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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2489765, member: 56859&quot;]Congratulations, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER].&nbsp; I&#039;m glad you got the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting thread with some thought-provoking comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only slightly related and definitely less thought-provoking, I had a bidding accident today which thanks to the kindness of the auction house ended up okay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I accidentally bid <b>$70,103</b> for a very modest Greek bronze coin.&nbsp; Obviously that was sufficient to win the lot but at a price more than double my intended max.&nbsp; Had I been required to honor the bid, the $230 hammer wouldn&#039;t have bankrupted me but CNG simply retracted the bid when I called them immediately after the lot closed (<i>thank you, CNG!!).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>There were only two bidders on the coin, sitting at $65 in the final seconds.&nbsp;&nbsp; I entered a bid of $103... except that I didn&#039;t first erase the pre-filled next bid increment ($70) nor did I notice what I&#039;d done until the lot closed.&nbsp; Surprise!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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