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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3003764, member: 56859&quot;]I was the underbidder on the Velia and on the Celtic AV stater.&nbsp; I dropped out of bidding on the Henry VIII AV angel many increments before the hammer.&nbsp; I was really just looking for a bargain today and while the Velia and Celtic coins sold for below what I believe is the real market value (based on my estimate of what they would fetch if sold through an ancient coin auction house or in a fixed price store), I really shouldn&#039;t be spending that much on coins right now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will be interesting to see where these coins appear next.&nbsp; Will they pop up in a Vcoins store?&nbsp; In an major ancient coin company&#039;s auction?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m already kicking myself a little bit for not trying another increment or two on the Velia or Celtic... in part because of the interesting pedigree.&nbsp; These coins were from the estate of Millicent Rogers, the granddaughter and heiress of Standard Oil tycoon Henry Huttleston Rogers.&nbsp; She was an art collector, socialite, and fashion icon.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>The buyer&#039;s premium was 25% (<b>gasp!</b>), so with BP&nbsp; the Henry VII AV angel sold for $1750, the Velia didrachm $625, and the Celtic AV stater (Trinovantes) for $813.</p><p><br /></p><p>I scrambled to get registered with this auction company and hour before the coins hit the block I was on the phone trying to figure out how to pick them up.&nbsp; The auction company doesn&#039;t ship!!&nbsp; I located a local (to the auction) courier service who would pick them up and ship them to me for $40.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>For posterity, here are those coins.&nbsp; You sure can tell this company is not an ancient coin house!&nbsp; There were only four coins in this auction (mostly paintings, antique furnishings, etc).</p><p><br /></p><p>Henry VIII AV angel, 5.2 gm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]743725[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]743726[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]743727[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucania, Velia; didrachm, 7.5 gm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]743729[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]743731[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Britain; Catuvellauni &amp; Trinovantes. Uninscribed AV stater, 5.8 gm (that inscrutable obverse is a &quot;stylized head of Apollo&quot;)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]743732[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]743733[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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