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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1871413, member: 44357&quot;]I wonder if they just took the RIC prices straight from the book and used those? It looks like there is a 21% BP on the sale as well (a growing trend?)</p><p><br /></p><p>I took a quick scan of the 1958 catalog:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Colosseums_zps4429f173.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom (with new pictures, thanks to help from TIF <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) is the one I just bought for about $150K on a $70K estimate. Heritage said there were two underbidders with the same bid and one other &quot;very serious&quot; bidder right beneath them so I think the price was pretty reasonable for it. I prefer the upper rows of the &quot;Christophe Joron-Derem&quot; example and the Colosseum side does have some very sharp detail throughout. Mine is from a slightly earlier die pair which is why it is visually slightly different.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is also vastly superior to the one which is coming up at Heritage&#039;s CICF auction in my eyes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone heard of this auction house before? Most of the Greek/RR coins look like they&#039;ve met the business end of a blowtorch one too many times but do have some nice pedigrees...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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