Your priciest coin purchase.....how long it it take you to decide to pull the trigger?

Auction or direct purchase?
Took me about half an hour of post "coin did not meet reserve" research to make Heritage an offer, that was fairly quickly accepted.
Price was in the new car smell range and was sold a year later at a respectable profit.
Took me about half an hour of post "coin did not meet reserve" research to make Heritage an offer, that was fairly quickly accepted.
Price was in the new car smell range and was sold a year later at a respectable profit.
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"Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
http://www.american-legacy-coins.com
Direct purchase - 1 second - more love at first sight and again had to have it!
Preference direct purchase over auctions as I dont like to wait.
<< <i>I'm curious. Did your calculation of profit take in to consideration the carrying cost for the year that it was in your posession ? >>
Of course. Unlike central bankers, I understand the future value of money.
Priciest auction bid was for a completely different coin, and that number was twice the number for my priciest purchase...but I won that coin for maybe 35% of my max bid.
edit: Darn! Just remembered a recent purchase. That was my priciest. I decided years before the purchase to pull the trigger on this one
PCGS Registries
Box of 20
SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
Tossed and turned for an hour realizing that I was not going to get to sleep if I passed, so I hit the BIN.
Ebay was a lot more fun back then.
Priciest direct buy? A trusted dealer called me from a PCGS Vegas show and said "I found you a coin". The TrueView photos looked nice enough. He sent it to me and after a single glance I knew instantaneously that it was not going back. Sometimes you just know.
Both of these ended up among my favorite coin experiences.
The next was a direct purchase , about 15 min.
I learned long ago, if a coin is nice , don't mess around deciding or it will get gone. Now it may have changed a little the past year or so with market conditions, but not by much.
My most expensive coin yet is still to come later in the year.
More recently I broke the bank again on an eBay coin, this one was a ten day auction with an opening bid set at bust out retail. I figured I would be the only bidder and thought for about a week about taking a chance that it would go unsold so I could counter offer. I ended up making a bid and paying full price, and again I have not regretted it one bit.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
At the time I thought it would be an absolute impossibility. A pipe dream. This one of a kind coin disappeared from the seller's website, and I thought it was gone forever.
Three years later she reappeared, and my situation had changed considerably. Took me about a week of gut-checking. She's mine now
--Severian the Lame
Latin American Collection
After the dealer took 5% off of the price, my wife said "yes" almost instantly because we had something called a "10% rule." reserved for coins which are very special and extraordinarily hard to find - which is was one of them.
The nice side story is that when we sold our 21 Half Cents in 2006, the person who bought it and still owns it is a respected colleague and collector.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Hoard the keys.
(It was on a website for sale) Not an auction...
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Auction: I knew I wanted it instantly but deliberated on price and strategy for several days, as it cost only a bit less than my house.
WS
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
This coin....
<< <i>Still deciding
I'm waiting for one to close right now. I set up a snipe, slept on it a couple of days, then went in today and bumped that up by almost 50%. This is the same coin I referred to in the "white whale" thread, I really want to make it mine. If I don't win it at least I'll sleep well knowing I took my very best shot at it.
Sean Reynolds
EDIT: Missed out by $18, less than one standard bid above my maximum, so the winner maxed out too. The coin looks way better in the photos than it did when I saw it in hand years ago, so there's a chance it may get returned, I will continue watching the sellers auctions in case it reappears.
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
I needed it to fill the toughest hole of my PCGS-graded colorfully-toned Half Dollar Type Set ...
(I am still looking for a better (colorful) Draped Bust Half)
It took me about 10 minutes to decide I needed to pony up and pull the trigger.
It was a few hundred over PCGS Guide Price.
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My Toned Lincoln Registry Set
Looked over it for awhile, negotiated
back and forth, probably 10-15
minutes !!!
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Totally worth it though, still have it today because I just can't let it go. ((I'm buried neck deep)).