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Unbelievable result!!!

WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,395 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 23, 2023 6:39PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Heritage sale:

Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow!!

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    maymay Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s not a nuke, that’s the fricking Tsar Bomba!! :o

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,395 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like original toning and OGHs, too, but damn…

    I naïvely thought that I could get it for $700 or $800. LOL

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 23, 2023 7:39PM

    Not a tarnished coin fan so don’t really like the coin. Amazing it went for that. Rich collectors in bid war? Winner certainly the end user. The coin certainly will get darker as time goes on. Definitely a super nova auction result.

    I am sure the auctioneers are happy on that one. The submitter must be elated.

    Investor
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    lermishlermish Posts: 5,041 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I guess the buyer thinks they can crack it and make a 67???

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    Pnies20Pnies20 Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I saw that… what happened????

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,174 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just imagine if it stickers….

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,395 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 23, 2023 7:30PM

    @lermish said:
    I guess the buyer thinks they can crack it and make a 67???

    Yes, that crossed my mind, too.

    A 1944-S in MS 67 retails for a staggering $42,500!

    So, he'd still come out way ahead.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,219 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had it on my watchlist and was preparing a bid when I decided it made no sense for me.

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    pointfivezeropointfivezero Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I watched this auction live, in total disbelief.....

    Tim

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    BigAlBigAl Posts: 1,279 ✭✭✭

    If it had a green sticker would it have hammered for less?

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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,219 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BigAl said:
    If it had a green sticker would it have hammered for less?

    It may not have hammered for less, but I would imagine it might have had fewer folks seriously considering placing a bid.

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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    johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like several of us watched in disbelief.

    Now we just watch to see if it upgrades.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,235 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not only is that price really high...what about the bidders?

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,252 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How quick was bidding? Just curios is all

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    ApplejacksApplejacks Posts: 384 ✭✭✭

    When two guys just gotta havit

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    johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    How quick was bidding? Just curios is all

    Very
    Back and forth then three times there at the end where it took each bidder a few seconds to increase.

    Entire auction was probably less than 2-3 minutes (I’m sure someone has the official time)

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If it has a full thumb then it was worth it

    Frank

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    1946Hamm1946Hamm Posts: 827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I went to the heritage site and looked at it blown up. It is over graded by 2 points in my opinion. Not that good of a thumb either. The scratch on the reverse on the eagle would knock it down for me. I like my 65 better and for a lot less money.

    Have a good day, Gary
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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    HA brings top dollar often is my take, and I was thinking it may be the rare coin over a few hundred in value that has not been to cac yet.

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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭

    pretty much everything on heritage has been to cac right?

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    lermishlermish Posts: 5,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 24, 2023 7:18AM

    @logger7 said:
    HA brings top dollar often is my take, and I was thinking it may be the rare coin over a few hundred in value that has not been to cac yet.

    @steveben said:
    pretty much everything on heritage has been to cac right?

    I've bought multiple $1000+ coins including a $4k coin which all CACed post-auction. Whether they were there before or not, I don't know, but seems unlikely.

    EDIT: Within the last several years.

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    World67World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hard to believe the price difference between 66 and 67. Sheesh.

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The first time I owned one of these Walkers was a PCGS certified one from Jim Fehr of Ellesmere Numismatics back in the late 1990s that was blast white and graded MS65. I spoke with James Rottman of "Boardwalk" rc recently who was with them back then after selling his printing business who I saw at a CT coin shop. Later I sent it with some other coins to Richard Nachbar who probably had adopted the strict old school grading (at least when buying) and called it "MS64", I did not sell to him at a lowball price. "In the holder" should at least be a good guide.

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    batumibatumi Posts: 936 ✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerfan said:
    I like original toning and OGHs, too, but damn…

    I naïvely thought that I could get it for $700 or $800. LOL

    Same here, I was blown out at $700!

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    batumibatumi Posts: 936 ✭✭✭✭

    @1946Hamm said:
    I went to the heritage site and looked at it blown up. It is over graded by 2 points in my opinion. Not that good of a thumb either. The scratch on the reverse on the eagle would knock it down for me. I like my 65 better and for a lot less money.

    Same here, Nice '44-s w/awesome strike.

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    Jacques_LoungecoqueJacques_Loungecoque Posts: 733 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cougar1978 said:
    Not a tarnished coin fan so don’t really like the coin.

    If it ain’t bright white, it ain’t right!

    Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.

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