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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Analyst, post: 2441832, member: 29854&quot;]<i>MessyDesk: &lt;&lt; This scant 36-lot auction was going to be the cornerstone sale of the entire series ...&gt;&gt;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a typo. MessyDesk meant to say a 63-lot auction. If any members of this forum would like to discuss any of the other 61 lots, I would be delighted to comment. I saw all of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Pogue IV being &quot;the cornerstone sale,&quot; this is not clear and may not be true. After Pogue III, plans were changed and might not yet be finalized.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Baseball21: &lt;&lt;We may never know what bids were what as I don&#039;t expect SB to disclose what they did if anything during either of those nor do I think they have any obligation too. &gt;&gt;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>There is much that probably will never be publicly disclosed.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Baseball21: &lt;&lt; I completely agree with you that it is far more likely a result from them being only willing to sell those two for extraordinary prices than the market being cool on them. &gt;&gt;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the reserves for these two were extremely aggressive, way above wholesale and sharp retail levels. Before the sale, I was aware of people who would have been real bidders for both the 1822 and the 1804. They seemed to think that the starting bids, way before the sale, were the reserves, as did I. Indeed, many of us thought that the starting bid for each lot in Pogue IV, before online bids if any, was indicative of the respective reserve.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once the announcement about secret reserves was made, bidders who I know were waiting to see what would happen and were concerned about the levels for these two coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/auctions-news/stacks-bowers/pogue-family-coin-collection-half-dollars-bust-dollars-4th-auction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/auctions-news/stacks-bowers/pogue-family-coin-collection-half-dollars-bust-dollars-4th-auction/" rel="nofollow">Pogue Family Coin Collection Part 18 – Half Dollars and Bust Dollars Fare Well in 4th Auction</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/auctions-news/marvelous-pogue-family-coin-collection-part-17-importance-4th-sale-collectors-cannot-afford-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/auctions-news/marvelous-pogue-family-coin-collection-part-17-importance-4th-sale-collectors-cannot-afford-coins/" rel="nofollow">Marvelous Pogue Family Coin Collection, part 17: Importance of 4th Sale to Collectors who Cannot Afford the Coins</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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