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<p>[QUOTE="Revello, post: 24657336, member: 103898"]Once in a blue moon do I encounter what I call a turkey shoot auction where the lots are going "cheap" (in my opinion), and I think this one was definitely a qualifier. That Bidder # 903 (whoever he/she was) cleaned house with those pre-auction bids that he/she set. Just no competition on a lot of lots, and he/she got them for basement prices. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember another one I participated in about 3 years ago that was conducted by Alderfer Auctions. The online auction platform (I think it was Hibid) was having problems so a lot of bidders weren't able to enter the online auction. There were some beautiful coins and sets, and they were going cheap. I bought 5 or 6 sealed (unopened) 1955 proof sets, along with about 7 or 8 similar unopened sets for the 1957 - 1963 sets. The 1955 sets were selling for about $50, and the 1957 - 63 sets were selling for about $15 - 20 each. The few bidders (me included) were politely letting others win some of those lots so that we all shared our good fortune. I was surprised that Hibid didn't rescind the purchases or cancel the auction. Getting into those type of auctions (like today's) is like being in a feeding frenzy. Fortunately, today was my birthday, so when my wife saw how much I had bought, I just smiled at her and said "Happy Birthday to me". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Revello, post: 24657336, member: 103898"]Once in a blue moon do I encounter what I call a turkey shoot auction where the lots are going "cheap" (in my opinion), and I think this one was definitely a qualifier. That Bidder # 903 (whoever he/she was) cleaned house with those pre-auction bids that he/she set. Just no competition on a lot of lots, and he/she got them for basement prices. I remember another one I participated in about 3 years ago that was conducted by Alderfer Auctions. The online auction platform (I think it was Hibid) was having problems so a lot of bidders weren't able to enter the online auction. There were some beautiful coins and sets, and they were going cheap. I bought 5 or 6 sealed (unopened) 1955 proof sets, along with about 7 or 8 similar unopened sets for the 1957 - 1963 sets. The 1955 sets were selling for about $50, and the 1957 - 63 sets were selling for about $15 - 20 each. The few bidders (me included) were politely letting others win some of those lots so that we all shared our good fortune. I was surprised that Hibid didn't rescind the purchases or cancel the auction. Getting into those type of auctions (like today's) is like being in a feeding frenzy. Fortunately, today was my birthday, so when my wife saw how much I had bought, I just smiled at her and said "Happy Birthday to me". :happy:[/QUOTE]
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