Some really nifty coins in that auction. Can hardly wait to get home from work this evening around 8:00PM to check if I won my dream coins (2)! Had pretty good luck with recent Heritage Auction I will be sitting on "pins and needles" all day to check results when I get home....14 hrs from now. John
I've already been blown out of the water on my main lot of interest. Though overall prices don't seem too extravagant Good luck!!
Good luck @panzerman I find myself in the company of @Nap watching a very rare Edward III half groat I really wanted climb to a price well above my bid. At least I don't have to worry about Clio.
Me too. Only one lot I wanted and I already lost. Luckily its a common Cilicia stater, but this one had the nice toning I like. Ah well. They will come up again, and in the same grade and often in the electronic auctions they hammer for half the current price. I also agree, most lots seem to be fairly modest at the moment (a few minutes prior to closing).
I know half a dozen people not bidding in this sale because they have better things to do with their money.... you know, Irma things. I do wonder how many lots will not sell to bidders that will not bid because they have no power or no home. I know the lots will sell but I doubt many sell in Florida or the Caribbean.
Why do people still use mail bids? I saw quite a few of 'mailbidder*' in the cng auction. It looks like more hassle to fill in, mail, update...
Sounds like you have more to watch. I wanted the fourree. Probably good that I got Clio'ed in retrospect (34 minutes later) because I just took down another lot that I thought I would be outbid on. Didn't really budget for both coins......
You might be surprised at how many 'old folks' are still out there doing things the old fashioned way. True, 20 years from now (likely much sooner) this will not be the case.
Well, it's never quite a CNG auction if you don't get Clio'ed at least once. Shame about that one, though... it's beautiful, in addition to being very cool.
Yes. It's a first for me. Like I said, mixed blessing. I liked the cool factor and it checked off a lot of boxes for me. I stomped on it at the end and was surprised to see that someone else was stomping simultaneously...but with a much bigger foot. However, I had placed a bid on a later lot and I did not know if I would win it. Not as cool, but I have been looking for a nice one of these for a decade (below.) I finally grabbed one. It cost me less than my high bid by several hundred, so I guess that is a win of sorts. I decided to live with a bit of a flat strike and that nick on the jaw, in order to get a well centered obv with a strong helmet and crest. I hope the toning is as good as they describe. I think it might be. IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.95 g, 9h). Stephanophoric type. Helmeted head of Athena right / Club; below, owl flanked by two monograms; all within oak wreath. Lavva, Silberpragung, Group I, 3 to 5 var. (V3/R [unlisted rev. die]); SNG von Aulock 1978; SNG Copenhagen ; BMC 71 (same dies). Near EF, attractively toned, area of flat strike. Ex Weil (22 January 2013), lot 15
I was leading this morning on the one I wanted but ended up losing it by $1000 and the name Clio was not involved. Now I am relieved. If Clio did not want a coin, it must not have been worth having.
Fabulous! I really fancied this one as well, but most of the coins in this auction are above my pay grade. This one has much going for it... wonderful portrait, lovely toning, cute little owl...
Heh, speaking of not worth having, my sole win so far has a sale record that includes three previous CNG auction appearances. I take comfort in the fact that my hammer is just slightly more than 50% of the highest it has recorded. Someone has to pick the crumbs off the floor, right?
Exactly right. I have half a dozen coins for which there are online records showing prices double or more what I paid. I wish I had noted them as I discovered them. It would make a good thread. Anything is possible if you accept the premise that CNG does not know the term 'AU' (Apparently Unique). CNG 106, Lot: 451. Estimate $1000. ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Drachm or Hemistater (?) (19mm, 6.36 g). Uncertain standard. Chimaera standing right, raising forepaw, on dotted ground line / Rough incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. CNG 66, lot 401 and CNG E-210, lot 79 for possible staters from this same issue. Near EF, toned, granular surfaces, scrape on obverse. Apparently unique. I was curious what the market would do with a coin not in their books. Unknown place, unknown denomination, nothing is certain except the style. The most rare coins are the ones that do not exist.
I'm not sure what you mean Doug. Clearly none of the three coins are the same, just similar, and I am sure that is what they alluded to. Obviously they dont know what any of them are (and at least each cataloguer did his best to figure it out). ???