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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7794708, member: 80952&quot;]I was told by experienced collectors to avoid pre-bidding as it contributes to drawing attention to coins I want. </p><p>Normally I use live bids, but when I don&#039;t, I use proxy. </p><p>I remember last year the weirdest price I saw for a common ancient coin - or at least, nothing spectacular from what I see...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338125[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps I am not seeing something obvious but this looks very fishy. </p><p>A 500 EUR pre/proxy bid and during the live auction somebody raises to 480, the very last step before 500. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is why when I put a proxy bid or, rarely, pre-bid, I put a sum I am comfortable with, and if I want the coin badly, I add, let&#039;s say 20%. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the auction house messed this. I don&#039;t see them doing thinks like that. I suspect somebody knew that the winner put an ... interesting pre/proxy bid and decided to use interesting bids as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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