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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3120961, member: 71723"]I did a few "lazy" bids on pieces I'd take if I could "steal them", but my next hard target was going to be Lot 137 - the 1863 Indian cent.  I had one in my 7070, but this one was so much nicer! I got in and out of SO many lots yesterday. I didn't buy as much as I pushed up for other buyers. Finally Lot 137 came up. The 1863 cent opened at $15 and went in $2.50 increments. Again I was second in and started at $17.50, and this auctioneer (there were two that switched every hour or so) liked pace. The speed started to lull when I bid $52.50, and I might have picked up a late third bidder in there (I was in the front row.), but I wanted that cent and got it for $67.50. It's clearly an MS coin, maybe not quite the quality equal of the nickel. It's in my 7070 album and makes my bronze Indian cent look like a crud party. The next object of my salivation (Slurp!) was a 1939 (Rev. of 38) NGC-PF64 Jeffnick. The obverse was cameo, but not the reverse. Where is the star? It was a recent NGC slab too, with the finger prongs. Numismedia FMV is $91.25. I opened it at $40, and I had two competitors. When it went past $80, I got out. It ended up going for an even Franklin. The next lot was 1938 NGC-PF67 (I already own one) that went for well under its Numismedia FMV ($250 vs $312.50). Quality was being rewarded but not fully. After a short run of Peace dollars, came my 1930 Standing Lib Quarter for my 7070 album at Lot 150. They had graded it MS62, and I agreed. The 2019 Red Book has it at MS60-$120 and MS63-$175, with Numismedia FMV at MS62-$156. I opened the bidding at $60 and ended up taking it for an even $100. 3 lots won, spent $177.50. Time to see what else I can snag here. (More to follow.)[/QUOTE]

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