Which picture would you buy?

pursuitofliberty

Here's a question that I am curious about due to a conversation I had through PM with another board member.

I realize not all of you would be looking for this particular coin, nor is this one for sale, but given the option, if you were a buyer of a coin like this, which one of the following pictures would most likely get you to bid or buy?

I appologize that the slab pictures were not taken in the same lighting angles as the other shots ... unfortunately my setup has issues that way. Otherwise it is more a case of style and size and display as the pictures all originated from the same original pictures.

Anyway, when buying a coin from images (I realize the actual purchase comes after the coin is in hand in many cases) ...


Is the whole slab more important?

Is the natural shot, cropped in to a reasonable distance more suitable to your tastes?

Or maybe the the library type shot (this could be trueview, or the work of our photo pro's)?


Also, would you more likely to bid/buy the smaller sets vs the larger ones?


If you'd like to explain why you select whatever you do, I'd appreciate that thought as well.



A. Small slab shots



B. Small cropped shots



C. Small cropped and background combinations



D. Medium slab shots



E. Medium cropped shots



F. Medium cropped and background combinations

stealer

Personally I like seeing the whole slab as well as cropped shots of the coin.
As always the bigger the better as long as the photo remains undistorted.

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>Personally I like seeing the whole slab as well as cropped shots of the coin.
As always the bigger the better as long as the photo remains undistorted. >>


+1

messydesk

Small slab + medium cropped on a black background. The slab shots are only necessary to show that it's slabbed. The good picture should be the cropped ones, and on a plain background that doesn't distract from the coin.

MsMorrisine

<< <i>Small slab + medium cropped on a black background. The slab shots are only necessary to show that it's slabbed. The good picture should be the cropped ones, and on a plain background that doesn't distract from the coin. >>




small slab + medium coin.

high %age of "both coin and slab" so far

YogiBerraFan

<< <i>Small slab + medium cropped on a black background. The slab shots are only necessary to show that it's slabbed. The good picture should be the cropped ones, and on a plain background that doesn't distract from the coin. >>

blu62vette

Where is the coin for sale? If ebay make it large enough to use the zoom feature.

I agree with the other, slabs need to be a on a plain background.

ricko

I do not like small shots.... prefer the larger ones..... Cheers, RickO

ctf_error_coins

When selling I use big clear images.

When buying, I like to buy from small fuzzy images

coinsarefun

I like medium crops shots and smaller slab combo.


Matter of fact I do a combo of medium cropped shot then a
separate medium shot of obverse and reverse( one above the other)
then smaller shots of the slabs. This way I think the viewer gets a complete idea
as to what the coin looks like.

crazyhounddog

<< <i>Small slab + medium cropped on a black background. The slab shots are only necessary to show that it's slabbed. The good picture should be the cropped ones, and on a plain background that doesn't distract from the coin. >>

johnny9434

<< <i>Personally I like seeing the whole slab as well as cropped shots of the coin.
As always the bigger the better as long as the photo remains undistorted. >>