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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2423764, member: 19463&quot;]I gather not everyone knows that the name Clio was one of the Greek Muses, in this case Muse of History.&nbsp; I&#039;d call it a very appropriate screen name, gender not withstanding,&nbsp; for a student of serious numismatics not intending to resell the wins just because someone offers him $2 more than he paid.&nbsp; There is a fact here not all want to face.&nbsp; Some of us have many times the disposable cash that others have total net worth.&nbsp; If you felt that certain lots went too cheap, one might ask why you did not bid on them.&nbsp; My answer is that 90% of the coins in the sale were not things I would buy for the start bid and many not for a fraction of that number.&nbsp; There were coins in the sale that did not belong in a catalog sale and coins that perhaps should have been in a Triton.&nbsp; I do not pretend to know what factors are in play on deciding which coins go in which sale.&nbsp; I do know that I really miss the old Numismatic Fine Arts mail Bid sales where little dogs like me could buy coins beneath the notice of big dogs on their mailing list.&nbsp; The game has changed with online catalogs going out to thousands of people who have never touched a paper catalog.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to see a list of the coins that went under estimate.&nbsp; Part of the fun</p><p><br /></p><p>is trying to figure out why this coin went for 5x estimate and that one did not sell.&nbsp; It is probably more fun for spectators than &#039;victims&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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