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<p>[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 5467139, member: 90981"]I bid on a few coins from the Peter Merani collection, but all of my bids got blown out of the water. I had known Peter Merani for many years...he was a mediator and arbitrator in New York City, and I've had many cases in front of him over the past 10+ years (I'm a lawyer). Just a wonderful guy, through and through. Smart, fair, funny, and universally respected by both sides of the bar. He was very helpful to me early on in my career...I really learned a lot from him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I did not know that he had an ancient coin collection, let alone <i>that</i> ancient coin collection. I would have LOVED to have spoken to him about his coins. I did a double-take when I first saw the Triton catalog this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did at least get to speak with him about his love for Italy. A few years ago, I told him that I was planning a trip to Italy, and his face lit up. He completely stopped talking about the case, and took out his legal pad and spent the next 20 minutes talking about his travels and writing out all of the sites, museums, and restaurants that I needed to visit. The best meal my wife and I had in Italy was a tiny little restaurant in Rome that Peter recommended.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would have loved to have won one of his coins today, but the bids ended up being way out of my league. I hope that some of the coins from his collection went to some CT members...anyone who won one of his coins should be proud to own it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 5467139, member: 90981"]I bid on a few coins from the Peter Merani collection, but all of my bids got blown out of the water. I had known Peter Merani for many years...he was a mediator and arbitrator in New York City, and I've had many cases in front of him over the past 10+ years (I'm a lawyer). Just a wonderful guy, through and through. Smart, fair, funny, and universally respected by both sides of the bar. He was very helpful to me early on in my career...I really learned a lot from him. Unfortunately, I did not know that he had an ancient coin collection, let alone [I]that[/I] ancient coin collection. I would have LOVED to have spoken to him about his coins. I did a double-take when I first saw the Triton catalog this year. I did at least get to speak with him about his love for Italy. A few years ago, I told him that I was planning a trip to Italy, and his face lit up. He completely stopped talking about the case, and took out his legal pad and spent the next 20 minutes talking about his travels and writing out all of the sites, museums, and restaurants that I needed to visit. The best meal my wife and I had in Italy was a tiny little restaurant in Rome that Peter recommended. I would have loved to have won one of his coins today, but the bids ended up being way out of my league. I hope that some of the coins from his collection went to some CT members...anyone who won one of his coins should be proud to own it.[/QUOTE]
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