Heritage NY Auction

coinkat · November 9, 2003 9:34AM

How soon do the results of the Floor bidding auction become known?

roadrunner · November 9, 2003 9:51AM

Almost all of the sessions are posted on the Heritage Auction Archives under the NOV Signature sale. Some of the last session is not yet posted.

roadrunner

coinkat · November 9, 2003 10:09AM

Thanks...I am going to take a look.

Placid · November 9, 2003 4:03PM

Last sesion is today (monday) at 9am est-6am for the west coast.

Placid · November 9, 2003 10:56PM

Starts soon.

FrattLaw · November 10, 2003 2:52AM

I was the ONLY floor bidder in the room when the bidding ended at 11:30am! It was pretty funny. Even the ladies who work for Heritage were laughing.

Michael

coinguy1 · November 10, 2003 2:57AM

<< <i>I was the ONLY floor bidder in the room when the bidding ended at 11:30am! It was pretty funny. Even the ladies who work for Heritage were laughing >>

Michael, please clarify your remark - were they laughing at what you were bidding on, or, your appearance?

MFH · November 10, 2003 3:25AM

Michael, I was watching the bidding live on e-bay, to check the lots I was interested in. If you were the only one left in the room bidding, we were going head to head on a few lots. I got one lot this morning, a 1939 - P - Oregon in PCGS 66 to complete my Oregon set.

FrattLaw · November 10, 2003 5:04AM

Ha, ha Mark -- I wasn't bidding I was watching. And as for my appearance I was presentable, as always.

MFH -- I meant to say I was the only floor spectator, not actual bidder.

Michael

oreville · November 10, 2003 6:00AM

Heck, last night there were only 17 floor bidders!

At least the dinner was pretty decent.

I loved watching Bob Merrill in action. I thought he had retired. In fact, I was thrilled to see him joking with the audience. I even bid $6 more than I wanted just to be able to say I won something from him. I even joked with him about it afterwards.

Barry · November 10, 2003 6:02AM

Makes one wonder if and when they'll go all absentee bids and forget about floor bidding. Must be quite an expense setting it all up in NYC.

FrattLaw · November 10, 2003 8:07AM

<< <i>I loved watching Bob Merrill in action. >>

He really is great. I thought I was bidding on livestock! He really is entertaining!

Michael

coinguy1 · November 10, 2003 8:18AM

Bob is a great guy and a pleasure to work with. I worked with him in the auction department at Heritage, long ago and feel that I owe a debt of gratitude to him for the work ethic and values he helped instill in me.

A bit more than two decades ago

a number of us (then at Heritage) studied very briefly, applied for, tested for and got our auctioneers' licenses.

I used to call sales for Heritage back then and it was a blast, especially, the interactions I had with many of the bidders.

oreville · November 10, 2003 8:50AM

Bob is the only auctioneer I know that says goodnight and to make some comment to each bidder that leave early whether it is to say "good luck on your peanut farm, etc." I always try to leave when he is NOT calling the bids. I would be afraid to find out what kind of farm he thinks I own.

He also says "thank you" a lot to the floor bidders when they bid, a trait I no longer see in auctioneers.

To the other collectors who have never seen him in action, it is worth the price of admission (free) to sit for an hour or so, enjoy a soft drink or even a meal if you really stick around!

He is indeed a class act.

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