Where are good places to search for sales history info ?

ss350camaro · August 23, 2006 8:05AM

What guides do you use to try and build history info on sales ?

For example, my recent 1921-D VAM-1N discovery.

I've done searches on eBay, Heritage, and Teletrade with no luck.

Nocerino18 · August 23, 2006 8:08AM

Sometimes you have to be careful doing searches on these places. For instance if you are looking for a 1921D Morgan you need to type 1921-D (with the dash in between). If you are looking for a MS-64 you need to type MS64 (without the dash in between). If not you will not get any results.

MikeInFL · August 23, 2006 8:12AM

Vams are tough to value, I have found...

Thin market, and many of the purchases are cherry picks rather than identified varieties. Further complicating the task, Heritage/Teletrade don't typically note anything if the holder doesn't state it relative to VAMs. For historical pricing data, I'd focus on eBay archives as many of the sales of identified VAMs are there.

I think ?VamView? or one of those publications has some historical VAM auction pricing, but I don't recall exactly where I saw it.

Hope this helps...Mike

Coxe · August 23, 2006 8:21AM

Except for the major ones (redbook class ones), varieties have not been identified as such in sales for very long and (fortunately) still are not overwhelmingly. There are more on eBay than anywhere else currently, often with the right attributions even, but I wouldn't use eBay prices to value VAMs all the time. For that matter, I would be hesitant to even use regular auction house prices realized sometimes. I have been on the floor many times in bewilderment when a Heritage lot goes to an eBay buyer's whacky sight-unseen bid. You just know often it is just another registry retard with more money than brains .... or at least not enough sense to fly to lot viewing or get a competent representative to view and bid for them.

ss350camaro · August 23, 2006 9:08AM

Thanks for the replys

I refined my Teletrade search to just 1921-D's

Went thru about 30 past auctions and recognized three VAM-1N's that sold.

Interesting price spreads but overall much higher than comparable non-VAM examples.

Where are good places to search for sales history info ?

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