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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 8099634, member: 116882&quot;]I still have a worn, well-thumbed paper catalog with prices realized</p><p>Lot 1982 realized $165 + 10% BP</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG 47 had a bunch of the countermarked Aegina &quot;turtle&quot; staters that seemed to be around for a long time and the last of the Goodman collection Roman Republic AEs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had just started collecting ancients a few years before and this was the second CNG auction I bid in.&nbsp; I won:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408275[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleukos I 312-280 BC</p><p>AR tetradrachm 15.40 gm</p><p>O: head Alexander right wearing leopard skin helmet</p><p>R: Nike standing right, erecting trophy</p><p>Kritt 118 (this coin); Newell 301</p><p><br /></p><p>I had already become addicted to the point of poring over the catalog as soon as it arrived like a kid looking at a Christmas catalog, making a list and checking it a hundred times, then submitting my bids by email. I would also call right before close to see the current bids then perhaps make an increase if other lots were out of range or bid on other coins that were under estimate. It was fairly common to get coins for less than estimate back then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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