A few "wow" moments from today's FUN auction

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1. German New Guinea 5 Marks, 1894 aXF: Linky. A marginal XF at best, more like a VF30-35. A cleaned AU went for $1,600+. Methinks Krause needs some updating...

Or is it one of those pieces where the extant population is low enough that condition is secondary to just finding one to begin with?

2. Big money for a relatively ugly pattern: Linky

So what surprises have you seen thus far, either high or low?

I see a lot of internet/Ebay winners compared to floor/phone/fax, at least more than I would have expected anyway...

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I think that last night, was a seller's night at Heritage, many pieces I was tracking, brought multiples of their estimates: example. I don't know about FUN.