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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3341096, member: 19165&quot;]The anticipation before an auction is absolutely killer. I&#039;ve been watching this coin for a month or two. I&#039;ve fully researched it. I have Mark Feld&#039;s thumbs-up. I have a price in mind. I sent a huge consignment to auction to help pay for this coin. Finally, the day is here. I&#039;m watching the evening, getting a feel for how hot the market is. At the last minute, someone places a strong pre-auction bid for the coin I want. But, they don&#039;t know I&#039;m lurking, waiting, watching. They don&#039;t know that I am going to win. </p><p><br /></p><p>As the lots tick down, I&#039;m getting a feel for the market. Is it strong? Are prices running high? Is there a lot of action? The time gets close.... we&#039;re only a few minutes away from my coin. My adrenaline starts to rise. Jennifer the auctioneer is calling out her lots in that sing-song cadence she has. Minute by minute, lot by lot, we get closer and closer. Lot 19, 36 thousand. Lot 20, 8 thousand. Mine is lot 85. Getting so close. Lot 21, 46 thousand. Are you all done? Final warning, It&#039;s last call, and sold. And so it goes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, my lot comes up. It starts at $5500. I have a bid at 6. Someone else really wants this coin. You have been outbid, bid again? Yes. 7 thousand. Back to you? Back and forth it goes. Eight Thousand. Cut bid! Maybe they&#039;re done? $8500. I&#039;ll bid one more time. And they bid again as well. Damn. That was my limit, and I can&#039;t chase it to the moon, as much as I want to. I lost. That really, really sucks.... I was more excited about this coin than I&#039;ve been in a really long time. </p><p><br /></p><p>To see the coin I lost, take a look here: <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/territorial-gold/-1842-50-g-1-a-bechtler-dollar-27g-21c-plain-edge-ms62-prooflike-ngc-k-24-r3/a/1292-3985.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&amp;tab=MyTrackedLots-101116" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/territorial-gold/-1842-50-g-1-a-bechtler-dollar-27g-21c-plain-edge-ms62-prooflike-ngc-k-24-r3/a/1292-3985.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&amp;tab=MyTrackedLots-101116" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/territorial-gold/-1842-50-g-1-a-bechtler-dollar-27g-21c-plain-edge-ms62-prooflike-ngc-k-24-r3/a/1292-3985.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&amp;tab=MyTrackedLots-101116</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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