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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FrizzyAntoine, post: 7555237, member: 114961&quot;]I&#039;m sorry to hear about your experience. It sounds understandably quite distressing, however I feel confident the auction house will do the right thing in the end (I&#039;ve always thought of them as one of the better ones, hopefully they act in line with that perception in the end). </p><p><br /></p><p>I think another major takeaway from this thread is also the importance of provenance research skills among collectors, even moreso when bidding at the upper end of the market. It can be daunting and does tend to add a bit of time to the auction preparatory process, but looking for past sales of a coin you intend to bid on is invaluable when it comes to determining whether the coin has been altered or otherwise damaged since it last sold, what it&#039;s worth, and getting a better sense of what it ACTUALLY looks like, especially if past sale records of the coin have been omitted by the auction for whatever reason (as was the case here, and is relatively common when someone gets a good deal and decides to consign the coin soon after with hopes of making a profit). </p><p><br /></p><p>All the best [USER=112504]@Steelers72[/USER], hope you&#039;re able to get a refund and put this mess behind you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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