Attention auction guys....reverse the order of your sales.

Getting old seeing the same progression based on rising denominations.
Mix it up a bit. Maybe start with gold and move to silver and then copper.
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Getting old seeing the same progression based on rising denominations.
Mix it up a bit. Maybe start with gold and move to silver and then copper.
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Talk about starting a thread for zero reason at all. (Lack of life?)
I bid on quite a few auctions. Just scanned the latest Heritage and got drowsy looking at the same early copper leading the procession.
Coins are pretty moribund right now and a little reshuffling might wake a few bidders up.
I think it is best to keep it as is, I know where to find what I am looking for. You can always zoom to the end and look at the good stuff if your tired of pennies.
Logic is usually your best guide. If you start with gold, you probably lose a bunch of gold bidders who were expecting to go later!
Don't confuse your customers.....
Suggested strategy could be compared to a buffet line. There is a reason the salads and starch fillers are first.
Accordingly if bidders get filled up on copper and silver they may have less room on their plate for the gold.
Excellent idea! Begin the auction with the hammer price plus seller fee, then reduce it by increments from floor and internet bids until the consignor yells "Uncle!" and jumps out the nearest window.....
The alternative is to have every catalog adapted only to each bidder's interests. That way no one has to wade through page after page of large cents to get to the 1937 Buffalo nickels. Of course, then bidders will never see anything else, never be exposed to anything different or new, and vegetate within an increasingly narrow numismatic world. Hmmmmm ... Sounds like what some what to do to education and science. Ah, well.....
Two disagrees from Jessup....I must be on to something!!
I am thinking that bidders are savvy enough to catch on.
he is trying to pass RickO's post count and only has a week to do it
Back when they were separate companies at least into the 1990's and earlier, Stack's and Bowers & Merena used to have some of their auctions organized by consignment or maybe intentionally mixed. Might have been some other companies doing that also.
It made it necessary to search the catalog closely to find all the items of interest. The copper, silver, gold and misc. sequence might repeat several times in one sale.
Not sure if it was better for the consignor or the buyer. Guessing it was better for the buyer based on some of the deals seen and the mostly discontinued practice.
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Just my opinion, "everything tends towards chaos"


Could be ordered chaos, reverse chaos, random chaos, or stratified well thought-out chaos.
Depends on who is orchestrating the chaos
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SaintGuru got Heritage to move up his Saints in a Platinum sale. Didn't want his coins to auction after midnight.
Smart move.
Or on something

I spoke to Ken Bressett, He want to talk to you about next year's Redbook.
Now if you add swim suits and blue pill offerings sprinkled throughout the auction I predict a change in bidding patterns due to increased interest.
I work directly with Tucker!
And the beat goes on.....
Well, the big box stores periodically rearrange their product aisles... forces shoppers to move through aisles they may not have normally chosen. This encourages impulse buying and selling items not considered at the beginning of the shopping trip. Not sure it would work for coin auctions though...Cheers, RickO
My idea was a little less chaotic than that, but I like your idea, Ricko. As the consignor is covering the tariff, anything that can help him is a benefit. Maybe list by date for example. Expose the dime collector to coins he had not considered previously.
British auctions frequently start with gold as it's own category, then everything else in chronological order, without respect to denomination.
European auctions often do this with American coins as well- chronologic order with no respect to denomination- it mixes it up a little.
I think that's specifically what they were discussing

Hey...My suggestion to add numeric designations to the gold coin tabs was implemented!
That, or this thread topic.... Which is the aberration?
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Genius has no off switch, Richard!
LOL, ego does
With luck we can stretch the thread to Christmas.....do a giveaway and all!