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<p>[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7792663, member: 80952"]I could call the last Savoca auction almost a nightmare for me, although in the end it was OK somehow.</p><p>I was mainly targeting 3 coins I really wanted and they were the reason for participating:</p><p>- a Divus Vespasian denarius with foreparts of capricorns (foolishly lost a much nicer example in a recent auction, with an extremely decent hammer price but I was staring at the ceiling in that time)</p><p>- a DAC CAP Trajan denarius</p><p>- a Trajan's column denarius, both top of the wish list coins for me.</p><p>I was optimistic regarding these 3. Conditions were not super so I thought I won't have much competition. I was prepared to offer realistic bids.</p><p>Triple fail, even if my bids were, in fact, bigger than in my worst case scenario (after each lot I realized losing is not such a bad thing given the circumstances). Frankly I don't understand what happened, only explanation is that somebody wanted those coins badly.</p><p>By pure inspiration, I noticed another Column denarius I hadn't observed, slightly lower grade, coming after a few lots. Surprisingly, I won it with less than I was prepared to offer. Joys of auctions...</p><p><br /></p><p>I also managed to lose an Aurelian + Vabalathus nice antoninianus, I noticed it, of course, after the end of the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when it comes to pure nightmare, I have a very nice example.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337744[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This was an auction in 2019. I wanted to offer this coin as a present for a friend who wanted it badly as this is his collecting area.</p><p>My pre-bid - 250 EUR, accepted by the house - winning bid 230. But<b> I lost the coin</b>, if you could imagine that.</p><p><br /></p><p>After trying to discuss with the house (they initially claimed somebody else offered a bid higher than mine), they came with this brilliant idea.</p><p>"Unfortunately we can only apologize you. We decide to give you an discount 2% buyers fee for our next action." (good English skills, a good house overall)</p><p><br /></p><p>2% buyers fee, oh, joy.</p><p>Whole situation proved me I was dealing with morons.</p><p>I am very glad that particular house is no longer listed on Biddr, probably they managed to screw other coins/auctions too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a history of browser crashes/mouse failure when clicking Bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] next week, hope your pre-bids will be enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7792663, member: 80952"]I could call the last Savoca auction almost a nightmare for me, although in the end it was OK somehow. I was mainly targeting 3 coins I really wanted and they were the reason for participating: - a Divus Vespasian denarius with foreparts of capricorns (foolishly lost a much nicer example in a recent auction, with an extremely decent hammer price but I was staring at the ceiling in that time) - a DAC CAP Trajan denarius - a Trajan's column denarius, both top of the wish list coins for me. I was optimistic regarding these 3. Conditions were not super so I thought I won't have much competition. I was prepared to offer realistic bids. Triple fail, even if my bids were, in fact, bigger than in my worst case scenario (after each lot I realized losing is not such a bad thing given the circumstances). Frankly I don't understand what happened, only explanation is that somebody wanted those coins badly. By pure inspiration, I noticed another Column denarius I hadn't observed, slightly lower grade, coming after a few lots. Surprisingly, I won it with less than I was prepared to offer. Joys of auctions... I also managed to lose an Aurelian + Vabalathus nice antoninianus, I noticed it, of course, after the end of the auction. But when it comes to pure nightmare, I have a very nice example. [ATTACH=full]1337744[/ATTACH] This was an auction in 2019. I wanted to offer this coin as a present for a friend who wanted it badly as this is his collecting area. My pre-bid - 250 EUR, accepted by the house - winning bid 230. But[B] I lost the coin[/B], if you could imagine that. After trying to discuss with the house (they initially claimed somebody else offered a bid higher than mine), they came with this brilliant idea. "Unfortunately we can only apologize you. We decide to give you an discount 2% buyers fee for our next action." (good English skills, a good house overall) 2% buyers fee, oh, joy. Whole situation proved me I was dealing with morons. I am very glad that particular house is no longer listed on Biddr, probably they managed to screw other coins/auctions too. I also have a history of browser crashes/mouse failure when clicking Bid. Good luck [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] next week, hope your pre-bids will be enough.[/QUOTE]
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