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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3660302, member: 57495"]That's a fantastic lot for the price, Finn. I do however agree with Doug that these weren't coins that can have been sold individually through CNG. Their minimum fee per lot is $40. That would have added up to $600 for 15 coins. Even if they had collectively brought $800, it would have left just $200 to the seller. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, I also agree with you that CNG's photographing of the lot was what did the seller a disservice. If the lot had brought the ~$500 it should have, that would have been the best outcome for the seller. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've had a few nice wins with group lots in the past, the most recent being the discovery of a Nicephorus Basilacius follis in a $9.50/coin large group lot which I ended up selling in AMCC's <a href="https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/amcoinscanada/browse?a=407&l=398254" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/amcoinscanada/browse?a=407&l=398254" rel="nofollow">first auction</a> last year. My favorite and most memorable large lot purchase will probably remain <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-life-for-the-next-couple-of-months.265162/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-life-for-the-next-couple-of-months.265162/">this one</a> from a few years ago, though. Not so much because I think I got a deal on it, but because of the unusual quality of the collection. Some of the coins in it are still amongst my favorites. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2015-6-17_15-19-47-png.420817/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3660302, member: 57495"]That's a fantastic lot for the price, Finn. I do however agree with Doug that these weren't coins that can have been sold individually through CNG. Their minimum fee per lot is $40. That would have added up to $600 for 15 coins. Even if they had collectively brought $800, it would have left just $200 to the seller. At the same time, I also agree with you that CNG's photographing of the lot was what did the seller a disservice. If the lot had brought the ~$500 it should have, that would have been the best outcome for the seller. I've had a few nice wins with group lots in the past, the most recent being the discovery of a Nicephorus Basilacius follis in a $9.50/coin large group lot which I ended up selling in AMCC's [URL='https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/amcoinscanada/browse?a=407&l=398254']first auction[/URL] last year. My favorite and most memorable large lot purchase will probably remain [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-life-for-the-next-couple-of-months.265162/']this one[/URL] from a few years ago, though. Not so much because I think I got a deal on it, but because of the unusual quality of the collection. Some of the coins in it are still amongst my favorites. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2015-6-17_15-19-47-png.420817/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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