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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3038900, member: 76086&quot;]I understand why estimates are manipulated.&nbsp; Often it encourages people to bid who might not otherwise if they feel there is a chance they might be able to participate.&nbsp; Other times it encourages consignors (&#039;hey, we estimated $200,000 on this auction, but we got $1.2 million!&nbsp; Consign with us!).</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people may laugh or just not understand, but as you say many of us did in fact get these cheap-o sales catalogs in the old days and enter blanket bids on pretty much everything.&nbsp; Often on my bid sheet I would enter &quot;Lots 117 through 233, $17.48&quot;.&nbsp; But you know, it worked.&nbsp; I won a great many coins that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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