I wish these bidders would come my way! Click on original item. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Indian-head-cents-Liberty-Visible-1887-1888-1889-1892-1897-1902-1903-7-coins-/123407525216?hash=item1cbba96560:g:yIUAAOSw-MRbuBgS&nma=true&si=xt3GgP1ztHKC7dY3ljOzIyWiffA%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
My only hypothesis is that he asked all his friends to bid on the auction, then after it "sold" he would relist it for $400, for example, and someone would jump in and buy it, thinking they got the deal of a lifetime.
There is something there to suggest it may be, but I wouldn't take a 4k gamble on that blurry and ambiguous of a photo.
The cud over UNITED means someone got a good deal on an 1888/7. Worth probably 8k-12k. Looks like an XF coin.
Yes. In fact, I was one of the bidders on these coins. Some folks are quick to cry "shill," but there's a reason it got bid so high.
And if I'd listed those coins, the odds are good that I'd have missed the variety, listed them at what I considered a fairly hefty BIN, and been surprised when they sold so quickly. And alarmed when I realized the buyer was @C-B-D.
Oh, I actually didn't bid that high or anywhere very close to that $4,000 mark. I wasn't sure enough that it was the 88 / 7. But once I saw all the bids in the last second I figured somebody must have been sure.