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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 5027475, member: 44357&quot;]Congratulations on a truly stunning example! Coins always seem to find their way to the correct owner even if they take a circuitous path. Some of my favorite coins started as my greatest regrets for missing, being outbid, or not bidding on them. I either need to start being more aggressive or continue deferring to the coin gods as they seem to treat me fairly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following three stories happened at the New York International show: I will greatly miss not attending it this year! But, in looking through the rest of my collection, I have a further 12+ instances where a coin found its way to me after initially missing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve often complained about lot sequencing in auctions and this Rhegium tetradrachm is a great example of why. I had some very hefty earlier bids in the sale and knew that if I bought one of them, I wouldn&#039;t be able to afford the Rhegium. I was successful and skipped the coin which ended up selling for a very reasonable price. Fast forward to the NYINC show the next year, the collector who bought it passed away and the coin was in the auction house&#039;s case for private sale and I snatched it up:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202023[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Kimon dekadrachm truly jumped out of the case to me at a NYINC show: it isn&#039;t signed but I prefer its style over the Kimon-signed dies. Alas, I couldn&#039;t afford it at the time and had to pass. Then, a few years later, it came up for auction with a very strong estimate and didn&#039;t sell. A couple weeks after the sale, I contacted the dealer who owned it and made a &quot;low but not insulting&quot; offer on it and it was mine!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202014[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Two years ago, I was walking the NYINC floor on the &quot;early bird&quot; day and spotted a great coin at one of the first tables I passed but wanted to canvas everything before making a decision. I stopped after 10 minutes, still thinking about the coin, and returned to the table only to find it was already sold. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward a few months and I was visiting a dealer in London and saw the same coin in their tray... they had purchased it! After giving them a reasonable markup, it finally found its way to me, although that was my most expensive 10 minute mistake:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202029[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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