Tonight's the Night

cacheman · February 25, 2004 12:37AM

Stack's mail-in Auction closes tonight and I'll be able to find out if I need to put the second mortgage on the house

cosmicdebris · February 25, 2004 12:49AM

Stack's told me not to call until after 1:00 p.m. Friday to see if I won any lots.

cacheman · February 25, 2004 1:03AM

I'm not waiting that long...they have a very large deposit check and I need to know if it is getting cashed or not!!

cosmicdebris · February 25, 2004 4:45AM

Let me know how you make out

SYRACUSIAN · February 25, 2004 9:12AM

I can picture cacheman, homeless but happy with his new acquisitions, moving in with cosmic. A disgrace to bachelor duets.

cacheman · February 25, 2004 9:20AM

the Odd Couple...very Odd

cosmicdebris · February 25, 2004 6:08PM

cacheman · February 26, 2004 1:56AM

I just called Stack's and although the lady was very nice, they did not have prices realized as yet. She said to call back in the morning. So I'll give it another try in about 20 hours.....

MrEureka · February 26, 2004 2:47AM

I just called Stack's and although the lady was very nice, they did not have prices realized as yet. She said to call back in the morning. So I'll give it another try in about 20 hours.....

Maybe it's not too late to bid?

boiler78 · February 26, 2004 2:50AM

Andy you are bad!

cacheman · February 26, 2004 2:55AM

you're correct...they could be waiting for the favored stragglers...heh heh

cosmicdebris · February 26, 2004 3:37AM

They better not be

I was told to call after 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.

cacheman · February 26, 2004 3:42AM

We'll never know for sure...all we can do is speculate...after hearing of numerous atrocities, I would lean towards it being true, unfortunately...

MrEureka · February 26, 2004 11:21AM

This lightside thread is worth a read.

cosmicdebris · February 26, 2004 6:27PM

I'll let you know later today what I really think of mail bid auctions.

cacheman · February 27, 2004 12:12AM

Okay, I just called and I didn't do as well as I had expected although I did claim 7 of the 15 lots I bid on. I didn't get any of my top five pieces. The new medals/medallions are as follows...

K-67, K-127, K-133, K-160, K-175, K-224, and K-603

cosmicdebris · February 27, 2004 12:29AM

I called and I won one and lost one. I won LOT # 696:

K.78C. 25 Pfennig, 1908. KB X4. Obv. Large Imperial Eagle fills field, no legend. Rev. of 78A, 25 between rosettes. Red-brown prooflike Brilliant Uncirculated.

LOT #696

MrEureka · February 27, 2004 12:35AM

To the lucky winners:

What did you bid on each of the lots you won and what did you have to pay?

cosmicdebris · February 27, 2004 12:39AM

The lot I won I got for $15.00 under my MAX bid the lot I lost sold for $15.00 over my MAX bid.

cacheman · February 27, 2004 12:52AM

I was only maxed out on one of my bids...ALL the rest of my winning bids were mysteriously 10% below my max bid. I don't know what the hammer price was on the lots I lost, at least not yet...

MrEureka · February 27, 2004 12:59PM

ALL the rest of my winning bids were mysteriously 10% below my max bid.

I don't get it. What's the mystery?

cacheman · February 27, 2004 3:33PM

Okay Andy, being facetious again? Think about it, doesn't it seem strange that all of my winning bids were exactly 10% below high bids across the board? This implies to me that all my winning high bids had the percentage taken off so as to make them appear legitimate...the only thing stranger would be all my winning bids hammered out at the max. Oh well, not a whole helluva a lot to do except not bid next time.

SYRACUSIAN · February 27, 2004 6:59PM

The same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. That's when I stopped bidding on Stack's mail bid sales, not auctions.

Lloyd · February 27, 2004 7:09PM

<< <i>The same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. That's when I stopped bidding on Stack's mail bid sales, not auctions. >>

Dimitri
The same thing was going through my mind... 'Auction' is a very loose term here. What is this, an American only thing?

Lloyd

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