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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8463302, member: 86498"]I have been collecting for close to 50 years and one would think that with that level of experience I would be able to work out what one of my coins will do at auction. I have been sending coins out for auction for the last 5 years and am often amazed at the results. A few go nuts. Some coins do really well others simply...crash and burn. Auctions are at best a crap shoot. There are simply too many variables to take into account. I had a decent denarius of Maximinus Thrax good reverse, That particular auction had three of them result; down in flames. I put an Athenian Owl just as the giant hoard started coming in. Result Not so good. Barely broke even. Then there is the dreaded ugly picture. One of my coins took a picture that was so bad... I could not believe it was my coin. At that moment I knew it would die and it did, a horrible lingering death, </p><p> Overall I see prices for ancient coins being very strong. That is at least for the ones I am trying to bid on. I cannot say anything about the five coins tht did poorly. However I will say that at some point I do plan to put my collection up for auction. I have resigned myself to the fact that any coin I have purchased in the previous 10 years before selling my collection I will be lucky to break even. </p><p> Something to look at </p><p>Denarius of Faustus Cornelius Sulla 56 BC Obv Bust of Venus right Rv Three military trophies Crawford 426/3 RBW 1528 3.72 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1499530[/ATTACH]The reverse commemorates Sulla's victories on three continents. Europe Africa and Asia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8463302, member: 86498"]I have been collecting for close to 50 years and one would think that with that level of experience I would be able to work out what one of my coins will do at auction. I have been sending coins out for auction for the last 5 years and am often amazed at the results. A few go nuts. Some coins do really well others simply...crash and burn. Auctions are at best a crap shoot. There are simply too many variables to take into account. I had a decent denarius of Maximinus Thrax good reverse, That particular auction had three of them result; down in flames. I put an Athenian Owl just as the giant hoard started coming in. Result Not so good. Barely broke even. Then there is the dreaded ugly picture. One of my coins took a picture that was so bad... I could not believe it was my coin. At that moment I knew it would die and it did, a horrible lingering death, Overall I see prices for ancient coins being very strong. That is at least for the ones I am trying to bid on. I cannot say anything about the five coins tht did poorly. However I will say that at some point I do plan to put my collection up for auction. I have resigned myself to the fact that any coin I have purchased in the previous 10 years before selling my collection I will be lucky to break even. Something to look at Denarius of Faustus Cornelius Sulla 56 BC Obv Bust of Venus right Rv Three military trophies Crawford 426/3 RBW 1528 3.72 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1499530[/ATTACH]The reverse commemorates Sulla's victories on three continents. Europe Africa and Asia.[/QUOTE]
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