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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bellamy Cay, post: 1807451, member: 57831&quot;]Two 8-Reale coins from the <i>Whydah</i> sold at auction over the past couple of years at $8K and $10K, and another one is up for auction on October 30th 2013, item #500 in the second session at <a href="http://auction.sedwickcoins.com/TREASURE-WORLD-U-S-COIN-AUCTION-14_as29249_p3?ps=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://auction.sedwickcoins.com/TREASURE-WORLD-U-S-COIN-AUCTION-14_as29249_p3?ps=100" rel="nofollow">http://auction.sedwickcoins.com/TREASURE-WORLD-U-S-COIN-AUCTION-14_as29249_p3?ps=100</a>. It is not known who the sellers are, but Barry Clifford who recovered the <i>Whydah</i> artifacts does not sell anything from the <i>Whydah</i>. Any coins from the <i>Whydah</i> that have been given as gifts will include a certificate and are not meant for sale, and it is utterly unethical of anyone to put these up for sale knowing full well that Clifford does not sell them and that they were not given as awards but were given out of gratefulness as a personal <i>thank you</i> to those whom he believed were honest participants in his expeditions. It would have been better that the coins were returned to Clifford if the owners did not want them; instead they or their heirs spit on his generosity. I am one of the owners of a certified <i>Whydah</i> artifact, given by Barry Clifford; and I cannot imagine a bigger insult than selling it. The avarice and greed of those who would sell these priceless antiquities is astounding. I don&#039;t understand how they think that they are entitled to make any money from it; they obviously have no respect for anyone or anything. It&#039;s disgusting. If you own a <i>Whydah</i> artifact and you have placed a monetary, rather than historical value, on it, you don&#039;t deserve it; however, if you are insistent on finding a value, I recommend contacting an appraisal organization, such as Skinner Inc, for an INSURANCE value. And this way if you are an honest person and only want to know the value for preservation&#039;s sake, you can insure it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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