The waiting game.....I WON! Update in first post
DNADave
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I’ve seen several threads about waiting for grades, but how about waiting for an auction to start?
I’ve found an auction for a coin that I’ve been searching for over 15 years, and the auction doesn’t start for another three weeks! I’m already pretty excited about getting it in hand, but need to get a good bidding plan in place. When to bid, and how much. This doesn’t come up for sale too often and finding comps isn’t going to happen.
Tick tock. Tick tock.
What the longest time you’ve searched and then found a piece?
This is the second piece I needed for the set. The 10cent I picked up years ago for 600 in xf45. Got this one for 1300
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Why don't you tell us all what it is in the meantime?
jk
Collector, occasional seller
Still looking after 40+ years.
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Longest I have searched AND found the item, 5 years.
As for searching and not finding something, yes, the search continues for many things, 11+ years and still going.
Best of luck in the auction!
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
I got something at heritage a few weeks ago. I was ready to punch something and I only had to wait for the 35th lot to come up.
I think a link to the item in the auction would also be of help!
Good luck on your bidding. Don't spill the beans till you have it in hand. Bid little until the end is my strategy, then just go for it.
Oh, the times my heart flutters. Anticipation.
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have something I've been trying to track down for 6 months - feel like it may turn into a multiple year effort as there are v few of them [6]
all the best in your auction; that will be an incredible feeling when you win and have it in hand 🤲
Everybody start bidding on every coin in the auction!!!
BHNC #248 … 140 and counting.
😁) Tell us the lot # so we don't bid on it so you can get it cheap!
Good luck in the auction....Let us know what happens. Longest I searched for an item (CC Morgan) was about six months...Then got one at a coin show - small show just outside Seattle. Cheers, RickO
A word to the wise.....
DO NOT TRUST YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION! GET THE AUCTION COMPANY TO CALL YOU TO PHONE BID.
Anytime you are wanting to bid on something very important to you get on the phone. Not only will you not have to worry about the internet connection and/or lag time but the company will hold the hammer to make sure you have made your final decision wether to bid or not.
It is a very simple process that has many more rewards than risks. It just worked, again, for me in the last auction I participated in. More about that after I receive the coins.......
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
I waited for 4 years for a nice untoned black and white early proof i needed to come up for auction in at least a 66CAM. finally one did. 66CAM, pop 12/6. absolutely gorgeous coin, i had to pay a little too much, but i finally got one i was happy with. a week later Heritage posted their next big auction that had a pop 1/1 drop dead gorgeous 66DCAM of the same date....so now i have two of them.
I'm not that hooked.
15 minutes! Semi nucular bid ready
Are you prepared via phone or internet?
Going with internet. I’m ok with it. Bidding is hot so I’m prepared to lose. Makes me sick at my stomach.
Nah, don't loose, just bid more. It's only money and money is used to buy things that make you happy.
win damn you win
white whale sighted!
Did you win?
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We are now waiting to see if you are celebrating the thrill of victory or suffering the agony of defeat.
Dnadave- did you crush it bro?
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Well hell. That was just the internet bidding ending. Now the live auction is going. I’ve got my proxy bid on. I’m glad it’s not an overstrike!
Noooooooooo
You want the overstrike
No no. I’m a little fish. Those seem strong though.
Got it! First post updated with pic.
Congrats man!!!!
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Alright! Congratulations.
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Congrats! Cool pick up. So happy for you
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Wow
Spectacular that the wait paid off
Congratulations!
Congrats!!!
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Congratulations!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Congratulations!
Between Hartford City, Snow Hill & Lorena Furnace West Virginia is a challenging state for CWTs even beyond the scarce "regular" merchants from the state. I wish that there was a more thorough history of this merchant -- it's one of the few that is known in off-metals only. Congrats - on to the next hole!
Well done!
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I don’t know if I’ll ever end up with the snow hill or furnace pieces. Maybe someday. I do live very close so snow hill. It might have been a good place to metal detect but the site is now an interstate. They are on eBay right now but out of my reach.
On a side note. I’m pretty sure These furnace tokens were from salt manufacturers. They would boil the brine (pumped up from underground) and dry the salt in long trays. Dickinson salt works is reopened now making artisanal salt.