What a fantastic myth -- one that I had never researched, despite having known the Romulus & Remus/Wolf story since grade school. And that frieze...
You're right to be concerned. Check out this previous thread on CoinTalk:...
I love Abafil cases -- the look, the quality of construction -- they're one of the best ways to display your coins.
I've thought about this issue fairly often, and I agree 100% with this response. Very rare and historical artifacts should always be exhibited...
Forgive my simple-minded way of paraphrasing this, but it boils down to "The buyer bases his/her maximum bid on the hammer price plus associated...
So if I correctly understand what you wrote, buyers will (in advance) negotiate with Christie's for a rebate on any lot that they purchase?
Not sure what you mean by this. How can it be a "buyer's premium" if the seller pays it to Christie's?
25% buyer's premium? Seriously? Coin auctions seem like a bargain...
I, too, would like to see a civilized discussion of Herberto's post and learn about those points that are not well supported, or more speculative,...
[ATTACH] This illustration should appear in a high school physics text under the title "What's wrong with the lower picture?" Jeez, you don't...
True, but again, the low acidity of lemon juice makes its reactivity with trace metals in the silver very low as well. Not impossible, but not...
The bottom coin, which appears to be a Vespasian denarius, looks very suspicious. The softness of the devices (the raised detail) on the obverse...
Based on my recollection of chemistry, as well as research on the Internet, it appears that lemon juice will have little if any corrosive effect...
Oh. That's very different. Never mind.
Boy, you've certainly piqued my curiosity... why are you so negative about auctions? Ancient coins are relatively unique even among a particular...
I think you're on the right track with that last thought. Let's take the "sold" Ionia Ephesos tetradrachm as an example: [ATTACH] - Hammered...
I think that some auction houses (not all) give dealers a percentage of the buyer's premium as a dealer's commission, since if the dealer is...
This particular type of Galba denarius is readily available -- my cursory search on ACSEARCH found over 140 of these coins -- and the above coin...
Sometimes what happens (at least as my dealer explains) is that buyers of coins that supposedly hammered for a certain price at an auction never...
Good point. I missed this anomalous feature the first time I viewed the obverse of this coin. Solid (rather than dotted) rims almost never...
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