Childs-Pogue 1804 $1 - transparently clumsy and stupid shill-bidding by the Pogues
Thought about that one, though that was intentional.
And yet from watching the video of the 1804 sale, it was perhaps the most similar in that some were thinking a new record was going to be set.
People in the know had already posted here that it and the 1822 $5 were not going to be allowed to sell. Watching live video I even thought maybe they were wrong and each was going sell, until the word "Passed" was announced.
It was kind of an antidote to auction fun.
At least Pogue withheld from future auction other coins that were not going to be sold such as the 1854-S $5 and the 1841 $2.50 Proof and maybe some others that were listed in the Pogue book.
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
@lkeigwin said:
Sometimes auction houses add their own dose of excitement.
Lance.
People in the know had already posted here that it and the 1822 $5 were not going to be allowed to sell. Watching live video I even thought maybe they were wrong and each was going sell, until the word "Passed" was announced.
It was kind of an antidote to auction fun.
At least Pogue withheld from future auction other coins that were not going to be sold such as the 1854-S $5 and the 1841 $2.50 Proof and maybe some others that were listed in the Pogue book.
It is kind of odd. Seems like whoever is running the screen was actually typing in the numbers s/he thought they heard? Frankly, based on the bid intervals, the auctioneer was saying six-teen not six-ty because the bid intervals were $500k and then the screen jumped $9.5 million on the next bid.
I'm just surprised that for interval bidding like that the process isn't more automated - like the HA online screen that has interval and half-interval buttons which automatically advance the price.
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Instead of this:
"i feel i made the other person overpay for it"
you could think:
"i feel i made the other person express their passion and have fun"
even better.
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Here is the video from that article.
They sure do get a much higher floor attendance than at coin auctions these days.
That is one major foul-up. Has there ever been anything comparable at a major coin auction?
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https://www.instagram.com/tv/B1TA6h0gqRK/?utm_source=ig_embed
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
Childs-Pogue 1804 $1 - transparently clumsy and stupid shill-bidding by the Pogues
Thought about that one, though that was intentional.
And yet from watching the video of the 1804 sale, it was perhaps the most similar in that some were thinking a new record was going to be set.
People in the know had already posted here that it and the 1822 $5 were not going to be allowed to sell. Watching live video I even thought maybe they were wrong and each was going sell, until the word "Passed" was announced.
It was kind of an antidote to auction fun.
At least Pogue withheld from future auction other coins that were not going to be sold such as the 1854-S $5 and the 1841 $2.50 Proof and maybe some others that were listed in the Pogue book.
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
It is kind of odd. Seems like whoever is running the screen was actually typing in the numbers s/he thought they heard? Frankly, based on the bid intervals, the auctioneer was saying six-teen not six-ty because the bid intervals were $500k and then the screen jumped $9.5 million on the next bid.
I'm just surprised that for interval bidding like that the process isn't more automated - like the HA online screen that has interval and half-interval buttons which automatically advance the price.