St. Charles Silver Dollar Show report

[James_OldeTowne]

I'm sitting in the auction right now....

 

lot 125 = 28 thousand!

 

lot 128 = 61 thousand!

 

CHINESE COINS ARE HOT!!!!!!!!!!!

 

But I'm just here for the free pizza and Doritos lol

[James_OldeTowne]

lot 137

 

a phone bidder.... FROM CHINA!

 

86500

...

87 on the floor

 

87 5

 

88!

 

88 5

 

89 on the floor!

 

89 on the phone

 

90, 90 5, 91, 92, 93 and still on the phone!

 

95 thousand on the phone

 

96 on the floor

 

SOLD FOR 96 THOUSAND!!!!!!

[James_OldeTowne]

LOT 139 CLOSE AT 11,000 against an estimate 1200 - 1600.

 

IT'S RAW!!

[James_OldeTowne]

LOT 140

 

78

 

78 5

 

79, 79 5, 80, 80 5, 81, 81 5, 82, 82 5 CRAZY!

 

83 thousand, 83 5, 84, 84 5, 85, 85 5, 86, 86 5, 87, 87 5

 

now at NINETY thousand

 

91... some hesitation, bids,

 

phone bidder is................ out at 92!

 

Sold for 91,000

[James_OldeTowne]

Seriously, it's interesting and really neat to see a number of Asian bidders here at the auction. It gives a nice, international flair.

 

The (apparent) Americans are holding their own, though.

[James_OldeTowne]

Lot 149

 

37, 250

 

37 5

 

38!

 

39 thousand and SOLD to the nice Chinese lady right in front of me!

[James_OldeTowne]

She also bought lot 152 at 10,750!

[James_OldeTowne]

153 only at 25,575 ... I think it did not meet reserve.

[James_OldeTowne]

Did gold drop or something? It appears to me that a number of "bullion" gold coins are falling under the lower end of the value estimate.

[James_OldeTowne]

Lot 206

 

Tom Reynolds dropped out at 6250

 

I chased it to 6500, cut to 6900... and got hosed by a phone bidder at 7K

 

DANG!

[cpm9ball]

Amazing!

 

I hope that all of your bids didn't end up being blanks.

 

Care to share anything with us?

 

Chris

[James_OldeTowne]

lot 370 oddball winning bid of 856

 

Lot 271 = 975?!?!

 

273 = $1200

 

 

[James_OldeTowne]

I considered bidding on lot 285, but decided not to push the $625 bid. I'm not sure it met reserve.

 

I get an hour break now.... a whole landslide of gold coins is coming up.

[James_OldeTowne]

Somebody likes die cracks - lot 296 is an Alabama in P-65 - closed at 1150

 

lot 294 in MS-64 = 950

 

lot 295 in MS-64 = 1300?!?! $150 higher than the MS-65!

[Brol]

[James_OldeTowne]

COMMEMS ARE TRIPLE-THERMONUCLEAR SCORCHING HOT

 

Check your greysheets

 

I recorded lot 357 = 5500

358 = 9750 (insane!)

359 = 2100

 

Something tells me these are plusing on the quarterly sheets....

[James_OldeTowne]

PIZZA TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

And a free bottled water to go !

[James_OldeTowne]

Coins gotta be slabbed to bring top dollar? PSHAW!

 

Lot 384 = $575

 

I bailed at 500

 

Check your sheets again....

 

Lot 389, and awesome Dahlonega, $36,500, I think to a phone bidder

 

Lot 412 was crazy at $17,750 on the floor

 

414 was not too bad at 22,250

 

Lot 438 closed at $39,000 but I don't know if it met reserve.

[James_OldeTowne]

Break in the action... someone tried to cut a bid that was already oddball at 4255(!)

[MJ]

COMMEMS ARE TRIPLE-THERMONUCLEAR SCORCHING HOT

 

Check your greysheets

 

I recorded lot 357 = 5500

358 = 9750 (insane!)

359 = 2100

 

Something tells me these are plusing on the quarterly sheets....

 

I actually think the PDS set of 1939 Oregon's in PCGS 67 was a fair price. I thought it would even higher. MJ

[noow]

[James_OldeTowne]

Holy doritos, I don't believe what I just saw.

 

A lot of RAW PROBLEM coins just went absolutely ballistic

 

Lot 485 sold for.... 6250!?!?!?!?!? The estimate was 1350 - 1500.

[MJ]

Holy doritos, I don't believe what I just saw.

 

A lot of RAW PROBLEM coins just went absolutely ballistic

 

Lot 485 sold for.... 6250!?!?!?!?!? The estimate was 1350 - 1500.

 

wow and yikes!...........MJ

[DirtyGoldMan]

What was the hammer on the 60-S $3? I was bidding on that one.

[DirtyGoldMan]

Coins gotta be slabbed to bring top dollar? PSHAW!

 

Lot 384 = $575

 

I bailed at 500

 

Check your sheets again....

 

Lot 389, and awesome Dahlonega, $36,500, I think to a phone bidder

 

Lot 412 was crazy at $17,750 on the floor

 

414 was not too bad at 22,250

 

Lot 438 closed at $39,000 but I don't know if it met reserve.

 

I liked the 56-D QE (389), but the 54-D $3 (438) was not so great.

[mtnstyne]

What is the difference between hammered price and realized price? I am assuming it is the adding of buyers premiums and maybe other fees?

 

Hammered Price: $475.00

 

Price Realized: $546.25

 

[physics-fan3.14]

That's exactly it, mtnstyne. The hammered price is what the bidders get to in auction, and the realized price adds the buyer's premium. For Heritage, it is 15%, other auction houses charge more or less.

[James_OldeTowne]

What was the hammer on the 60-S $3? I was bidding on that one.

Robert, you probably are the one who stole it at $1350.

[James_OldeTowne]

Perhaps the shocker of the night? Lot 817 was a RAW 1928 Peace dollar that I called MS-64 (though it is a borderline GEM).

 

It opened at something like 805 AND HAMMERED AT 5250.

 

Raw coins certainly CAN sell for top dollar.

[cpm9ball]

Raw coins certainly CAN sell for top dollar.

 

Anywhere but FleaBay!

 

Chris