I said advisor not dealer.
I would assume that someone paying an expert would like to get hidden information about the coin like surface issues, repairs or a missed...
I couple of my thoughts based on your advisors response 1. "I think $15k would be a strong, sensible bid on the Amastris and hopefully will be...
Nice coin! I also like @robinjojo's. And I remember a time where more or less collectors of our league could always grab a little something in big...
I guess you meant 1.1 instead of 2.1. I think they had immediately more in the room so this participation was unimportant for the outcome...
Unfortunately, the hammer prices seemed to be very reasonable up to the point of the 2nd technical problem which forced them to have the lunch...
Nice coins proving you don't have to spend a fortune for collecting... Mine was acquired as a side target but ended up being one of my favorite...
A monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type the complete works of William...
Maybe ex-girlfriend bidding with stored credentials?
Dears @robinjojo @happy_collector : I noticed both coins in Pars/Goldberg and actually had to sit on my hand to refrain from bidding :-) First of...
Sadly I have had this Slavey fake of a Lysimachos drachm since 1992. It has even toned since then. It's a good reminder how difficult a...
I couldn't make it last time, I hope 6 months will be enough to conclude my paper :nailbiting:
I was missing a coin from Klazomenai and a flying boar so I was quite surprised to get a drachm from a recent CNG esale for what I consider a...
Biting gold coins was a method to detect fakes. I never heard of anyone licking their coins but surely there are more extreme fetishes :angelic:
I was interested in a coin for which I did not bid in the end. It turned out it was from a different Leu auction than the one in the description....
Nice style indeed first thing I would do, would be to ask the auctioneer to confirm the provenance they noted. Hirsch 211 took place in 2000, so...
It took 20 years before I could get one specific billon fraction from Lesbos... More details here:...
Do you look for a mass coinage type and which is your budget range if I may ask?
Indeed there are some dies where the hair of Arethusa are comped in little braids. In this case however it looks like someone did some small...
Browsing through auctions can get at times hilarious. [ATTACH]
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