Someone please explain to me how this listing of a proof and uncirculated 2009 Lincoln Silver Dollar sold for over $700 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc while a listing for the same two coins sold 12 minutes earlier for $85 shipped: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc I don't get it. The first one above had better pictures. Is the purchaser somehow assuming he's getting 70's? -Brian
Looks like some snipes went wrong or they just had two people sniping the same coin with obscene amount of a max bid that drove the prices up. Look at the bid history.
From the looks of it on the surface, it was a foolish choice for the highest bidder to set such a high bid. He probably figured someone would come in and try to snipe him, only to lose and he would still have the coin, never expecting it to go so high. But the other bidiot came in. Wouldn't surprise me if the top bidder didn't pay and the seller has to do a second offer to the other, who may just decline. Tough if that happens, as the seller did nothing wrong that I can see.
There's a lot o' 'stupid folks' payin' 'stupid money' on ebay. This is just a fine illustration of that that fact Brian.
