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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 8324420, member: 98035"]The majority of auctions I've participated in have been budget auctions on Biddr (Savoca, Ares, Themis, Zeus) which I dont think typically provide estimates.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I do go significantly above estimate, either the estimate was comically low, or the auctioneer didn't understand what was being auctioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>One that comes immediately to mind is this lot</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474968[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sold at SARC, it was given a comically low estimate of $200 for 100 Gadhaiya ($4-5 each is the typical low end, with $10 being average). I had already lost on two lots from the same hoard, so I doubled down on this one and bid $1200; won it for $800. Still an excellent deal in my mind, as all but one coin in the lot was one of four totally new and unpublished types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, Roma has a tendency to just slap a £100 estimate on most large lots, regardless of what's in them...[ATTACH=full]1474971[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3x Nero, Vitellius, Germanicus and a Galerius Antoninus for £100? Not in your wildest dreams. £440 is still probably on the low side, but that's what it hammered for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 8324420, member: 98035"]The majority of auctions I've participated in have been budget auctions on Biddr (Savoca, Ares, Themis, Zeus) which I dont think typically provide estimates. If I do go significantly above estimate, either the estimate was comically low, or the auctioneer didn't understand what was being auctioned. One that comes immediately to mind is this lot [ATTACH=full]1474968[/ATTACH] Sold at SARC, it was given a comically low estimate of $200 for 100 Gadhaiya ($4-5 each is the typical low end, with $10 being average). I had already lost on two lots from the same hoard, so I doubled down on this one and bid $1200; won it for $800. Still an excellent deal in my mind, as all but one coin in the lot was one of four totally new and unpublished types. Similarly, Roma has a tendency to just slap a £100 estimate on most large lots, regardless of what's in them...[ATTACH=full]1474971[/ATTACH] 3x Nero, Vitellius, Germanicus and a Galerius Antoninus for £100? Not in your wildest dreams. £440 is still probably on the low side, but that's what it hammered for.[/QUOTE]
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