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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 3118176, member: 74968"]I am glad you got all three and I am looking forward to seeing them. As for auction drama I had one such episode last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was bidding in an online auction for a much wanted Caligula denarius. The auction day came and I was bidding live. I bid and the item closed. I was the high bidder or so I thought. I received an email fro the auction house telling me I had won the coin. I decided to double-check the item listing. When I checked I found out that the denarius had sold for 100.00 more than I bid. I knew something was wrong. I contacted the auction house and I was told that the auctioneer had gotten my bid and closed the item. However, someone on the floor wanted to bid after the item had closed and so the auctioneer reopened the bidding. The problem was I did not get the chance to bid higher which I would have done. The auctioneer reopened the item on the floor but not online.</p><p><br /></p><p>It took me a while but I finally managed to find another Caligula denarius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 3118176, member: 74968"]I am glad you got all three and I am looking forward to seeing them. As for auction drama I had one such episode last year. I was bidding in an online auction for a much wanted Caligula denarius. The auction day came and I was bidding live. I bid and the item closed. I was the high bidder or so I thought. I received an email fro the auction house telling me I had won the coin. I decided to double-check the item listing. When I checked I found out that the denarius had sold for 100.00 more than I bid. I knew something was wrong. I contacted the auction house and I was told that the auctioneer had gotten my bid and closed the item. However, someone on the floor wanted to bid after the item had closed and so the auctioneer reopened the bidding. The problem was I did not get the chance to bid higher which I would have done. The auctioneer reopened the item on the floor but not online. It took me a while but I finally managed to find another Caligula denarius.[/QUOTE]
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