Crazy. It’s hard to find a decent Cleopatra VII at even 10x that price..
These Arabian imitative tetradrachms are fascinating. I remember fawning over one only to see it hammer for >10k. The price you paid is one heck...
I have only made 4 purchases in 2021, but I am particularly thrilled with 2 of them. Hammer prices of 550 USD and 560 EUR respectively. My max...
Here are a couple of the better Islamic bronzes from my collection. Possibly my 2 favourites - I only have these obverse shots on my phone in...
I just won a didrachm from Rhodes this morning. The surfaces may be a deal breaker to some, but to me they’re interesting. Crystallization in...
@Ryro as you know I have a similar coin in a similar condition. I too have considered repairing it before the broken edges get chipped and the...
The amount of money being thrown around in trashy NFT’s is pretty shocking, and a lot of these things are fads that will blow over and lose 99% of...
So honest question.. are these crazy prices isolated to ancient coins or is the phenomenon happening across a wide range of collectibles markets?...
Being deep into the ancient coin and crypto spaces in 2021, I find myself nodding in agreement at much of this thread. Much froth and dislocation...
Surprisingly the Naumann listing says Ex Hirsch 264, 164.. so this coin got through not 1 but 2 respectable auction houses?
I’ve seen that exact coin come up in an auction within the last month or two.. and now I can’t find the listing.
I laughed out loud at ‘someone standing there types’… Glad you got your Nerva Sestertius. One heck of a shnoz on that guy… I wonder if he could...
I truly hope you are right as a strong, global collecting community bodes well for the hobby over the long term. It just makes it that much...
Agreed, but to be fair I don’t think the business was actually named in this thread.. A search engine wouldn’t work but of course if I were a...
I can forgive the aggregators here but am surprised an auction house would knowingly tarnish their own reputation for a quick profit. That’s some...
I’d have to agree that you can’t go wrong at 20GBP for a chonky specimen like that with some good detail present despite areas of corrosion....
At first I watchlisted the top Abdera stater with some interest. After a closer look I too concluded the coin was highly suspect and it would get...
The kind of thing you scroll by on eBay and don’t even stop for a closer look..
@gsimonel You can always find a coin at auction being discussed by going to any of the auction aggregators (sixbid, numisbids, biddr) and running...
This one struck me as suspicious as well, even at a glance. While I am not an expert, I am seeing more than one big red flag here and would not...
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