Heritage Auction platinum night going on now !

bidask

Prices seem strong ..... !

bidask

I bought this cool medal internet auction yesterday.

Apparently there are originals and restrikes.

Wikipedia below states Benjamin Franklin was one of the witnesses of the historic flight .

https://coins.ha.com/itm/france/france-louis-xvi-bronzed-copper-specimen-balloon-flight-medal-1784-sp65-pcgs-/a/3088-34441.s?type=bidnotice-endofauction

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ballooning

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co153720/medal-commemorating-the-first-manned-balloon-flights-medal

Boosibri

I bid on one lot and lost. Some very strong results.

One piece I followed sat in a dealers inventory for three years and then sold for 25% over the ask. Bizarre.

bidask

Here is more information on A Pajou who sculpted the medal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Pajou

Abuelo

During the world coins auction, I lost 5. All of them sold way above estimates (that I thought were low).

neildrobertson

@Boosibri said:
I bid on one lot and lost. Some very strong results.

One piece I followed sat in a dealers inventory for three years and then sold for 25% over the ask. Bizarre.

I've been seeing a lot of this lately.

amwldcoin

Perhaps it sat there because the right people didn't see it!

@neildrobertson said:

@Boosibri said:
I bid on one lot and lost. Some very strong results.

One piece I followed sat in a dealers inventory for three years and then sold for 25% over the ask. Bizarre.

I've been seeing a lot of this lately.

Boosibri

@amwldcoin said:
Perhaps it sat their because the right people didn't see it!

@neildrobertson said:

@Boosibri said:
I bid on one lot and lost. Some very strong results.

One piece I followed sat in a dealers inventory for three years and then sold for 25% over the ask. Bizarre.

I've been seeing a lot of this lately.

Major website for all things in the space. Certainly possible.

scubafuel

Argentina sunface 8R? If not, that was another that had been on dealer sites for a while before selling higher.

PhilLynott

@Boosibri said:
I bid on one lot and lost. Some very strong results.

One piece I followed sat in a dealers inventory for three years and then sold for 25% over the ask. Bizarre.

I've also seen this with a few type coins I'm after one I followed 18 months (and thought was overpriced now of course I'm regretting not pulling the trigger). For the stuff I hunt sure seems to be a super strong market right now