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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 7803407, member: 24754&quot;]I&#039;ve always had the expectation that my collection would eventually include examples of the Late Republic players, obscure usurpers, and short term emperors, however, I&#039;ve not yet been willing to pull the trigger on most of these things due to general discomfort with the price points. I&#039;m still fairly early in my collection with a lot of easier (and cheaper) holes to fill, so that&#039;s what I tend to focus on.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, if my collection is ever to be complete, then I&#039;m gonna have to fill those bigger holes at some point, and this auction has a large selection of that type of thing. I&#039;m considering blowing up the bank account and just going for some of them, but, my more frugal side will probably (maybe, hopefully) win out in the end! Oh, if only I had a money tree <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I always tend to assume nefarious motives for actions taken by things like auction houses <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. With a coin like this, they are probably comfortable assuming that the story, toning, history, etc will carry the desired price without their influence, therefore, they intentionally under-estimate the value to give us the impression that auctioneer under-estimation is the tendency. Misleading us in this way will cause overbidding on items that they properly estimate or even over-estimate, which of course is good for them!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s all about psychological manipulation in pursuit of our money. Of course, I tend to err on the side of cynicism when it comes to these types of things, so take that into account as well <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I just realized that I somewhat misinterpreted what you were asking. But I still stand by my argument![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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