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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2902814, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m not sure that is courteous or respectful since auctions are set up to determine the proper price for a coin.&nbsp; When a group decided that they will not bid on a coin that already has a bid (thinking they should respect the prior bid from a friend).&nbsp; That is why few of the coins in JA&#039;s experience real bidding wars.&nbsp; I suspect the sales might attract more &#039;better&#039; coins if we did not do this.&nbsp; I suspect Clio needs to bid at the last minute to avoid punitive raises from people who know he bids high and would like to cost him money.&nbsp; I do not begrudge him his winnings but I would like to know what it was he found appealing about some of the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>The one I lost this time was lightly rough and smallish flan so I thought it might slip through.&nbsp; I was wrong.&nbsp; I wanted it for the owl.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=347289#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=347289#" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/4090231.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><b>409, Lot: 231.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Pergamon. </b>Early-mid 2nd century BC. Æ (19.5mm, 8.16 g, 1h). Laureate head of Asklepios right / Serpent coiled around, and rising from, omphalos; to inner left, owl standing half-right, head facing. SNG Ashmolean 873–4; SNG BN 1813–4. VF, dark green-brown surfaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have owned for some years the same coin but with the owl added via countermark.&nbsp; I do not know the meaning of the owl.&nbsp; I wonder if Clio does and if he, too, has the countermarked one.&nbsp; Yes, I would love for him to become a CT poster and explain the thoughts behind these purchases.&nbsp; They do not appear random by any means. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]699544[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Florida is the great destroyer of photo jobs.&nbsp; A VCoins dealer and friend of mine retired to Florida and ended my side job of shooting coins for online use.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t had a full time job for 14 years now so I have time but I want nothing to do with mailing coins back and forth so now I have more time to nap.&nbsp; All is well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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