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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 212348, member: 5454&quot;]Well it was weird.&nbsp; And I never saw anything like it.&nbsp; Here is what I think:</p><p>It was a private estate coin. Anyone in the public sector can bid.&nbsp; So the auctioneer and his son are just </p><p>another two people in the general population.&nbsp; And they have every right to bid on items.</p><p>I&#039;m just guessing that&#039;s the story.</p><p>&nbsp;As the lots were auctioned off more of the story unraveled.&nbsp; Some coins came up and the auctioneer again says:&nbsp; We have 2 bids. $ 250 and $255, do I hear $260?&nbsp; A guy behind me goes $260.</p><p><br /></p><p>The auctioneer says &quot;I&#039;m out.&quot; Then looks at his son and says &quot;You&#039;re out, do I hear $265?&quot;</p><p>Then it went on from there.</p><p>&nbsp; I was bidding on a coin and the auction had not ended.&nbsp; I went $40 and the auctioneer pointed right at me and then says $45?&nbsp; All quiet.&nbsp; He points at me again and says &quot;Sold for $40.&quot;</p><p>Then the runner comes over and gives the coin to the guy right behind me!&nbsp; It seems like we both raised our card at the same time for $40. So he was pointing to the guy behind me.</p><p>&nbsp;A week or so later I talked to the auctioneer and mentioned that I had also bid $40.&nbsp; He says he didn&#039;t see me.&nbsp; Then I asked well should I have yelled $45?&nbsp; he says it was too late, the gavel came down.&nbsp; But he says if he saw me he would have taken it to $45.</p><p>Well there is so much I don&#039;t know about bidding protocol.&nbsp; But in another case when nobody bid $10 for the 1982 Proof Washington half; he says &quot;Who will give $5?&quot;&nbsp; I raised my bid card and he says &quot;Sold for $5, I&#039;m not even going to ask for $6.&quot;&nbsp; So it looks like we play by his rules-&nbsp; and he can change the rules at a whim.</p><p>I won that time.&nbsp; And his stuff was going cheap too.&nbsp; St. Gaudens slabbed MS-63 $20 Gold was going for $750, and $800.</p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong.&nbsp; I like the guy.&nbsp; He just opened a coin shop and I sell and buy from him.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t really want to dislike him because then there will be NO coin dealers I like. And so far he has been fair at the shop.&nbsp; He turned the auctions over to his son and sold the parking lot.&nbsp; But he is running one more coin auction April 13th.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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