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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1803605, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m glad to see that I am not the only one who prefers not posting coins until they are in hand.&nbsp; I have had coins &#039;go missing&#039; after being posted and had coins that did arrive only for me to discover something significant (like it was fake).&nbsp;&nbsp; I have returned coins for problems not bad enough to start an all out war with the dealer but that I would feel better if I had not posted them without mentioning something (e.g. repatinated).&nbsp; These coins have been around for a couple thousand years and we hope AJ will be with us for a number more (maybe not 2000???) so we can respect his decision to wait until he has both the coin and a good photo to share.</p><p><br /></p><p>My experience with &#039;name&#039; sales has been that some lots go for the opening bid (or fail to sell) while others skyrocket beyond any reasonable level and I am often at a loss to explain the situation.&nbsp; Occasionally, we see a coin listed at an unreasonable start price and, occasionally,&nbsp; there is a coin that even the big houses will fail to recognize is worth a lot more than what they thought.&nbsp; Sometimes I suspect some of these relate to their catering to a big consignor who insists that a junker be listed as better than it is and they agree to get the business.&nbsp; Sometimes I suspect we are just seeing two pig headed bidders who both decided to buy the lot at whatever price necessary not caring that they are paying a couple thousand more than reasonable. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought two coins today but not from Gorny &amp; Mosch so no one will mind waiting forever to see them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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