Who got something good at Long Beach?

[physics-fan3.14]

Well, I wanted to.... I had been watching this auction for a month, and was the high bidder up until the action started. I was watching Heritage's live streaming online auction (which I love!!) and the auctioneer called out my lot. Someone else bid on it, so I raised him. He came back, and I raised him again. The auctioneer called the lot closed, and I thought I had won it - but at the very last second he came over the top of me again, and I just couldn't go any higher. Alas, but I had a good bit of excitement - whenever I bid on an auction, my adrenaline starts pumping, I start getting excited. The rush of buying the coin is a great thrill! Here is the beauty that I was bidding on, NGC MS-64 DPL: http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1140&Lot_No=1509&Lot_Id_No=1242

 

[Catbert]

Jason - looks like a beauty that would have fit in nicely with your PL type set. Good for you to back off when it became too much for your wallet. Hard to do, I know!

[Schatzy]

They haven't got to my lot yet!! But I'll let you know when the bidding ends.

 

 

I love the live bidding....Jason glad to see that you stuck with your price and didn't get caught up in the bidding war.

[123cents]

Beautiful DPL gold dollar. I did win something good. A coin that was graded Good-6.

[MarkFeld]

I'm happy for you that you didn't win it - the price realized seems way too high.

[physics-fan3.14]

I'm happy for you that you didn't win it - the price realized seems way too high.

 

I agree. It was fairly priced at $2k, which is where my bid was up until it hit the block. As it kept going up, I was growing more and more hesitant, until finally it got too high.

[FILTHYHOARD]

My lot isn't up yet either, but my fingers are crossed

[JIM F.]

Picked up these 2 thus far....plan to bid on a few more.

 

[123cents]

Those are some nice halves Jim.

[FILTHYHOARD]

Well, I won one of my lots, lost out on 3. This one is definitely an upgrade from my 1889-s, MS61

 

[123cents]

Very nice PL Morgan!

[Schatzy]

I won the only coin I was after!! I glad to add the coin to my collection.

[JIM F.]

Nice PL Morgan!

 

Am I imagining things or were there not as many high-end items as usual? Also seemed like more "net" graded items (improperly toned, cleaned, etc) than normal.

 

Regardless the bidding seemed pretty strong.

 

 

[SkyMan]

Some lovely coins here everyone! Congratulations on getting the material that you wanted or having the brains to walk away when it got too expensive!

[Ulichen-migration]

Here ya go! Fun times ;-)

[blu62vette]

Well, I won one of my lots, lost out on 3. This one is definitely an upgrade from my 1889-s, MS61

 

 

That is a nice one and a tough year. I got lucky and got a PCGS 63DMPL a few weeks ago.

 

 

[JIM F.]

Some nice pickups. Here's a couple $5 gold's I picked up to accompany the proof halves I won. These $5 golds are nothing special, but I couldn't refuse them at the selling prices, plus I wanted to get over the $1500 mark to avoid the ridiculous CA sales tax! .

 

[FILTHYHOARD]

Very nice pickups everyone!!!

And I feel ya Jimbucks , sales tax s#*ks. I said it in a previous thread, but sometimes it's hard for me to compete on Heritage when I'm paying roughly 9% sales tax. I try to factor that in to my bid , but as a result , I rarely win my lots

[blu62vette]

I finally images one my my pickups, 1881-S PCGS 65PL OGH. Also got a real 1901-O in 63PL PCGS but have already bought the same year in DMPL since the show.