Any "Interesting" stories from your Lot Viewing Experiences?

keyman64

Just curious to see if there are any good stories out there. Most time you have spent in there in one day?...anything?

Coinosaurus

One time I dropped a $40K coin on a concrete floor during viewing. It was slabbed, no apparent harm done......and no, I did not pull a "switcheroo" while the coin was out of sight......

jdimmick

No, but today. I had a dealer friend look at a pretty expensive coin for me today before possible bidding , and he mentioned on the phone that before he got there, the auction catalog photo looked pretty enticing, but the coin down right sucked!!!!! I had a hunch it wasn't that nice from a prior view of the coin some years ago. Not mentioning the specific coin as it has not sold yet,


To keep more in line with the specific topic, I remember wanting to view the two brasher d's several years back , Had the auction rep go an retrieve them from the high dollar cart/box, and him along with an armed guard and another rep stand over me(I mean literally right on top of me) while I viewed them one in each hand.

Elcontador

Not exactly lot viewing, but I called a prominent auction house and asked for a consult on an MS 63 BN Draped Bust Large Cent. His description was thus..

"It's a late die state. The coin is dark, but has an even tone on both obverse and reverse. There's a contact mark on her neck, but it's not bad....What's this....this coin is a piece of ****. You don't want it."