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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 575582, member: 66&quot;]Fish, the 1806 C-3 opened at 2750 and closed at 2900.&nbsp; All of the electros opened at 300 each and sold at 400 each, all to the same bidder.&nbsp; I chased the chain cent.&nbsp; I had hoped to get it at the 1100 level since the cataloger could not identify the variety, none of the rev inscriptions were visible and only four links of the chain were visiable.&nbsp; I started the bidding at 850 bidding against the book.&nbsp; We passed 1000, 1100, I had the bid at 1250, 1350 to the book, book topped at 1300, and I probably made a mistake but I let it go.&nbsp; I could have had it at 1350.&nbsp; But with the juice that would have been almost 1500 dollars and I just couldn&#039;t do it.&nbsp; The aggravating thing was I was bidding against someone who hadn&#039;t seen it and was just buying a chain cent.&nbsp; I looked at it and I KNEW what it was, a 1793 S-1 the Ameri variety.&nbsp; The first coin type struck by the US Mint and the only one of the four chain varieties I don&#039;t have.</p><p><br /></p><p>900fine,</p><p><br /></p><p>I know what you mean about rubbing shoulders with the big boys.&nbsp; At my first EAC in 1985 I had just gotten to the hotel, I didn&#039;t know anyone there but a bumped into this guy at the elevator and he asked if I was there for EAC.&nbsp; He asked what I colected and I told him Draped Bust cents.&nbsp; He collected middle dates.&nbsp; We chatted about te middle dates a bit and he said let me show you a few of my pieces.&nbsp; Next thing I knew I was holding TWO of the seven known 1834 N-7&#039;s, one normal and the only bronzed proof.&nbsp; (34 N-7 is a proof only variety and at the time was the King of the middle dates, with the possible exception of 1830 N-9)&nbsp; And the other pieces he had would also knock your teeth out!&nbsp; Turns out I was sitting by the elevator, swapping stories and looking at coins with John Nicholas who collected middle dates by variety, but only finest knowns.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was just mind blowing for a 24 year old!&nbsp; This guy has no idea who I am but is handing me tens of thousands of dollars worth of coins just on the strength of the fact that I am an EACer.&nbsp; Later Robbie Brown did the same type thing.&nbsp; I had just met him and next thing I know I&#039;m going through his #1 set of early dates which the following year would sell for 2.5 million dollars.&nbsp; I have met most of the BIG names in early copper now, I have met all of the people who have formed complete early date sets except Clapp, Sheldon, and Pashal (who are all dead) and ALL of them have always made me feel welcome.&nbsp; Even the hotel staff noticed.&nbsp; I heard a couple of them comment that they have had other coin shows there in the past&nbsp; and dealt with the dealers and collectors, ut these EAC people ar JUST SO NICE![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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