I thought a $150 snipe bid would win this, guess I was wrong.

UtahCoin · September 8, 2012 5:10AM

Auction Link.

keyman64 · September 8, 2012 5:16AM

Mowgli · September 8, 2012 5:21AM

"Missed it by this much." - Maxwell Smart

jonathanb · September 8, 2012 5:21AM

That's neat. Do the dies still exist?

jayPem · September 8, 2012 5:22AM

Maybe they thought they were going to get the dies !

CoinJunkie · September 8, 2012 5:24AM

A snipe bid of $150 usually won't win an auction with a starting price of $500.

UtahCoin · September 8, 2012 5:41AM

<< That's neat. Do the dies still exist? >>

They do. The Church museum in SLC has them.

UtahCoin · September 8, 2012 5:42AM

<< A snipe bid of $150 usually won't win an auction with a starting price of $500.

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Yeah, I misread it. I thought it was a $50 start.

BaseballAbs · September 8, 2012 6:18AM

That seems like a huge amount of money for a old print.

CaptHenway · September 8, 2012 6:23AM

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<< A snipe bid of $150 usually won't win an auction with a starting price of $500.

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Yeah, I misread it. I thought it was a $50 start. >>

Just say "D'OH!"

STONE · September 8, 2012 6:27AM

That's very cool!

ScarsdaleCoin · September 8, 2012 6:32AM

Print the pic and save the money

messydesk · September 8, 2012 6:43AM

Cool!

keyman64 · September 8, 2012 7:19AM

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<< That's neat. Do the dies still exist? >>

They do. The Church museum in SLC has them. >>

Ummmm, this might be a silly question but did you ever think about going over to see them and take a photo?

The photo has the potential to be of much higher quality... Just sayin'

Zoins · September 8, 2012 7:26AM

Wow, what a great piece of history. The old photo adds as much to the history of this item as the dies in the photo.

<< Print the pic and save the money >>

That sounds similar to printing a pic of a coin and saving the money

Shamika · September 8, 2012 7:50AM

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<< Print the pic and save the money >>

That sounds similar to printing a pic of a coin and saving the money >>

I was thinking the same thing.

pennyannie · September 8, 2012 8:29AM

You have collectors that store coins in a SDB and just look at pics of the coins. They only look at the real coin when they buy it and when they put it in the SDB. They never see the coin again as the heirs take it to the first hotel buyer or B$M on their way home from the graveyard.

Wabbit2313 · September 9, 2012 1:00AM

<< A snipe bid of $150 usually won't win an auction with a starting price of $500.

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LOL.

Also the seller went from not selling his stuff to 777 bucks in span of 3 seconds. NICE!

yellowkid · September 9, 2012 2:50AM

I do a lot with old postcards and ephemera, I don't think that was much to pay for that piece.

CaptHenway · September 9, 2012 4:09AM

<< I do a lot with old postcards and ephemera, I don't think that was much to pay for that piece. >>

Agreed. If I collected Mormon Gold, I would so own that ORIGINAL photograph at any price.