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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 8205074, member: 98035"]99% of the time an auction loss is no big deal to me; either my bid is one that I knew had no chance, or else it's a type I know will come up again in two weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>One particular stand out is of course a very common coin, but one that has been out of budget for some time. I was the underbidder on this Lysimachos tet way back in Ares 1 in 2019</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1438276[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/aresnumismatics/browse?a=673&l=704250" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/aresnumismatics/browse?a=673&l=704250" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.com/auctions/aresnumismatics/browse?a=673&l=704250</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are nicer coins out there, but this is the nicest one I have ever seen hammer for significantly less than the $1k mark. Unfortunately, it was right towards the beginning of the auction, and I knew I wouldn't be able to afford any of my other targets if I bid that one up to 550. Did end up winning a very nice Athens tet at least.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 8205074, member: 98035"]99% of the time an auction loss is no big deal to me; either my bid is one that I knew had no chance, or else it's a type I know will come up again in two weeks. One particular stand out is of course a very common coin, but one that has been out of budget for some time. I was the underbidder on this Lysimachos tet way back in Ares 1 in 2019 [ATTACH=full]1438276[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.biddr.com/auctions/aresnumismatics/browse?a=673&l=704250[/URL] There are nicer coins out there, but this is the nicest one I have ever seen hammer for significantly less than the $1k mark. Unfortunately, it was right towards the beginning of the auction, and I knew I wouldn't be able to afford any of my other targets if I bid that one up to 550. Did end up winning a very nice Athens tet at least.[/QUOTE]
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