Price guides: Which are the worst?
MrEureka
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Name the guide and tell us the problem.
Prices too high? Too low? All over the place?
Serious conflicts of interest?
Too little credibility? Too much credibility?
Prices too high? Too low? All over the place?
Serious conflicts of interest?
Too little credibility? Too much credibility?
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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These four are to be avoided:
"ACG coin price guide - The Authority in Numismatic Pricing"
"NNC coin grading and pricing - how best to get the most of your coins"
"the complete PDCS and NDC Price Guide for 2008"
" the guidebook of grading and pricing culls, slags, drek, widgets and rounds"
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Drunner
I think gray sheet is borderline my least favorite. Everyone seems to use it but in different ways. Some dealers pay 20% less than gray sheet and charge 20% more. Some dealers pay graysheet and charge 40% more.
I wish there was a dealer network that would agree upon a price guide guideline. i.e. if they use gray sheet buy in the range of bid and ask for common stuff. Charge whatever you want above that.
If my registry Franklin sets were worth anywhere near what
their price guide says, it would be gone before you could blink.