Did I miss something on this closed eBay auction?

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• JJM Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 10, 2012 8:23AM

  think thats a combo of someone who hadda have that coin in that grade, and
  maybe a shill or two...........but its not tHAT crazy for ebay....jmo

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• BryceM Posts: 11,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 10, 2012 9:22AM

  Wait, you're trying to figure out why certain things happen on eBay? Good luck!

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• LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 10, 2012 9:29AM

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  i didn't look it up but i bet 99% it is some type of vam
  
  i've seen many an auction for common stock bring 5-20x what the person was expecting
  
  would love to be there to see their face.
  
  happened to me on a couple items i sold where they were imaged well enough for pickers to see what they were, despite my not knowing
  
  and afterward i would research my item to see why it sold so high. i've never held out the items, i was actually happy to see the large premiums despite my ignorance
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• HoledandCreative Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 10, 2012 3:39PM

  That second "C" looks a little off.

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• Justlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭

  July 10, 2012 4:35PM

  Why are so many of the bid amounts repeated? There are at least half a dozen in the bid history.

  Let's try not to get upset.

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• CarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭

  July 10, 2012 4:44PM

  Could there be something with the tail feathers? I'm guessing two people think they see a VAM or something...

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• sonoranmonsoon Posts: 2,078 ✭✭

  July 10, 2012 8:35PM

  I agree with those that said the bidders probably saw a vam in the pic.

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• LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 10, 2012 8:43PM

  
  
  << <i>Why are so many of the bid amounts repeated? There are at least half a dozen in the bid history. >>
  
  
  
  there may be other reasons, but the reason i know is when a top bidder increases their bid it will show the same amount again
  
  so if you see it 4 times in a row it is because the top bidder increased their own max bid 4 times :-)
  
  you can do it as many times as you desire
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• AM909 Posts: 14

  July 10, 2012 11:06PM

  I don't see anything unusual. I thought all the tail-feather and reverse of 1878/1879 varieties are for the Philly mint, not CC, or did I mis-read? PCGS price guide puts it around $135 retail, so it's a little high, but not out of the ballpark, is it?

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• Senex Posts: 483 ✭

  July 10, 2012 11:11PM

  Looks like a plain old-fashioned eBay bidding war between to collectors who simply HAD to have the coin.
  As suggested, it could be they see a scarce VAM variety but I don't know since I don't collect Morgans.

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