I think the proper metaphor is "some air is leaking out of the balloon while the child holding it takes another deep breath."
Rats, missed it by a regret-inducingly tiny amount. :( (So, which of you outbid me?)
Yah, I already did that. But every hour that passes makes me realize that there hasn't been anybody else who thinks it's worth the full Buy It Now...
Oooh, that's the wrong thing to say to a regretful non-bidder. :) Still looking for someone to talk me down from tonight's Buy It Now -- if I...
Oho! So, by not placing a bid myself, I saved you at least $50 (the minimum increment at that level) -- you can send it to my PayPal account. :)...
Here's another -- glittery! US Silver Coin Lot $70 Face Value 163 Quarters 41 Dimes 43 1/2 Dollars, 1 Morgan, 2 1/4oz Franklin Mint Bar...
And if that's what he does, without even bothering to fish out the Walker semi-keys, I'd say that he'll richly deserve it. Last weekend, when...
Silver Dimes/Quarters/Half Dollars/huge lot collection I calculated face value here at $273.10. At 21x face, that works out to around $5735;...
I thought the consensus was that acetone was quite safe for coin surfaces?
...is for missing this lot: 20 mix Dates 10 Franklin 4 Walkers 4 Kennedy 2 Seated Impossible to tell whether there were any prizes --...
Not to steal GDJMSP's thunder, but I think I can answer that one. When you're bidding on something on eBay, you're counting on the seller to...
Sending a coin in a regular, unpadded envelope is a really bad idea. Someone tried to send me an Allen wrench in a regular envelope once. I got...
Hmm... I wonder if those three 100oz Engelhard bars on our local Craigslist were these?! :eek:
Some coin collectors fear a 'gold bubble' Our paper ran this story today, and Coinflation picked it up as their lead. There were a couple of...
Um, alloys don't work that way. An alloy is effectively a solution of one metal in another. Unless you were talking about getting the zinc out...
They may make money overall, but they would make more money if they weren't losing it on cents and nickels. Even if our system "really does work...
Probably only on the basis of the West Coast's proximity to ports which receive most of the traffic from China. Not, of course, that I would want...
That's... that's... astounding. I've never spent anything close to that on a coin that wasn't mostly bullion, but for a coin this stunning, I'd...
Meh, I guess it'll do as a placeholder. Sometimes you just have to settle. :) (I don't suppose you'd be willing to post a REALLY big shot of that...
This was one of those "snatched up seconds after it appeared" Buy It Now specials: FIVE 1800'S SILVER DOLLARS...LQQK! Setting aside the fact...
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