Well, I have my bids in at both the Goldberg and Heritage auctions.

Bear

If I win everything I am bidding on, I may
have to sell the children, rent out the spare room
and send Mrs Bear back to work. On the other hand,
what could possibly go wrong.

speety

<< <i>On the other hand,
what could possibly go wrong. >>



You may have to go without donuts for a while if you do win everything.

Does bear like donuts or coins more???

Bear

Donuts in the shape of coins.

So round, so firm, so fully packed.

MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

garsmith

Good luck, or bad luck depending on your point of view. I hope all your wins come with a jelly donut

BECOKA

Well, I'm guessing you put bids in for a little less than they are generally worth in the hopes of snagging something cheap.

I would also guess if there are a few monsters in your list you put in high bids over what they are generally worth with the assumption they will go to the moon.

With all of this I think you will do just fine and only win the ones you really put strong bids on and those would be the ones I assume you really wanted.

mozin

I have only placed one bid so far, not high enough. The rest I am watching will have to wait until the last day of bidding, no sense placing a bid if someone else already indicates they have bid higher than my max. Many of the Heritage reserves, even on lots with no bids showing, are simply too high for the current market. Trying to get PCGS retail for NGC lots is a hard sell, especially with no bids showing.

roadrunner

I put in one Heritage bid for a rather modest 1842-0 SD quarter in Good 4 and was blown right away. The CDN has this at $200 and I bid $475. The bid was immediately beat and now I needed to pay $650 to possibly own it. I passed. But that's still a fair price for this rare date. Probably only 75-125 in existance.

I saw a lot of interesting bust and seated coins in this Heritage LB sale. I wonder how crazy that MS66 PCGS rattler 1818/5 25c will go for? Maybe $75K+ if it is a 67 shot. The 1819/8 50c in a MS65 rattler is also a screamer. Now at at $20K or so. I'm sure that coin will be looked at as a MS66 and probably $40-50K when all done.

The 1866-s 25c in the rattler MS66 holder is one I used to own back in the late 1980's. I owned it for $14K. Today I'd be surprised if it went under $75K and possibly over $100K. It's clean enough to be a MS67 all day long. The one obvious carbon spot does detract and might hold it back. That larger spot was not there in 1988. The several tiny ones around the date were there back then. Ex Harold Blauvelt B&M 1977 at $5000. Later sold in NERCA Fund 1 April 1980 at $46,000. Has not appeared since it sold for around $20K in 1988-1990. I would suspect the current owner has had it since then. Finest known by 2 points imo. The only honest to goodness gem of this date imo though other(s) are graded MS65. Blinding luster and exceptionally clean but a very old dip in the 1970's or earlier.

The other coins I liked I'm keeping mum on.

roadrunner

DennisH

Is it just me, or do all of the Goldberg lots still show current bid levels of $0?

I placed one two weeks ago, by the way.

mozin

Not much action yet in the Goldberg auction. I can find nothing of interest.

jhdfla

The other coins I liked I'm keeping mum on.

roadrunner >>



The 1891-O Seated Quarter will go for moon money so I know I haven't a prayer on that one. I suspect the 1898-o Barber quarter will go for better than 5 figures. All the seated halves are dogs so it's best not to even bother checking them out....

John

Bear

I suppose I could tell you all what I am going after.....

But then..............I would have to immediately kill you all.

Maybe I will tell you after. I no longer spend to the moon money.

While I may stretch on a coin I like, A collector just can not survive

paying 2-4 times the going price even for a very nice coin. I guess

I leave that honor to the Japanese, European and American

mega millionaires.

bidask

My bags are packed and I am flying in to Beverly Hills tommorow for Goldbergs...exclusively darkside!

Well maybe some gold on Tuesday night.

leothelyon

<< <i>If I win everything I am bidding on, I may
have to sell the children, rent out the spare room
and send Mrs Bear back to work. On the other hand,
what could possibly go wrong. >>




Have you lost your ballons!

Somewhere, I ran across a few NGC graded nickels up for auction. There must be a reason why I don't remember.............actually I do, I just wouldn't want to wish anything I saw on anyone!


Leo

jhdfla

The 1866-s 25c in the rattler MS66 holder is one I used to own back in the late 1980's. I owned it for $14K. Today I'd be surprised if it went under $75K and possibly over $100K. It's clean enough to be a MS67 all day long. The one obvious carbon spot does detract and might hold it back. That larger spot was not there in 1988. The several tiny ones around the date were there back then. Ex Harold Blauvelt B&M 1977 at $5000. Later sold in NERCA Fund 1 April 1980 at $46,000. Has not appeared since it sold for around $20K in 1988-1990. I would suspect the current owner has had it since then. Finest known by 2 points imo. The only honest to goodness gem of this date imo though other(s) are graded MS65. Blinding luster and exceptionally clean but a very old dip in the 1970's or earlier.

The other coins I liked I'm keeping mum on.

roadrunner >>



Roadrunner, I'm guessing this is the Reed Hawn coin? Do you know if the Reed Hawn coin was ex- Miles? The Stack coin had toning and was somewhat PL, but if it was dipped as you say after the 1975 sale it might be the same coin. I do not know what the Miles coin looked like.

John

Tvac897

Wise man say...don't tell the wife.

illini420

Finally spent the past few hours going over my Heritage watchlist to narrow it down a bit. Trimmed it down from about 42 items down to 9 that I definitely wanted. Placed my max bids on those 9 and I'm still in the running on 8 of the 9. Will keep my fingers crossed Lots of nice half cents with that Ellsworth Collection too by the way, probably going to end up being a little out of my budget though.