As a fan of this discussion forum, I'd like to propose a never-ending thread where each of us can suggest and recommend ongoing auctions (in which we are not invested in neither as seller nor as bidder) that might help our fellow colleague collectors expand their numismatic knowledge, diversify their focus and, God-willing, add new interesting coins to their collections.
I recommend not posting coins which are currently up for auction, for reasons which have been stated on CoinTalk many times: Another CoinTalk member may be bidding or planning to bid, and now he/she may have unwelcome competition Another CoinTalk member may have been planning on bidding on a coin someone else posts for an opinion; now, if that member buys the coin, others may think he/she "poached" someone else's coin There are far more lurkers than posters; any of those people might see a currently-for-auction coin posted here and snipe it etc Instead, I suggest bookmarking interesting coins and posting them for discussion after the auction has closed.
I see. Well in that case, maybe an admin could delete this thread, I didn't know I was stepping outside the rules of this forum.
Seth, I hear you, but I posted one here once. Once. Got a pm from a respected member here saying he was going to bid on the coin, and didn't appreciate it being advertised. I agree with TIF, just post them after they closed.
You didn't break any forum rules that I know of. But we've had this discussion before and decided against it for the reasons TIF posted.
I've edited the explicit parts linking to the auction out. I thought it would've been more interesting to post while ongoing, but I understand the concerns and you are of course right. Maybe posting auctions once they're over might also be fun.
It really would be fun to discuss coins currently being auctioned, but the actual bidders wouldn't find it so amusing. Too bad, because it would be a blast to have "contests" where we try to guess the winning bid on monster coins. Oh well... there are plenty of already-sold interesting coins to discuss .
Another factor, if someone bids in an auction unknown to them, and one or more coins turns out to be horrible, guess who gets blamed, explicitly or implicitly? Even professional recommendations are a minefield and an attorney's delight. My dentist would not recommend an oral surgeon for a difficult extraction; instead, he gave me a list of 14 surgeons "whom my patients have used so far this year..."
I also agree with TIF. It also hurts me to see someone recommend a seller that I consider less than honest or informed. I'd rather not be in the position to be tempted to say unkind things in open forum.
