As a buyer on ebay,,,,,do you have a preference as to the background
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color on coins? I see that some sellers like vette use the same color year after year and auction after auction. Does this help you as a buyer in any way??
Do you prefer a color or white or black?
Just trying a new camera setup and got to thinking on ebay sales viewing.
bob
Blue background, MS63 or so
White background, VAM 10 for those looking
Do you prefer a color or white or black?
Just trying a new camera setup and got to thinking on ebay sales viewing.
bob
Blue background, MS63 or so
White background, VAM 10 for those looking
Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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You'll know you're successful when your "color" is copied by other sellers.
It helps if you build a customer base. They can more easily/quickly recognize your auctions.
You'll know you're successful when your "color" is copied by other sellers.
Agree. There are a number of sellers whose auctions I can pick out by just the pictures. Good for the good sellers as I will often continue to check out their auctions. Bad for the sellers that I will never buy from again. I can pick out Resco's photos just scrolling through the auctions and always check out his auctions.
When I used to look for those, I could skip the red background listings.
I prefer a dark backdrop for silver/gold also.
ditto
I have purchased many coppers on ebay. More than silver coins by far. For silver I will defer to earlier comments, and do agree that blue seems to flatter silver coins the most imho. I have no experience buying gold on ebay.
With copper, to me a red background is flattering to the coin.
I have noticed that when buying copper from a seller using green, black, blue or yellow as a background it is much harder to imagine the "true" color. To my eye green is the least desirable with copper, and in descending order blue, black and then yellow.
I do recognize many sellers immediately from the images posted and depending on whether I have had good success at determining the "true" color from their pics I will either pass immediately or peruse further.
Your example of "vette" is very interesting since I noticed very soon after beginning searches on the bay for copper, that I could spot them instantly due to the background color and texture of his listings also. Possibly just because he lists a large number consistently.
The one thing that strikes me is when a seller actually has decent photos of a coin, which is a nice change of pace from blurry smartphone pics.
white.
nice large and sharp/clear pics.
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As a buyer, the quality of the photograph and the lighting technique are more important than the background by 100:1. In general, I prefer white or black. I also like consistency. Some dealers use an unholy mix of photos from many sources. Doing that makes it harder to guess what it will actually look like in-hand.