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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2837451, member: 56859&quot;]Most of my mistakes are on a different scale (unfortunately) so they did not fit the $65-85 bracket.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Loosely related, today I stumbled upon one of most stunning over-estimate hammers while looking up examples of Nysa-Scythopolis provincials.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=327753" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=327753" rel="nofollow">CNG389 lot 477</a>, a bronze of Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; It&#039;s a wonderful design and &quot;unpublished&quot;; not high grade but still cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>At $500, the estimate seemed to be in the ballpark of reasonable .&nbsp; The hammer was <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>70x estimate</b></span>!!&nbsp; $35,000.&nbsp; <i>Thirty-five thousand US dollars plus buyer&#039;s premium. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </i>Maybe it&#039;s a typo?</p><p><br /></p><p>Next time I lose control or make a mistake, I will take some comfort knowing I&#039;ll never come close to being <i>that</i> bidder <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (edited:&nbsp; <i>those</i> bidders, since obviously there were at least <b>two</b> people who&#039;d lost their minds that day)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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