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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5142537, member: 96898"]I feel you. All my bids in the auction, including a strong one on a nice Tarentum nomos, were blown out of the water, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most painful to see was the bidding on this bracteate with an important hoard provenance. It started at €80 with an estimate of €100. I had carefully thought about it and decided to bid €250, which is a lot of money for me – yet, I really wanted it and was almost certain that this bid would win it. Well, the coin did bid up to €1.400, which is way out of my league and 14 times the estimate...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206959[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5142537, member: 96898"]I feel you. All my bids in the auction, including a strong one on a nice Tarentum nomos, were blown out of the water, too. Most painful to see was the bidding on this bracteate with an important hoard provenance. It started at €80 with an estimate of €100. I had carefully thought about it and decided to bid €250, which is a lot of money for me – yet, I really wanted it and was almost certain that this bid would win it. Well, the coin did bid up to €1.400, which is way out of my league and 14 times the estimate... [ATTACH=full]1206959[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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