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Goldberg Auction 62 - Anyone Win Anything?

mnemtsas2mnemtsas2 Posts: 745 ✭✭✭
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Having won a couple of lots in the Spink USA auction a couple of weeks ago (had to get up at 2.30AM to bid live) I thought I'd dip my toe in the water again today and bid on a couple of lots in the Goldberg Auction 62. I won one lot and got blown away with the other, but at least I got to do it at the somewhat civilised hour of 5AM so all was not doom and gloom image This is what I managed to win:

East Africa Proof 10c

Something that blew me away was watching the live bidding on Chinese material. Not older material but lots from the early 90's. We are talking about 100-200x estimate prices. It was truly scary to watch and I wonder how over-heated that market is!

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    I won the single piece I desired, the 1846 halfpenny. image
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • canadacolornutcanadacolornut Posts: 995 ✭
    Unfortunately I broke my "never drink and bid" rule on this coin.

    I won two others at reasonable cost but the danged "better bid again idiot-NOW!!" button and my second White
    Horse combined to cost me nearly double what I had hoped to pay.

    The coin is a British India 1/2 Pice Proof 65.

    Me? I'm an American 1/2 Wit Proof 88 image

    Trapped on it because WWW sold me a great coin in this series over a year ago and I decided I'd try to add one or two as I could.


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    No,no- the kids and the cat are all right honey.
    It's just that I got my PCGS grades.
  • canadacolornutcanadacolornut Posts: 995 ✭
    This is a pretty nice one from Goldberg too, and a lot more reasonable...

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    No,no- the kids and the cat are all right honey.
    It's just that I got my PCGS grades.
  • FilthyBrokeFilthyBroke Posts: 3,518 ✭
    Wow!! That 1/2 Pice is gorgeous!
  • MuygrandeosoMuygrandeoso Posts: 299 ✭


    << <i>Wow!! That 1/2 Pice is gorgeous! >>



    Yep. Lordy that is a amazing coin.

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  • grinchbcgrinchbc Posts: 55 ✭✭
    picked up three of the quarter anna restrikes ...
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,764 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Out of commission on this auction. Might have had to fight Wybrit on the '46 1/2d so maybe I can get the next decent one that shows up.
    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    Nothing for me, but nice NEWPs everyone. image

    I love the look of the proof 10 Cents that Mark bought. And John, I'm so sorry image but what a wonderful looking pair of coins to add to your fledgling British India collection.
    Some of the prettiest looking toners that I have ever seen were struck for British India. Here is the TrueView image link for the 1936 1/12 Anna that John is referring to: MS66RB
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