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Posted By: Joann

I think the current number of ebay auctions might be artificially higher, at least for this week - and much of it from dealers rather than individual collectors.

Was there another 10-cent listing special again this week? Again there was page after page after page of BIN's from some of the dealers with extensive inventories (Wheat, 707, Wayne Varner, etc). I hadn't seen any notice of a listing special, but when so many BIN's crash the listings all at once I usually figure one must be on.

So at least sometimes, a much higher percentage of ebay items remain dealer driven. But overall I agree that ebay has given collectors much more direct access to the market, both as buyers and sellers, and increased the volume of traffic overall.

Joann