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Message:: [QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 21809789, member: 74863"]Yesterday I was in one of the antique haunts I go to fairly regularly. It’s a second hand shop so prices are low enough that I can buy and resell at a decent profit.Once a month they have a silent auction. I have my bidder number as do others and the auction items are up as soon as they can get them up. They basically are there for a full month. So I was in the area and stopped.I found 4 other items and bought them. I went through the auction area and placed a few bids. The auction closes next week so I’ll be in early on that day to check on my bids. I may place a higher bid or not. Depends on the items and price.This was an item I nearly choked to death on. I told one of the employees that works there even though he can’t do anything about it, at least not until the auction is over.They had 6 1945 and 1 1942 Wheat Cents. No bids on any of them. Here’s why:[ATTACH=full]1543630[/ATTACH] The starting bid for a 1945 Wheat Cent  in VG or F is $100.00. If you want to but it now, you can do do for $150.00. I hope you were sitting down when you read that. I couldn’t even laugh as I was in shock from the sticker price.They also have a $20.00 bill got the 1920’s and it has two bids. I think the last bid is $130.00 but I don’t collect obsolete paper money.Hope you enjoyed seeing this and are shocked as I was.[/QUOTE]