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Message:: [QUOTE="pprp, post: 5241698, member: 94602"]Since a few friends asked, I will share a few of my failed bids. My concern is not that I lost; it happens all the time to everybody. My concern is the feeling that the competitor would never stop calling. The pattern is a bit repetitive. When the online bidding finishes, the "telephone" pops up and always wins. For the Antigonos tet from the Ward collection (in my earlier post) which I had to get at any cost, I bid 8500 for a starting price of 300 while no provenance was noted. I also note that numbers 2 and 3 below were auctioned just a few years ago in the same venue and the hammer prices were significantly smaller. 1. A syracuse tetradrachm; an 80's provenance noted. My bid was 22.000; it sold for 23.000. [ATTACH=full]1217859[/ATTACH] 2. A tetradrachm from Katane; no old provenance noted. My bid was 4000; it sold for 4250.[ATTACH=full]1217863[/ATTACH] 3. A tetradrachm from Maroneia; no old provenance noted. My bid was 4750, it sold for 5000. [ATTACH=full]1217861[/ATTACH] 4.  A tetrobol from Athens; no old provenance noted. My bid was 2500, it sold for 2750. [ATTACH=full]1217862[/ATTACH] 5. A stater from Sikyon; a 1977 provenance noted. My bid was 3500 it sold for 3600. [ATTACH=full]1217864[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]