What have you kicked youself for not buying latley .....

coinsarefun · September 8, 2008 2:41PM

........and can't stop thinking about it. This is a continuation of Broadstruck's missed opportunity

but didn't know what he would do with.....

Me..... I can't seam to stop thinking about this token I was looking at. I decided to go for it
the next day and it was sold.

and...by the way if that person who bought it sees this...............I want that token.

I can't be the only one, tell us about it.

Stefanie

DUIGUY · September 8, 2008 2:49PM

That would absolutly be worth some deep bruises to the buttocks! and don't quote me on spelling!

seanq · September 8, 2008 2:54PM

I lost an auction for a very scarce Whitman Bookshelf album for seated dimes... by 7 cents.

Sean Reynolds

GFourDriver · September 8, 2008 2:57PM

It's got to be that third 10th anniv. AGE and ASE set for $3750 a few years back.

Quarternut · September 8, 2008 2:58PM

How about kicking yourself for what you have been buying......?

QN

jonathanb · September 8, 2008 3:09PM

One of the rarest of all presidential inaugural medals (Warren Harding's first inaugural, in silver) was listed in an auction that doesn't usually have a lot of numismatic stuff. It was a super-featured item, with a huge description, great pictures, and even a video, all capped off with references to recent auctions that showed -- correctly -- that it should be worth $30,000. It was a great writeup. I recognized the rarity, was impressed at the auction house for getting everything right, and moved right on past because I don't collect inaugural medals and I wasn't interested in shelling out $30,000+ for something I didn't care about.

Last weekend I remembered to check what happened to it.

It sold for under $10,000.

Aargh!

Broadstruck · September 8, 2008 3:49PM

I also missed a neat broadstruck error which I thought I would win as I had a hefty reserve on it. Well my phone rang 15 minutes before the end of the auction and I walked away from the PC. It's been almost a month and I'm still kicking myself!

lordmarcovan · September 8, 2008 3:51PM

Wow, that Conder token rocks.

LincolnsRule · September 8, 2008 4:01PM

Oh man do I have a good one!!

I bought 3 other anacs Jeffs the previous week and only 1 looks like it would cross (it did) so I gave up on buying any others, just at the wrong time.
before
after
Can you say $1000-1500?

lope208 · September 8, 2008 7:41PM

Thanks guys, I'm looking at an item that I can't entirely afford right now for the upcoming Heritage Long Beach auction. But it's an excellent example for the grade, so I think I'll have to find a way now or regret it!

ambro51 · September 8, 2008 10:50PM

I do wish I had bid on the Silver Brenner Lincoln Centennial Medal that was on ebay a few months ago. It sold for $1650, and in hindsight, I wish I had bid on it.
Oh Well...

gecko109 · September 8, 2008 11:48PM

Neat piece Steph. How much would that have set you back?

guitarwes · September 8, 2008 11:55PM

Like Quaternut said, I can kick myself for buying some stuff lately.....

-wes

ricko · September 9, 2008 12:09AM

I do not miss deals... if I want it, I get it. Cheers, RickO

reds · September 9, 2008 12:37AM

I'm interested in the final price of that token too !!

garsmith · September 9, 2008 12:55AM

I haven't even been watching live auctions lately;
If I watch I am to tempted to bid and I have no money for purchasing.
If I watch and don't bid I see smoething I want sell for less than I would have paid.

Thought I would be back in the buying arena after the land is paid off next month, but now the company wants me to go back to Macau in December.

I guess I will have to concentrate on Philippine coins for a while and maybe Pandas.

Eagleguy · September 9, 2008 12:58AM

I don't usually buy commems slabbed ATS but this was nice! Sorry I missed it.

Aspen Park Huguenot

(Hope it is ok to post this link here)

JH

57loaded · September 9, 2008 12:58AM

<< Wow, that Conder token rocks. >>

are you sure that's a condor?

looks more like a very inebriated eagle, yet i think it is a way cool token/medal, too!

gecko109 · September 9, 2008 1:01AM

<< 

<< Wow, that Conder token rocks. >>

are you sure that's a condor?

looks more like a very inebriated eagle, yet i think it is a way cool token/medal, too! >>

"Conder" is a type of token, nothing to do with the bird. But im sure you were just kidding. By the way, that eagle looks to be straight from the 1792 half disme. Very yummy!!!

PerryHall · September 9, 2008 1:04AM

<< 

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<< Wow, that Conder token rocks. >>

are you sure that's a condor?

looks more like a very inebriated eagle, yet i think it is a way cool token/medal, too! >>

"Conder" is a type of token, nothing to do with the bird. But im sure you were just kidding. By the way, that eagle looks to be straight from the 1792 half disme. Very yummy!!! >>

Conder is the name of the man that researched and cataloged this series.

gecko109 · September 9, 2008 1:07AM

<< 

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<< 

<< Wow, that Conder token rocks. >>

are you sure that's a condor?

looks more like a very inebriated eagle, yet i think it is a way cool token/medal, too! >>

"Conder" is a type of token, nothing to do with the bird. But im sure you were just kidding. By the way, that eagle looks to be straight from the 1792 half disme. Very yummy!!! >>

Conder is the name of the man that researched and cataloged this series. >>

Is it really a "series", or more of a "grouping"?

FilthyBroke · September 9, 2008 3:56AM

Yow, I feel for ya!

That was a sweet one, sorry you missed it.

I've learned to be quicker in my decisions, lately.....but budget still dictates action. I stay away from BST or Ebay when I'm broke, it's just less upsetting.

