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It'll only cost you $15,000.00! image

AUCTION

WE CANNOT PROVIDE ANY DETAILS ON THE CONTENTS UNTIL SUNDAY BUT...

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  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    Found in a vault of an Abandoned House?? image
    Glenn
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    I'M THE HIGH BIDDER !!! WOO HOO image

    I bid .05image
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    eBay would make a great TV sitcom.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    Curse you Russ.....image
  • jbstevenjbsteven Posts: 6,178 ✭


    << <i>WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS LOT IS WORTH. >>





    << <i>WE ESTIMATE THE AUCTION TO BRING IN $20,000 TO $25,000 >>



    So they don't know what is included but they think it will bring 20-25k, seems like a little bit of Ebay hype goin' on!

    image
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    paigon not no more - Russ bumped you up.

    I may have to start selling junk lots like that - get the adventurers wanting "sealed proof sets",
    "unopened GSA boxes"

    I am sure it will bring 20K to 25K in a week but give YOU the opportunity to buy it for only 15K today!!!!
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Curse you Russ..... >>



    You're going to have to risk big to get back on top. I bid a whole dollar!

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Is this going to be like Al Capon's Vault????????
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • MadMonkMadMonk Posts: 3,743 ✭
    That took nerve!
    Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    The guys had to pay for reserve listing fee, how high do you think they put it?

    Would someone pay $100 for a pre-auction notice on the 'slim' chance someone would bid?

    I have manyof those things listed as well (but not in an attic safe)

    old stamps (unused plate blocks - good for about face for mailing), first day covers, wheaties, even 1776 bicentennial JFK's

    Let's start a contest and prdict how high it will close -

    my guess $52.31 (which may go up as auction continues)
  • geb209geb209 Posts: 375
    Think about the logic behind any auction that includes unsearched coins.

    *Let's see, I found this jar/can/trunk/vault/railroad car/dump truck/oil tanker full of old coins. I think I'll auction them off without looking through them. There may be a gold mine in those coins but that's a risk I'm willing to take so that I can sell them off as soon as possible and at a discount.*

    Please. Unsearched = junk coins!
  • jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    Wish they had locked Geraldo in there and thrown away the key. image
    Glenn
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Bwhahahahahaha!!!!, sorry Russ!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    i once found a sealed vault full of baloney.

    it was unsearched

    K S
  • GerryGerry Posts: 456 ✭
    Where is Geroldo Rivera? image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>VAULT FOUND IN ABANDONED HOUSE >>



    Yea Right! what a crock!!!image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • ClausUrchClausUrch Posts: 1,278 ✭
    Heh, Heh, Heh....It's MINE....All MINE!!!!image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Damn you, Claus!!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • ccrdragonccrdragon Posts: 2,697 ✭
    Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
    Cecil
    Total Copper Nutcase - African, British Ships, Channel Islands!!!
    'Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup'
  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    i threw down $10. i based that amount on the fact that 99.99999999999% of all stamps are worth a tiny fraction over face value.

    basically, if you don't get the upside-down airplane, you're screwed.
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  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    someone should make up the screen name "Geraldo Rivera" and bid on it - that'd be a hoot.
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  • ClausUrchClausUrch Posts: 1,278 ✭
    Dawwwwgggonitttt, Barracuda.....Dagnabbbittttt...you low down, overbiddin', no account snake in the grass poor excuse for a wannabe game fish....
  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    go big or go home my friend.

    i'm gambling on an 1804 silver dollar and an unbroken sheet of upside-down airplanes.
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  • ElectricEyeElectricEye Posts: 2,354
    I am the high bidder as of 2:08pm. If I win the bazillions of dollars of unsearched coins, I shall use them to put my future children thru the junior college of their choice.
  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    well, it does say "greatest deal on earth". that's a pretty bold statement but i'm sure you can return it if it doesn't meet that description.

    how much did the louisiana purchase cost us anyway?
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  • UncleJoeUncleJoe Posts: 2,544 ✭✭✭
    Does anyone know what the return policy is?

