Acsearch is only an archive, but the developer of acsearch also runs biddr. It’s probably best that Simon explains this himself, I don’t know the...
Oh, only 14 times the estimate, then....o_O I don’t know what is most ridiculous; this bid, or my (only) pre bid on Kuenker, which was a measly...
A couple of thoughts: 1. I’m glad @acsearch.info is on the forum, to pick up these real or imagined challenges. 2. We should work towards...
It’s called The Pulpit Rock Tom Cruise fell off it and «climbed it» in the last «Mission Impossible» movie. A good climbing buddy and late friend...
The price level on some of the RR coins surprised me a bit too. Some of them went a bit under estimate, didn’t they? (And yes, I noticed that...
Nice one, Limes! Here’s Pupienus, buddying up with the generals. [ATTACH]
Although it means even more competition and higher prices, it gives me a feeling of optimism that people all over the world find interest in...
It’s interesting to see how similar that portrait is to some of the Ephesan denarii of Vespasian.
I watched parts of the auction, and there were some jaw-dropping coins indeed, with supplementary jaw-dropping prices. The favorite of @kazuma78...
Nice coins, Donna. Congrats! If it’s a die match on the first one, I would say that it’s the obverse. The club looks more pointed on the second...
Hi all As I sell coins from time to time, it would be interesting to hear the experiences of people who have consigned with different auction...
Well, yes. The three firms all have home pages outside biddr. The one of Zevs is also a word press site: http://zeusnumismatics.com/ Zevs states...
Well, to be fair, I realized that I sent a bunch of coins to a coin dealer a while ago, where I noted the provenance as good as I could, but...
This puts the responsibility for checking the provenance on the buyer. I think the responsibility for giving a correct description of the item for...
Excellent choice of artwork on the invitation.
Many of the MA shop dealers have set the limits on how much they are willing to negotiate on each coin already, so if your offer is «offensively...
Hi Your coins look like they are from the 270s AD. The first one looks like emperor Probus, the second one is Aurelian, I think? (I wasn’t able to...
I feel a kind of «numismatic saturation» these days, so I think I’ll be sitting this one out. One less bidder for the rest of you, Yay! ;)
Could it be an obol from Phokaia, with the head of a griffin on obverse, like this one:...
I have yet to find the history of the man who had this coin struck: [ATTACH] France, Provincial. Orange (principauté). Raymond V. AR...
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