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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Black Friar, post: 3068441, member: 76221&quot;]Auctions are interesting places no matter what you are bidding on.&nbsp; Someone wants it, and someone else wants it more.&nbsp; Two big finger people bidding on the same item is a sellers dream.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I started collecting Byzantine coinage in the very early 80&#039;s the junk box was my friend.&nbsp; So many people didn&#039;t understand Byz Coins and didn&#039; want to take the time to figure them out, so into the junk box they went for two to three bucks, or a lot less.&nbsp; A lot of bang for the buck.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is so much more info on this area of collecting it makes my head swim with delight.&nbsp; Not just more books, but&nbsp; online research available. CNG&#039;s cataloges (paper version) were a necessity to collect to form a library.&nbsp; Same with Harlan Berk, and Frank Kovaks to name a few.&nbsp; I still have some in my library.</p><p><br /></p><p>It took me 2 or 3 years to find another person that actually collected Byzantine coinage. After thirty years or so of looking I know what I&#039;ve seen before; I certainly know something I&#039;ve never seen before and I jump on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s really fun to watch is when one doesn&#039;t quibble about the price, you reach into your pocked and &quot;pay the money&quot; and walk away.&nbsp; The seller inevitably thinks &quot;Did I Screw UP?&quot;&nbsp; Never put something out for sale if you don&#039;t know what it is, even if it takes ten years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo below was sold as a low grade Anastasius I and was priced accordingly. It&#039;s a barbarous piece, and much scarcer as such.&nbsp; I just love these wonderfully ugly coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]770776[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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