Here's a non-riding view of the Dioscuri. Every now and again, they need to water those horses: [ATTACH] Rome. The Republic. A. Postumius...
Mine. One of each! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Anything sent in the last two months is likely to be severely delayed, particularly if air travel is needed. I've had a coin in transit to me...
Having read the the balance of this thread, and in particular the @MSG 78 responses (which I appreciated), it seems I had the above facts wrong by...
I think there's more to it than that. The printed catalogues form a continuous, written record of the firm's sales. I am a provenance hound....
[ATTACH] Rome, The Republic. L. Cornelius Sulla, 84-83 BCE. AR Denarius (3.88g; 21mm). Military Mint. Obverse: L·SVLLA; diademed head of Venus...
As a long term collector, I typically ignore auction estimates because I either know the value of the coins that I want or I research comparable...
Don't blame us. You could have bought some modern, Isle of Man coinage. Plenty of triskeles on those!
A large group of Rick's medals, tokens and plaquettes relating to Roman Republican history, antiquity and numismatics was included in the special...
Writing about this issue has given me the idea for a product: a two-sided slab "case", holding the slab on one side and tags and paperwork on the...
They do sometimes include very abbreviated references, usually just the collector name (e.g. Ex Voirol, Ex Haeberlin), without giving an actual...
I break 'em out because (a) I like to handle my coins and (b) I store my coins homogeneously in a manner to preserve provenance information....
To my eye, it is either Near EF (not quite fully EF) or Good VF, and it has a flan crack visible at 6h reverse. I would not call it EF because of...
From NGC's website: "TOOLED refers to either the smoothing of a coin's fields to remove scratches, corrosion and other forms of damage or to the...
I think "nom de guerre" is perfect in the context of bidding for coins. It's more like battle than writing a novel. This is not your call to...
@DonnaML Of course it's supposed to be a secret! Otherwise the collector would use his/her own name to bid. No collector should have their...
That would not happen in the scenario we are discussing. As mentioned above, the announcements were made only when the prebidder's maximum bid...
@Ryro I presume you are referring to an upcoming eSale (a "timed" auction). The disclosure issue discussed in this thread only applies to...
In general, hammer prices nearly always exceed estimates in auctions. I can think of three reasons for this: 1. Auction houses want to encourage...
I believe so. Yes, but more precisely the next answer. Yes. This is the biggest issue, IMO. By tipping the prebidder's hand, you give the...
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