BECOKA · September 9, 2008 4:02AM

Well, I have zero tokens but the one you just showed would make me spill the beans and toss some milk to make it my first.

I recently got outbid on an Old Rattler holder holding a decent classic head half eagle due to a bidding snafu on Teletrade.

Never bid against yourself with single increments. The system will automatically increase the current bid. You must bid by at least two increments to avoid bidding against yourself. While I was trying to figure this out I was out bid at the last second.

coinsarefun · September 9, 2008 4:16AM

In Britain, they are known as 18th Century Provincial tokens.
Collectors in the United States have adopted the name of one of the
first catalogers of the series, one James Conder of Ipswich

If you want to read more about Conder's

Today is a new day and I still want this token

Stefanie

Broadstruck · September 9, 2008 4:21AM

lkrarecoins · September 9, 2008 4:26AM

Rhodium Puts

SkyMan · September 9, 2008 5:20AM

Several classic Commems from Larry Shepherds collection which was sold by Superior on 8/11/91. I had watched the first serious correction in the coin market (1990) in MY experience and had had my first child roughly a year before the auction so I stayed away from the coins. I still pull out the catalogue and drool. The Antietam, the Bay Bridge, the Connecticut, the New Rochelle, the Norfolk and several of the Oregon's just about make me pee my pants when I look at them.

Barndog · September 9, 2008 5:35AM

<< Several classic Commems from Larry Shepherds collection which was sold by Superior on 8/11/91. I had watched the first serious correction in the coin market (1990) in MY experience and had had my first child roughly a year before the auction so I stayed away from the coins. I still pull out the catalogue and drool. The Antietam, the Bay Bridge, the Connecticut, the New Rochelle, the Norfolk and several of the Oregon's just about make me pee my pants when I look at them. >>

speety · September 9, 2008 5:41AM

<< 

<< Several classic Commems from Larry Shepherds collection which was sold by Superior on 8/11/91. I had watched the first serious correction in the coin market (1990) in MY experience and had had my first child roughly a year before the auction so I stayed away from the coins. I still pull out the catalogue and drool. The Antietam, the Bay Bridge, the Connecticut, the New Rochelle, the Norfolk and several of the Oregon's just about make me pee my pants when I look at them. >>

>>

Barndog, was that a suggestion for what he should have bought or your response to the OP?

lasvegasteddy · September 9, 2008 5:45AM

<<<What have you kicked youself for not buying latley>>>

i kick myself everday for not buying a 1916 pr64r/b matty first or as soon as one was available to build a set on

Barndog · September 9, 2008 5:52AM

<< 

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<< Several classic Commems from Larry Shepherds collection which was sold by Superior on 8/11/91. I had watched the first serious correction in the coin market (1990) in MY experience and had had my first child roughly a year before the auction so I stayed away from the coins. I still pull out the catalogue and drool. The Antietam, the Bay Bridge, the Connecticut, the New Rochelle, the Norfolk and several of the Oregon's just about make me pee my pants when I look at them. >>

>>

Barndog, was that a suggestion for what he should have bought or your response to the OP?

>>

emphasis added

57loaded · September 9, 2008 5:57AM

<< 

<< 

<< Wow, that Conder token rocks. >>

are you sure that's a condor?

looks more like a very inebriated eagle, yet i think it is a way cool token/medal, too! >>

"Conder" is a type of token, nothing to do with the bird. But im sure you were just kidding. By the way, that eagle looks to be straight from the 1792 half disme. Very yummy!!! >>

no , you got me, i'll admit it...my apologies to "lord" and thanks
i've seen a few condors in my neck of the woods and can't read..lol

Broadstruck · September 9, 2008 6:03AM

SkyMan, not sure if you've seen or own the VHS Video where Larry described all 50 types using examples from his set

Elcontador · September 9, 2008 6:05AM

Nada.

BillJones · September 9, 2008 6:41AM

<< What have you kicked youself for not buying latley ..... >>

A well-known dealer had a 1796 half dollar at a recent Baltimore show. He wanted to make a quick flip on the piece, and the price for a collector, like me, (but not for a dealer) was fair. I just could not put the trigger because I didn't have the money. A few weeks earlier I had purchased an 1808 quarter eagle in a similar grade.

As a type collector I know that the 1808 quarter eagle is rarer than the 1796-7 half dollar type, but the half dollar is more popular and has a bigger reputation. So what can I say? The half dollar would have given me a chance of completing my half cent trough silver dollar type set, which is a huge achievement. But you never know what will be offered in the future. I’m still a ways from completing the early gold type set so perhaps the 1808 quarter eagle could have waited.

SkyMan · September 9, 2008 10:35AM

<< SkyMan, not sure if you've seen or own the VHS Video where Larry described all 50 types using examples from his set

>>

I've seen the VHS box that it's in (at a local coin dealer). From what I can remember the price is pretty ridiculous, so I was never tempted to buy it.

tightbudget · September 9, 2008 10:45AM

Nothing in particular. I've only kicked myself for not buying anything lately at all...

notwilight · September 9, 2008 10:51AM

<< 

<< 

<< 

<< Wow, that Conder token rocks. >>

are you sure that's a condor? looks more like a very inebriated eagle, yet i think it is a way cool token/medal, too! >>

"Conder" is a type of token, nothing to do with the bird. But im sure you were just kidding. By the way, that eagle looks to be straight from the 1792 half disme. Very yummy!!! >>

Conder is the name of the man that researched and cataloged this series. >>

I thougth conder was a very knowledgeable copper collector that moved across the street...

What have you kicked youself for not buying latley .....

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