doing the right thing and not sending these coins back so that another newbie ends up where i did. I accept the fact i messed up and trust me i have learned a lesson, but i also thought this would be a good lesson for other newbies to see and also to do the right thing by not reselling them...................... isn't this site about gaining knowledge? and sharing our misfortunes? So that others may learn................... I Did
I used to be famous now I just collect coins.
Link to My Registry Set.
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-specialty-sets/washington-quarters-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1932-1964/publishedset/78469
Varieties Are The Spice Of LIFE and Thanks to Those who teach us what to search For.
<< <i>Buying raw coins from those pics are a crap shoot, stick with slabbed coins online. >>
I'll second that motion
see the color changes just inside the stars - probably a cleaned AU
nothing wrong with selling this on eBay, if you state what it is and disclose problems
but you will take a loss
or keep as a learning lesson - better to learn on smaller valued coins
than getting stuck with hundreds or thousands in loss
But so what? You didn't do what any other collector here hasn't done. We've all unknowingly bought cleaned coins, thru mail order, over the net, and in even real life after seeing them in hand. We wasn't all born smart!
Stay away from 3rd world auction sites & "Estate Auctions!!"
Sorry. The good news is you aren't into it very deep. Try to buy slabbed if you have to buy blind, unless you have a very good relationship with a trusted dealer.
Lance.
edited bad links
This is an old thread. PCGS did in fact bag them.
Take a crash course in grading coins before you purchase much more. One can certainly get a feel for it just by going through the Heritage Auction archives. Not perfect, but it's free. Go to shows, auctions, and the local B&M and check all the slabs you can. If you keep paying 3X what a coin is worth you'll run out of money pretty quick.
roadrunner