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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2285999, member: 19463&quot;]Really?&nbsp; I did not know you collected things other people understood or wanted.&nbsp; If we had one of TIF&#039;s quizzes on pick the JA&#039;s favorite Nabataean or Ardatirion&#039;s favorite lead mot of us would score poorly.&nbsp; I prefer when you place a snipe bid for $100 and get the coin for $30 because no one else could tell it from the stuff nobody wants.&nbsp; In auctions I lose more as 1st underbidder than I win with my full bid being used.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A question on auctions:&nbsp; Lots are presented in an order by place or date.&nbsp; When there are two examples of substantially the same coin, what determines which is sold first.&nbsp; If there are three examples fairly estimated at $80, $100 and $200 should the best go first or last?&nbsp; Obviously auction houses don&#039;t care who buys as long as they pay more but, unless the buyer is planning on quick resale, you would expect the underbidder on the first sold might be in the market for the second while the buyer of the first might not.&nbsp; I always thought it would be best to sell the best first but I have seen the opposite technique used.&nbsp; Perhaps the answer here is different for an eBay sale and Triton.&nbsp; Perhaps the answer is different if the three are $800, $1000 and $2000.&nbsp; I realize this is not a simple question.&nbsp; I recall seeing a catalog with a &#039;name&#039; specialized collection placed at the front of the catalog followed by the regular lots which included some of the same items with lesser provenance but not lesser condition.&nbsp; These are decisions for people with business sense and not for me![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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