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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 6473417, member: 101013"]I've been following the (larger portion of the) Roman part of the Kunker elive 65 auction this evening. I really enjoy these elive auctions of Kunker. They generally are accessible for a collector with a smaller budget, and usually offer more than fair quality coins. </p><p>Today however... oh my! It's been discussed many times here already, that prices of coins have sky rocketed. During the before mentioned part of the Kunker elive auction, it unfortunately was no difference at all. </p><p>Just a few bidding numbers quickly seized the auction and prices were soaring. But I really wondered if one of these numbers really knew what she/he was doing. It led to strange situations (example shown below) where the bidding number bid against her-/himself! The shots below is no exception. What's going on here? A mistake can happen, but that was not the case here, as it happened over and over again. I guess one simply does not care if one has enough money?? What are your observations about the strange situation? </p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up with 0 wins. I won't complain. I truly dislike the feeling of having overpaid for a coin, which would definitely been the case in this elive auction. And it leaves me with some extra budget for a next auction <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258473[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 6473417, member: 101013"]I've been following the (larger portion of the) Roman part of the Kunker elive 65 auction this evening. I really enjoy these elive auctions of Kunker. They generally are accessible for a collector with a smaller budget, and usually offer more than fair quality coins. Today however... oh my! It's been discussed many times here already, that prices of coins have sky rocketed. During the before mentioned part of the Kunker elive auction, it unfortunately was no difference at all. Just a few bidding numbers quickly seized the auction and prices were soaring. But I really wondered if one of these numbers really knew what she/he was doing. It led to strange situations (example shown below) where the bidding number bid against her-/himself! The shots below is no exception. What's going on here? A mistake can happen, but that was not the case here, as it happened over and over again. I guess one simply does not care if one has enough money?? What are your observations about the strange situation? I ended up with 0 wins. I won't complain. I truly dislike the feeling of having overpaid for a coin, which would definitely been the case in this elive auction. And it leaves me with some extra budget for a next auction :-) [ATTACH=full]1258473[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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