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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4753555, member: 39084&quot;]I attended that auction in person with my dealer and remember that the quality of the coins was extraordinary, and so were the prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly after the Galba hammered, there was a short break, and I heard a lot of dealers mumbling &quot;$390K [the hammer price] for a Galba?!&quot;&nbsp; Many of them were being outbid on the coins they were targeting and were obviously frustrated.&nbsp; One of the Asian buyers in the room simply kept his bid paddle raised until there were no more bids on the coins he wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won a couple of denarii at that auction -- a Nero and an Otho -- but wasn&#039;t collecting sestertii at the time so missed out on a fabulous Caligula Three Sisters sestertius, which was won by my dealer for Mike Gasvoda.&nbsp; Eight years later I ended up winning that exact same sestertius at NAC 94 for about twice the price that Mike had paid... so much for hindsight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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