Anyone here snipe the Super Rare Doily sample tonight?

valente151 · May 17, 2013 9:04AM

I have been watching this all week, my $750 bid with 4 seconds left didn't even register as it had jumped above that by that time.

Handcut doily sample label. Very cool and congrats on a cool piece to the owner!

Hope no one minds me asking!

eBay Link: Link

LindeDad · May 17, 2013 9:04AM

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Broadstruck · May 17, 2013 9:09AM

<< my $750 bid with 4 seconds left didn't even register >>

Luckily someone above was watching out for you

2ltdjorn · May 17, 2013 9:11AM

I was tracking this one as well. I imagine it found a nice home!

morgansforever · May 17, 2013 9:12AM

Guess I'll have to keep my eyes open for Doily or Rattler sample pieces. Some serious cha ching for a couple of 90% dimes.

coindeuce · May 17, 2013 9:13AM

The buyer must be planning to have each of those placed over their eyes when they are laid in the casket.

SUMORADA · May 17, 2013 9:15AM

+1........???? I don't get it.....is that slab worth those kinda bucks?......seriously..I know that Doily slabs are scarce...but...

EXOJUNKIE · May 17, 2013 9:22AM

First handcut doily sample I've ever seen. I'm aware the first generation rattler on the left is also scarce, but could this be the highest price paid for a sample slab??? I don't recall ever seeing one sell for more.

DIMEMAN · May 17, 2013 9:44AM

P.T. Barnum nailed it.

Wingsrule · May 17, 2013 9:55AM

IMO I would break it down as about $750 / 110.

In any case, that is about twice the highest price I am aware of. Easily a new record.

sniocsu · May 17, 2013 10:02AM

<< IMO I would break it down as about $750 / 110.

In any case, that is about twice the highest price I am aware of. Easily a new record. >>

+1

bob48 · May 17, 2013 10:17AM

IMO Those are over priced, I was watching them. But it is the first hand cut doily I have ever seen.

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cmerlo1 · May 17, 2013 10:20AM

If they keep bringing that kind of money, they're at risk of being counterfeited by the Chinese.

Moldnut · May 17, 2013 10:21AM

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Luckily someone above was watching out for you

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magikbilly · May 17, 2013 10:23AM

<< P.T. Barnum nailed it.

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He never said that. It was his competition

Eric

mkman123 · May 17, 2013 10:28AM

750 is a lot for that..............

epcjimi1 · May 17, 2013 10:36AM

A lot to pay to have radii on all four corners of the label. Am I missing something? What's the big deal? I don't get it.

Wingsrule · May 17, 2013 10:36AM

It's only the second one documented...

magikbilly · May 17, 2013 10:46AM

<< It's only the second one documented... >>

One could get a nice slabbed Proof 66 Walker for this and have a larger resale market in future? What do i know. I do know you could get several Gem Pr Mercs...lovely coins. Plastic degrades over time too...

Eric

valente151 · May 17, 2013 10:49AM

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<< It's only the second one documented... >>

One could get a nice slabbed Proof 66 Walker for this and have a larger resale market in future? What do i know. I do know you could get several Gem Pr Mercs...lovely coins. Plastic degrades over time too...

Eric >>

Yes, other coins have a higher resale. But what value do you put on how much someone enjoys owning something. What if owning a cool piece like this, 1 of only 2 known, is really exciting for someone, worth spending $300 or $400 on that they won't get back? How is that any different from spending a couple hundred dollars to go to a concert or a ball game? Just my opinion.

illini420 · May 17, 2013 10:52AM

It's a lot of money for a sample, but I'd much rather buy this than buy a 2010-D Lincoln Cent for $5k!!!!

BustHalfBrian · May 17, 2013 11:01AM

Congrats, Tim?

NotSure · May 17, 2013 11:14AM

I can't remember the member's name, but someone out here has been VERY actively seeking this particular 'hand-cut' Doily cert, so I'm guessing it could be him. I'm not mentioning names, as I'm not 100% certain of the member's name. I remember seeing the WTB thread a number of times on the BST, offering a nice premium for one. I'm sure we'll be hearing from the new owner, unless it was illini420. Congrats to whoever won it. It's a small niche, but this particular type of hand-cut Doily cert makes this, (I am almost 100% certain) the rarest of all the Doily's, so it's kinda like the Holy Grail of Doily's, if I'm not mistaken.

2ltdjorn · May 17, 2013 11:15AM

I would be a buyer. Scarcity and rarity...

Kove · May 17, 2013 11:26AM

I recognize the winning bidder's abbreviation and feedback score, and bet he was willing to go much higher....

illini420 · May 17, 2013 11:26AM

haha, wasn't me that bought it, but I was watching it

magikbilly · May 17, 2013 11:44AM

<< 

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<< It's only the second one documented... >>

One could get a nice slabbed Proof 66 Walker for this and have a larger resale market in future? What do i know. I do know you could get several Gem Pr Mercs...lovely coins. Plastic degrades over time too...

Eric >>

Yes, other coins have a higher resale. But what value do you put on how much someone enjoys owning something. What if owning a cool piece like this, 1 of only 2 known, is really exciting for someone, worth spending $300 or $400 on that they won't get back? How is that any different from spending a couple hundred dollars to go to a concert or a ball game? Just my opinion. >>

Hello,

It was just a comment :-) You preach to the converted. I have spent vast sums for the most ephemeral of items that have no resale market at all, such as dried fruit saved from a private luncheon on the R.M.S. Mauretenia in 1934. And I have spent those hundreds on front row tix for Bowie, Waters/Floyd and Radiohead etc. Those experiences you can REALLY not get again. Like a Dark Side of the Moon concert. There could he 100 of these hand cut early doilies? I dunno. I just see a (albeit dimishing) difference between paying $$$ for a Beatles ice cream sandwich wrapper and the wrapper for a sandwich wrapper...

To each his own. A fair statement is I (as in me) would rather buy another item than opinions/plastic of items. I like the stuff! You can always get stuff slabbed later. Of course, it will be a different gen slab....

Best wishes,
Eric