    Joe.
  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    Does anyone know what the return policy is?

    You mean does the country he's fleeing to after he collects the $15,000 have any extradition laws? I doubt it.

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  • src53src53 Posts: 88
    image Good one, Baccaruda!
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  • onlyroosiesonlyroosies Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭✭
    Come on!!!!, I gotcha all beat. Bet I hold high bid for at least an hour....
  • NumisEdNumisEd Posts: 1,336 ✭
    This MUST be a legitimate auction. Why else would someone sell the whole vault for $15,000 when they just stated that it will bring in $20,000 to $25,000? Brilliant business people. Let's launch an attack on the seller and bury him with humiliating email messages!
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Hey Eddie,

    Where have you been?

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Hehe, that auction has over 400 hits on the counter. This seller is probably rubbing his hands together in anticipation, thinking he's coming up on a major score.image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    Not humiliating questions - but thoughtful questions.

    I am going to ask if I get the vault as well, what kind is it, and is it a combination or key and are they included. If they get enough questions, they will not be able to take the ?50 pictures? to get it ready for Sunday.

    This person has not been selling coins, it is possible they have no idea what they have and selling on commission so do not care.
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    Waiting to see if somebody bids $14,999.99
  • NumisEdNumisEd Posts: 1,336 ✭
    Russ, I left the forum because nobody likes me. The good news is that LucyBop has welcomed me back and here I am. I will try to be a productive member, but it is going to be very difficult for me to be nice.image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Bwhahahahahahaha, Bidding from Iraq...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    I guess it was a matter of time. What happened to the 15K reserve ???image
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    It was a 15K buy it now which is good until the reserve is met -

    I wonder if new bidder 'geraldo_rivera' is related to 'scumbuster'
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭


    << <i>IF THE RESERVE OF $15,000 IS MET WE WILL SELL THE LOT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. GOOD LUCK >>



    Looks like false advertising to me....image

    Maybe Geraldo will get a nice batch of frankies to burn image
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    Wow, what is currencyville going to do now? They didn't ante up for the 15K reserve and only went for 1K (does anyone know what a $1000 reserve item listing fee would be for eBay? is it 3%?)

    If they truly believe it is worth 20-25K are they going to let geraldo_rivera get it for a measly 1K?

    gold coins could be a couple mexican Dos Pesos worth $20/ - stamps/wheat cents/ how much silver?


    Will they
    1) let it close
    2) cancel it because of listing error
    3) cancel the bid of geraldo_rivera
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    THERE ARE 1000'S OF WHEATS

    THERE ARE 1000'S OF SILVER COINS

    GOLD COINS

    100'S OF FIRST DAY COVERS

    100'S OF STAMPS

    Hmmmmm, I wonder if the safe comes with it!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Anyone live near West patterson, NJ??? That's where the lot is located.
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    alright, who is Geraldo?
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,245 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Anyone live near West patterson, NJ??? That's where the lot is located. >>

    I think I'm about 45 minutes southwest of Patterson.

    Jeremy
    JK Coin Photography - eBay Consignments | High Quality Photos | LOW Prices | 20% of Consignment Proceeds Go to Pancreatic Cancer Research
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    I got the answer to my question - about the vault.

    No, it was embedded in the basement wall. We emptied out the safe at its location.


    Bid price is up to $1525 image
  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    Is there any Mercury dimes in there?image

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

  • ElectricEyeElectricEye Posts: 2,354
    now if only D.B. Cooper would surface and outbid Geraldo...
  • TopdollarpaidTopdollarpaid Posts: 600 ✭✭✭
    I also have a whole bunch of nothing for sale its worth around 50k. I will take the highest offer over 10k.

    Please dont exspect any thing for your money because it is a bunch of nothing.
    Randy Conway

    Www.killermarbles.com

    Www.suncitycoin.com
  • edinmassedinmass Posts: 3
    Always wanted to bid $10K for something worth $1 ...... hope noone outbids me !

    edinmass
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Now if you win it you have to let us know what is there!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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