VAM forum, Most active BST section?????

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• garrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭

  January 20, 2012 1:58AM

  
  VAMworld, I assume. Is there more than one?

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• LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2012 2:49AM

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  the vamworld wiki seems to get a good amount of action
  
  vamquest is a large distributor of vams, but it is more an auction venue than bst from my understanding
  
  there are a couple others i'm not thinkin of right now
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• garrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭

  January 20, 2012 2:58AM

  
  There are a couple of frequent contributors to VAMworld who run active retail sites.

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,220 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2012 3:13AM

  vam world is a good sight

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• coindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2012 3:14AM

  VamWorld.com is probably not as active relative to eBay on the whole. VamWorld is still in a phase where there seems to be more net sellers than buyers.

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• DennisH Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2012 3:41AM

  -- VAM popularity is growing nicely, but is still incredibly tiny in relation to the overall coin market.
  -- VAM auctions (VAMquest) and VAM message board B-S-Ts (VAMworld) are active, but it's literally a drop in the ocean compared to eBay.
  -- Selling VAMs in general is not easy. That's because so many VAM collectors prefer to find their own rather than buy them. Also, many VAM collectors are happy with just having an example (cleaned, low-grade, etc.), as opposed to a certified high-grade example.
  -- Just because a Morgan is an identified VAM doesn't mean there's a market for it. (Re-read this statement as many times as you have the patience to do; it can not be overstated.) Of the 5,000+ known VAMs, my guess is that only about 200 attract much attention, and of those only 50 predictably bring a strong premium. The overwhelming majority of VAMs can be summed up in two words: "So what".
  -- Even key VAMs vary wildly in their sales price depending on who they have been certified by. PCGS is top of the list, typically by a big margin. NGC is next. ANACS is further back. Everyone else is way back... often to the point of being no better off than raw coins are.

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