I am now sitting in the Millenia Auction room . . .
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<< <i>Totally packed in here, more so than any other Goldberg sale I've ever attended. >>
.......and with the huge amount of overseas bidders, this will probably be one of the most attended (in person and via phone) coin auctions in history.
"CRO went to the Millenia Auction, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"
<< <i>Will you get me a t-shirt from the sale? One of those...
"CRO went to the Millenia Auction, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" >>
Me too! Me Too!
<< <i>Will you get me a t-shirt from the sale? One of those...
"CRO went to the Millenia Auction, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" >>
If CRO's luck on bidding on some lots will be like mine, it may read " I bid big, but lost to bigger. This lousy t-shirt is all i came away with".
one thing is for sure with this historic auction; many/most of the estimated prices are a joke and to win them, the price guides will be worthless. Fingers crossed though!
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<< <i>Will you get me a t-shirt from the sale? One of those...
"CRO went to the Millenia Auction, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" >>
Me too! Me Too!
I'll take a ex-large, please
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<< <i>If CRO's luck on bidding on some lots will be like mine, it may read " I bid big, but lost to bigger. This lousy t-shirt is all i came away with".
Let's try to stay positive and think good thoughts right up until the time that our bids are swamped and we get nothing.
<< <i>I'll take a ex-large, please
How about if I just have Dave knit you a sweater?
<< <i>
<< <i>I'll take a ex-large, please
How about if I just have Dave knit you a sweater? >>
That's fine. Medium for me. If they run big, I'll take a small. And no itchy fiber.
"I wrote an ad for CRO, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
I might quit my day job and join the CRO marketing department (even though I was never formally asked to join).
<< <i>Another t-shirt concept for CRO...
"I wrote an ad for CRO, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
I might quit my day job and join the CRO marketing department (even though I was never formally asked to join). >>
You have to learn to live on quips, puns, and the occasional auction buffet. Hmmmm...
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Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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Best of luck!
Mike
does said dealer ever "worry" that his core customers are going
to rebel against the prices one day?
i know that i work on a very small scale compared to higher end customers
but when a no motto coin i used to buy a few years ago for 200 is now
almost double at 350-375.. i feel that there is not very good value for my money
anymore and simply stop buying.
do dealers worry about this?
Estimate: US $ 30,000 - US $ 35,000
hammered at $200,000 !!!!
<< <i>Lot #19 - 019: Kings of Macedon. Alexander III, the Great, 336-3
Estimate: US $ 30,000 - US $ 35,000
hammered at $200,000 !!!! >>
Wow. That's probably an indicator...
<< <i>Lot #19 - 019: Kings of Macedon. Alexander III, the Great, 336-3
Estimate: US $ 30,000 - US $ 35,000
hammered at $200,000 !!!! >>
Went cheap at 126,822.67 EUR.
<< <i>I don't think anyone takes the estimates seriously, so comparing the prices realized to the estimates isn't terribly meaningful. >>
nah, i know. I was shocked just for the sake of being shocked. i'm warming up when it is my time to be crushed and have my dreams dashed.
<< <i>What is the millenia auction room? >>
it is an auction room where coins are being auctioned. the title of this
auction is millenia. you know, marketing ;-)
just another coin auction. sometimes the quality of the goods are superior
to others and the name brings fond memories.. well not memories yet..
but it is simply a label.
<< <i>What is the millenia auction room? >>
It is a completely ordinary small function room on the 2nd floor of the Crown Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills, just down the block from Goldberg's offices, in which they conduct all of their auctions.
Today they are conducting the sale of "The Millenia Collection" in three catalogs encompassing 1,211 lots of coins which are significant enough and sufficiently sought after that most every prominent dealer in world coins is here (physically, or via a representative), in the room, right now, bidding wildly.
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<< <i>How does the auction room compare to the new, palatial space that Stack's has for auctions? >>
This room is about 30% larger than Stack's new space, with 7 rows of tables containing approximately 15 chairs each, and then another 10 or 15 people milling around by the buffet, picking at the last piece of cake, and occasionally walking past my aisle seat and kicking out my laptop plug by accident.
There are also two large support columns in the middle, which create obstructed view seats behind (one of which Dave is sitting in) almost exactly like at Fenway Park.
But while this space is decorated in what I would term "1980's cheeseball hotel chic", Stack's new space has all the charm of a brand new cubicle in any non-descript office building in America, with high quality plastic walls and chairs with purple trim which some industrial engineer somewhere must have determined are a boon to productivity.
<< <i>Updates! Updates! >>
Prices are strong, with the specialist English dealers making hay as we slowly creep through lots in the 410s.
<< <i>
<< <i>What is the millenia auction room? >>
It is a completely ordinary small function room on the 2nd floor of the Crown Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills, just down the block from Goldberg's offices, in which they conduct all of their auctions.
Today they are conducting the sale of "The Millenia Collection" in three catalogs encompassing 1,211 lots of coins which are significant enough and sufficiently sought after that most every prominent dealer in world coins is here (physically, or via a representative), in the room, right now, bidding wildly. >>
When are you guys going to start bidding on some coins, I will feel better.
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I glanced through the first 40 or so lots sold and OHMYGOSH! The "worst" one was exactly at the top of the estimate range. A couple were just above, and many were multiples of the high estimate.
The electricity in the room must be amazing.
<< <i>When are you guys going to start bidding on some coins, I will feel better.
We have been. It's just that sometimes we don't do so using our bidder card.
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
<< <i>This "live report" blogging is great!!!
I glanced through the first 40 or so lots sold and OHMYGOSH! The "worst" one was exactly at the top of the estimate range. A couple were just above, and many were multiples of the high estimate.
The electricity in the room must be amazing. >>
As stated, the estimates don't mean anything, and so winning bids that exceed an estimate doesn't mean there was rampant interest in the coin.
Actually, we are currently in the 540s, and the room is pretty quiet without much buzz at all (perhaps to be expected after 7 straight hours of lots without more than a few minute break). Stuff is still selling well though, and there are multiple bidders on most lots.
<< <i>I bought this fully original coin.
Wow, beautiful coin.
Just kidding.
Seriously, thanks for the reports.
Kinda' exiting even 3000 miles away.
Good Luck!
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
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<< <i>ColonialCoinUnion - pssss, I'm right behind you.
Just kidding. >>
For a minute there I thought you were a large, middle-aged woman who goes by the chatroom ID 'Sparky'.
<< <i>Seriously, thanks for the reports.
Kinda' exiting even 3000 miles away.
Good Luck! >>
It's fun, but it's not something you can usually do here since the WiFi access is so unreliable
<< <i>For a minute there I thought you were a large, middle-aged woman who goes by the chatroom ID 'Sparky'. >>
I deserved that.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
amount auction ever conducted in the history of the Goldberg
Auction House. From the sound of the Auction prices now coming
out I do not doubt it at all.
Camelot
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<< <i>When it comes to coin/imaging photography at Goldbergs, they sure put the Heritage's motley crew to shame! Incredible coin pictures in the Goldberg's auctions! Hats off to them! True assets to the coin hobby.
Leo >>
When did that change? I'll have to check out one of their recent catalogues. Used to be a joke. (Or were you being sarcastic?)
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The photography really is stunning.
By the way, I bid on just one coin, lot #765, a 1648 Netherlands Lion Daalder. The catalog estimate was $300-$400; I bid $405.
The actual price realized was $3,800.
<< <i>"Bullion" gold went fast, now they are zipping through the German States....... >>
The millenia auction had bullion?
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I would have loved to see the 12 ouncer........