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Resist junk auctions
Overbidding on junk auctions of poor-condition Wheat cents or gold-plated State quarter collections wastes funds you could use for pursuing great coins. -
Proxibid and Hibid photo comparison
Proxibid charges bidders a 15% buyer's premium but is not requiring auctioneers selling coins to post a photo of those coins. Bidders will migrate elsewhere. -
‘No Reserve’ v. ‘Opening Bids’: Don’t be fooled
With 18% buyer’s fee, coins offered with "no reserves" often actually are selling close to or over retail. -
Smartphone glitz causes glitches
Use of smartphones is increasing for numismatic bidding. Platforms too slow to adapt to the vagaries of mobile technology will suffer. -
?Distracting auctioneer brands ‘brand’ photos
A new “best practice” is to slap a watermark on coin images to promote the auction company, without a care how that detracts from the coin's condition. -
Inequalities of lesser-known slabs
Buyer’s premiums at top auction portals push online bidders toward cheaper portals where few rules govern lot descriptions. But bid there at your own risk.