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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8231790, member: 26430"]When there's a live auction with bid-caller & video-feed, I do oftentimes leave it playing in the background kinda like watching football on a weekend afternoon!</p><p><br /></p><p>But this one I've only paid attention to a few I was interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been watching the BCD Collection coins from his named sales (BCD Lokris-Phokis = NAC 55; BCD Boiotia = Triton IX; BCD Thessaly II = Triton XV).</p><p><br /></p><p>There were actually two that surprised me by going <i><b>cheaper</b></i> than I expected:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lot 537</b>, the <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/537" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/537" rel="nofollow">Ex-BCD Boiotia 613</a> (and other collections) bronze hammered at 360 CHF (fairly reasonable). BUT that was actually a massive loss compared to its sale last year at <a href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l33862285" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l33862285" rel="nofollow">Leu e-Auction 17, where it hit 950 CHF</a>! (I bid then too but wasn't even close.) I really wanted it this time but not enough; I was the underbidder (starting to regret dropping out).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lot 487</b>, the <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/487" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/487" rel="nofollow">Perrhaiboi Hemidrachm (ex BCD Thess II 541)</a> hammered at 650, only 50 more than it did in late 2016 (600 CHF). Likewise, it hammered for $600 at Triton XV, which was 10 years ago. So that coin was also surprising for <i>not</i> having gone up.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far I have managed to catch a pair of rare Phokis AR Hemiobols from BCD Lokris-Phokis (NAC 55, 197 & 198) for 145 CHF <i>total </i>(<a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/526" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/526" rel="nofollow"><b>Lots 525</b></a> & <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/526" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/526" rel="nofollow"><b>526</b></a>; if they weren't previously from that collection/sale, that'd be too high, though the top one looks to be quite nice for one of these). Others from that series went affordably and I regret not chasing one of them (esp. <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/530" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/530" rel="nofollow">Lot 530</a> -- a true steal at 65CHF + fees). </p><p><br /></p><p>However, the rare "Ethiopian" <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/529" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/529" rel="nofollow">obol</a> (850 CHF) and <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/528" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/528" rel="nofollow">hemiobol</a> (380 CHF) were justifiably expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447268[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From the NAC 55 (BCD Lokris-Phokis) Catalog in 2010:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447270[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the Greek bronzes hammered much higher than I was <i><b>hoping for </b></i>(especially the well-pedigreed ones), but not necessarily much higher than I suspected they would.</p><p><br /></p><p>This ex-<a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/67" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/67" rel="nofollow">Slg. Niggeler AE of Metapontum</a> was such a special coin that I actually wasn't at all surprised to see it hammer at 520 CHF. I was hoping <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/66" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/66" rel="nofollow">this 4g bronze chalkous, published in Johnston</a>, might slip under the radar, but no luck (550 CHF).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I was just a bit surprised (again, as when it hit 550 CHF at Leu 6) to see the <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/74" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/74" rel="nofollow">Kleinkunst-Moretti AE of Medma</a> reach 900 CHF (given the flakey patina).</p><p><br /></p><p>But -- a rare coin with an important backstory -- the sky's the limit. Especially at an auction where people with the money for those come looking for them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8231790, member: 26430"]When there's a live auction with bid-caller & video-feed, I do oftentimes leave it playing in the background kinda like watching football on a weekend afternoon! But this one I've only paid attention to a few I was interested in. I've been watching the BCD Collection coins from his named sales (BCD Lokris-Phokis = NAC 55; BCD Boiotia = Triton IX; BCD Thessaly II = Triton XV). There were actually two that surprised me by going [I][B]cheaper[/B][/I] than I expected: [B]Lot 537[/B], the [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/537']Ex-BCD Boiotia 613[/URL] (and other collections) bronze hammered at 360 CHF (fairly reasonable). BUT that was actually a massive loss compared to its sale last year at [URL='https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/#/en/single/l33862285']Leu e-Auction 17, where it hit 950 CHF[/URL]! (I bid then too but wasn't even close.) I really wanted it this time but not enough; I was the underbidder (starting to regret dropping out). [B]Lot 487[/B], the [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/487']Perrhaiboi Hemidrachm (ex BCD Thess II 541)[/URL] hammered at 650, only 50 more than it did in late 2016 (600 CHF). Likewise, it hammered for $600 at Triton XV, which was 10 years ago. So that coin was also surprising for [I]not[/I] having gone up. So far I have managed to catch a pair of rare Phokis AR Hemiobols from BCD Lokris-Phokis (NAC 55, 197 & 198) for 145 CHF [I]total [/I]([URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/526'][B]Lots 525[/B][/URL] & [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/526'][B]526[/B][/URL]; if they weren't previously from that collection/sale, that'd be too high, though the top one looks to be quite nice for one of these). Others from that series went affordably and I regret not chasing one of them (esp. [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/530']Lot 530[/URL] -- a true steal at 65CHF + fees). However, the rare "Ethiopian" [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/529']obol[/URL] (850 CHF) and [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/528']hemiobol[/URL] (380 CHF) were justifiably expensive. [ATTACH=full]1447269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447268[/ATTACH] From the NAC 55 (BCD Lokris-Phokis) Catalog in 2010: [ATTACH=full]1447270[/ATTACH] Some of the Greek bronzes hammered much higher than I was [I][B]hoping for [/B][/I](especially the well-pedigreed ones), but not necessarily much higher than I suspected they would. This ex-[URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/67']Slg. Niggeler AE of Metapontum[/URL] was such a special coin that I actually wasn't at all surprised to see it hammer at 520 CHF. I was hoping [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/66']this 4g bronze chalkous, published in Johnston[/URL], might slip under the radar, but no luck (550 CHF). However, I was just a bit surprised (again, as when it hit 550 CHF at Leu 6) to see the [URL='https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/74']Kleinkunst-Moretti AE of Medma[/URL] reach 900 CHF (given the flakey patina). But -- a rare coin with an important backstory -- the sky's the limit. Especially at an auction where people with the money for those come looking for them![/QUOTE]
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