World record price paid for a 1881 S ms66pl Morgan
jbsteven
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Now, if it had been in the plastic holder shown below I might have paid that $810 price for the 1881-S!!!
Am I missing something?
we all know that none of us have ever or will ever pay too much for a coin, whether by misgrading, misattributing or whatever, correct JB??
with that said, since it was won by a bidder who could view it "in hand" there are any number of possibilities which could be considered, including the fact that it was an astute collector who knows more about the specific coin than we do, mainly because he's not limited to the poor quality scan.
you seem to have bid only to about "bid" for an MS66 non PL, so did you really expect to win this coin. your link and rant aren't helping collectors who want to seriously believe that dealers are currently paying fair money. your $200 bid and rebid at the same amount----to appear that you had placed a higher bid----is just further proof to me, and probably others, that the dealer tactic of buying for less than "bid" and selling for more than "ask" is still alive, well and BS.
al h.
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First and foremost I did not like this coin and put a lowball bid in just for heck of it. I can buy those coins at $250 sight seen which is wholesale for these. My $200 bid with the buyer premium of 15% would be $230 plus shipping puts this coin at my door for right about what I can buy these for all day long.
this is for you buddy and there is no smiley face gonna be posted by me so it is the truth.
<< <i>your $200 bid and rebid at the same amount----to appear that you had placed a higher bid----is just further proof to me, and probably others, that the dealer tactic of buying for less than "bid" and selling for more than "ask" is still alive, well and BS. >>
Huh?
So I guess you KNOW why I bid twice. Could it mean that I saw the coin more than one time and made the same bid since that's all I would have paid for it 2 different times? Nah, that can't be it.
Go dream up theories about someone else.
<< <i>I am in total shock. This coin is a $300 coin. >>
Only because you weren't the one selling it.
<< <i>Only because you weren't the one selling it. >>
you are right
no wild theory. just hard experience. go mild, go wild, go. sorry if i touched a nerve, but if they weren't always so exposed...............
and please, no more PM's. i'll see it when it gets up top!!
al h.
To be perfectly honest with you I cannot stand when anyone thinks they know the reason I do something but are COMPLETELY wrong. You made up a theory about me and generalized me with other dealers to make another dealer bashing statement.
Go and look through the other bids I made in the Roadshow auctions and you will notice it looks like I made bids on other coins twice but in reality the bids were placed automatically by the Ebay/Roadshow auction system.
just pointing out the facts.
Had that 1881-S been in a PCGS Regency holder, would others had bid coin much higher than the $200-$300 worth besides me?
If so, how much?
$810!!!!!?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????
Maybe if it had a MONSTER cameo on the obverse......and I mean MONSTER! But it doesn't. So I repeat:
$810!!!!!?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????