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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 3064919, member: 76965&quot;]Now now boys and girls don&#039;t let your imaginations run wild......I&#039;m talking about my performance at the auctions of course......my first purchase was a very pretty gilt silver and enamel cigarette case by Karl Faberge. I&#039;ve always been fascinated by Faberge (Not Theo) and have wanted to own something by him and his Russian wokmasters but their astronomical prices were always way beyond my reach.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last night (morning where most of you guys are <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) I took advantage of a sluggish collection of bidders, who had obviously spent their energy on almost 3 days of bidding on coins, and snared the Faberge piece. Can&#039;t post it here since it is a non-coin related piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to that I had placed a bid on a VERY rare 1761 rouble of Empress Elizabeth of Russia.....went out for the evening with some friends and was pleasantly surprised to see that I had won the coin.......and here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elizabeth Rouble 1761 СПБ-ЯI AU53,</b> St. Petersburg mint, KM-C19c.4, Bit-293 (R1), Diakov-557 (R1) Petrov 15 Rub.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]769238[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]769239[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Planchet flaw or not, the most recent specimen sold was an XF45 which raked in an eye-watering $14K+ ........so I think I&#039;m right to be happy with my performance last night<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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