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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8259510, member: 86498&quot;]I am not certain. I think if you bid what you think the coin might be worth and get it you should be doing fine. True there are rather more insane prices being paid for coin than what appears to be the norm, however there are coins that can be purchased for something approaching what it had sold for a number of years ago. For your consideration I offer this coin purchased at the New York Sale last January.</p><p>Augustus Ar Tetradrachm Antioch Obv. Head right laureate. Rv Tyche of Antioch seated right with River god swimming before her RPC 4155 Prieur 54 15.11 grms 26 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1456530[/ATTACH]According to AC Search I paid $1050 plus all the fees for this coin. However in 2007 this coin sold for $975 (no fees). This would indicate that the seller would have made no more than $75 after holding on to if for about 14 years. True I had to pay at least another $210 for the auction fees, however I thought that the price was reasonable. It is true that I was involved in some serious skirmishes in both the New York Sale as well as the Triton XXV. I was outbid many times and on some of the coins I bid on I was bidding &quot;stupid&quot;. However I won five coins in total. Look at the four coins that I can verify from previous auction records I can say that in all four cases I did not pay that much more for the coin than it sold for previously. In fact one coin had a $685 ticket from the late 1990&#039;s and I won the coin for $700 (again ++)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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