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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2680622, member: 19463&quot;]Other possible &#039;guesses&#039;:&nbsp; Many of the coins sold for several times estimate.&nbsp; If he was the consignor, the answer would be shill bidding gone bad or a &#039;shiek&#039; bidder who did not pay.&nbsp; Those two are nasty ideas so lets look for a slightly better one.&nbsp; Perhaps he had a customer who told him he wanted nice Hadrians so he bought them thinking he had a sure sale.&nbsp; After the fact the customer told him he did not want any of them because he (like you) had the common ones and was not happy the dealer bid over him with the idea of selling them to him.&nbsp;&nbsp; Years ago I had this problem.&nbsp; If you bid over me on a coin you know I want <b>in a sale you know I frequent</b>, don&#039;t even think of trying to sell it to me.&nbsp; If you buy a coin I&#039;d like in a place you have no expectation I saw, great.&nbsp; I believe in paying for service. Extortion is not a service.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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