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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3857999, member: 84744&quot;]Ooops.&nbsp; Sorry man, I already emailed her about it, she asked me to keep tabs on you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; But don&#039;t worry, she said she&#039;s getting you more coins for Christmas. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apologies for this problem at the beginning.&nbsp; Turns out PayPal had mucked around with the interface with biddr in some way, but the wizards there got a workaround going in pretty short order.&nbsp; Wizards at <i>biddr</i> that is.&nbsp; The PayPal folks are definitely muggles. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the Helbing coins were popular, and I can understand why!&nbsp; (As you can see above I picked one up myself.)&nbsp; Do you think I should charge the consignor extra for my research &amp; writeup on those?&nbsp; He&#039;s a CoinTalker. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] gave a good explanation for this: the main Greek section was one of the weaker points in the auction, so there just weren&#039;t so many Greek collectors bidding.&nbsp; I bought a large lot of Greek bronze to try to beef up the Greek section, but... well, that didn&#039;t work so well. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I need some good Greek silver consignments!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This story is so awesome, I love it!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nope, not a CoinTalker, you&#039;ll be glad to know.&nbsp; Why glad?&nbsp; It&#039;s from an <i>estate</i> that&#039;s being dispersed. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No reserves in the auction.&nbsp; As in [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER]&#039; case it was probably a back-and-forth where two bidders were vying for it.&nbsp; For others who may be less familiar: suppose you&#039;ve put in a proxy bid for 40, and there&#039;s a live bid for 30.&nbsp; The software places your proxy bid for 35.&nbsp; Then the live bidder bids 40... and the software has nowhere to go and you lose the lot, basically just because it wasn&#039;t your turn at 40, but rather at 35.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yup, this one is from a CoinTalker who has posted in this thread!&nbsp; I&#039;m sure he&#039;ll be fine with revealing...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We will certainly endeavour to get it to you sooner than <i>that</i>!!&nbsp; Coins will start going out on Tuesday (due to the holiday on Monday) but I expect all paid lots will go out this week.&nbsp; Mrs. SA is a wonder at this.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oooh, burn!!&nbsp; [USER=106617]@Yorkshire[/USER], offend the goddess of CoinTalk Ancients Forum at your peril!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Probably safest to tamp it down a bit.&nbsp; I do really like that &quot;Ancient Mt. Rushmore&quot; look though.&nbsp; What about using a bunch of white space to make it smaller, like one of these?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021370[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1021371[/ATTACH]</p><p>(feel free to steal those images)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, even the Chinese coins did well.&nbsp; Really the only weak spot was... Greek bronze.&nbsp; The big lot I purchased, in other words. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>OK, time for bed finally.&nbsp; I will sleep well tonight.&nbsp; Thanks again, all!&nbsp; Sorry if this was tl;dr. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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