TetonJoe

Yes, that's a great suggestion!

Hello all, I'd appreciate any help in going in a new direction for a large collection. We have a big collection inherited a few years ago from a beloved expert numismatic family member. Sold about 75 ancients as a small part of it last year at a large show, with help from great people on that thread here. What's left are about 10,000 World coins from 1100's to mid 1980's. Of that, about 450 are over $100 in value each which totals about 45% of the collection. We spent a good year putting together the World Coin inventory - all is done. Coins in original flips (and left alone - did not take out or clean). Most are graded between Fine and MS60 or so. Used Krause, NGC, eBay, Numista and other sites to get prices. Some are ungraded so we don't know their value, but we used lowest NGC price. Coin dealers said that the grading on the flips were all very accurate and that the sample coins were a great collection. Had two separate guys look at the whole collection, confirmed the above and then offered about 20%. We're not looking for 100% or even 80. Would entertain anything fair. With that said, what I don't get is why all the people we've talked to seem to contradict themselves. That is, they say the condition and grading looks good, and that using the above methods (for guidelines of course, not for selling), are also sound. They consistently say NGC prices are inflated, so that's understood. But then they dismiss buying the collection with all kind of excuses. Any insights? We've tried big dealers, local dealers, and auction firms. Auction houses only look at a list, not the actual coins and want to batch with a $1 minimum, which is honestly just laughable. Very frustrating. Should we break it up? If so, how? Thank you in advance!