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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 1222723, member: 22271&quot;]The case is now in front of a jury. Unless the gov&#039;t makes a deal, the gov&#039;t will get all 10 (and would melt them) or the Langbord&#039;s will get all 10. In the Fenton case [when the export license to Egypt became known and the gov&#039;t realized it had a very good chance of losing], the gov&#039;t agreed to split the auction proceeds.</p><p>The jury doesn&#039;t have the option to split them. If the gov&#039;t wins, the gov&#039;t can&#039;t sell them as the arrangement with the sale of the &quot;Farouk&quot; specimen was that it would be the <i>only</i> legal 1933 double eagle in existence (apart from the two that were saved from the melting pot by the Treasury and given to the Smithsonian).</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as value (if the Langbord&#039;s win), I would guess 25M$ to 35M$ for all 10 combined.</p><p><br /></p><p>as far as attorney fees, I would bet that the Langbord attorney is on contingency (35%?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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