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<p>[QUOTE="ab initio, post: 4892936, member: 80317"]Davis and Clark was buying quality Greek and Roman coins at higher than normal prices in the 70's at the Leu auctions in Zurich. The gentleman was French, medium to short height and rather plump. He kept well away from everyone else (dealers and collectors) who would get together during the auction breaks and afterwards for drinks and dinners. His purchases rarely exceeded the 5000 Swiss Franc limit and he chose his coins only for quality and eye appeal. He disappeared from the scene in the same way that he had arrived - suddenly. In my copies of the Leu auction catalogues I have notes of many of his purchases. We always thought that his company was reselling the coins to unsuspecting buyers that had no idea of actual prices, making huge profits: apparently their system could not work wonders forever...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ab initio, post: 4892936, member: 80317"]Davis and Clark was buying quality Greek and Roman coins at higher than normal prices in the 70's at the Leu auctions in Zurich. The gentleman was French, medium to short height and rather plump. He kept well away from everyone else (dealers and collectors) who would get together during the auction breaks and afterwards for drinks and dinners. His purchases rarely exceeded the 5000 Swiss Franc limit and he chose his coins only for quality and eye appeal. He disappeared from the scene in the same way that he had arrived - suddenly. In my copies of the Leu auction catalogues I have notes of many of his purchases. We always thought that his company was reselling the coins to unsuspecting buyers that had no idea of actual prices, making huge profits: apparently their system could not work wonders forever...[/QUOTE]
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