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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1093264, member: 66&quot;]I had several pieces I was interested in but I couldn&#039;t be there in person and I couldn&#039;t be at the computer during the auction to do my bidding so I had to bid ahead of time.&nbsp; Since I have limited free cash I only wound up bidding on a single coin, lot 619.&nbsp; I felt this was the most attractive cent in the sale in my price range.</p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/62jpegs/171600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/62jpegs/171600N2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It was estimated at $200 and was at $150 when I bid $450 on it.&nbsp; It opened for floor bidding to me at $260.....and closed at $552.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m kind of glad I wasn&#039;t at the auction.&nbsp; It apparently ran so slowly it would have driven me crazy.&nbsp; Most major auctions tend to move at about 100 - 135 lots an hour.&nbsp; EAC sales can hit 180 - 200 lots per hour.&nbsp; This sale was only averaging 72 lots per hour.&nbsp; Only about half normal speed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lot I would have REALLY liked was lot 115.</p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/62jpegs/151760.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/62jpegs/151760N2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Estimated at$500 this was graded as a MS-64 Brown by PCGS.&nbsp; But Walter Breen and Denis Loring, who is the current recognized expert of proof large cent both called this coin a proof.&nbsp; It is currently listed as a PF-50 on the proof large cent census.&nbsp; It brought $2,900.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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