That seated dime auction on ebay last night...

rhedden

Did anyone else bid on the large group (197 pieces) of raw Seated Liberty dimes that was auctioned individually on ebay last evening (link to completed auction below)? There were a lot of better grade and better date coins in it, but 99% of the coins were cleaned, some harshly. I placed over 120 snipes on it, for a total of $11,000 in bids, and to make a long story short, I won only three coins, which totaled about $150! I don't know whether I got my butt kicked by knowledgeable variety collectors, or if I just got run out of there by hoards of Bidiots who didn't notice the cleaning... or a bit of both. Either way, the three cleaned pieces I won weren't worth the 4-5 hours I spent looking through the auction lots and placing snipes. Did anyone else win any of the lots?


large collection of raw seated dimes, some really nice

tmot99

See more information here.

rhedden

Thanks... I was looking for a thread on this subject, but I never saw it go by. Looks like some serious variety collectors were involved in the bidding, and that explains why a lot of the coins got away from me.

ziggy29

Not seriously. I watched a few but they quickly went out of my reach. I've mostly shot my wad for the year and early into January; between usual December gift purchases, property taxes and a couple of dimes I bought last week, you can stick a fork in me for the rest of the year, though I may still pick up a cheap one or two if I like it and can get it at a decent price...

Heywood

I picked up one for my type set- looks like old cleaning with retoning, maybe 5 points overgraded and I bid accordingly (I think).

Anyway, its worth it to me considering details, i will check it out when it arrives.

PTVETTER

I bid on one dime but didn't get it went too high for me (wasn't sure of the grade) I bid on what I though It was worth. I still don't know what it went for??

Dismeguy

Actually the seated dimes in this collection, in general, were not cleaned. If you look at the photos from when the collection was first offered as one listing, you will note the overall quality of the dimes. Some of bunker's images were a bit washed out on the individual coins, but the serious collectors used the initial listing images to make their assessments of value. I feel like we have a bit of sour grapes today.

First offering link

I bought 18 dimes last night and expect to be happy when the coin arrive later this week.

coinlieutenant

I have high hopes for the three that I won, although you never do know until you get the coins in hand.

rhedden

I feel like we have a bit of sour grapes today.

Perhaps... but I know the look of an original Seated coin, and there were only a small handful of dimes in that collection that were not dipped at some point. That is the primary reason why my bids were too weak to win many of the coins- I bid on them as cleaned pieces.

P.S., no offense to bunker or the other people who won the coins. They were great coins, but many if not most were without their original "skin".


the serious collectors used the initial listing images to make their assessments of value

I'm sorry if you didn't think my crack about "Bidiots" was funny, but I assure you that I am just as serious as you are about collecting.