You ever put in a "tracking bid" at Heritage...and win?

[Barndog]

 

Looks like I just did that. I was tracking an 1832 LM-9.1 Capped Bust Half Dime. Not a pretty piece, but a rare die remarriage (R-6). I guess all the "major collectors" of Capped Bust Half Dimes by die marriage already have one of these. I put in a bid that will allow me to receive daily emails from Heritage telling me of the status of my bid. I figured a bid of fifty bucks would be low enough to come far from winning, but I was wrong, so wrong! Winning bid was just $22 dollars, or $36 with the BP (I guess there's a minimum BP). Shipped, it will run me less than fifty bucks. I guess it can't be a bad thing, but just unplanned

 

Here's the coin

 

 

[cpm9ball]

Good for you!

 

Chris

[nunfa0]

I call that a good win!!

[Walkerfan]

Nice!! That has never happened to me and likely never will.

[AnkurJ]

A few times. It's rare though.

Congrats!

[Mozin]

Never happened to me. Have fun with your new coin.

[TomB]

They raised their minimum BP to $14 per lot a few years ago. It adds up quickly.

[James_OldeTowne]

I'll give ya sixty !

 

And yes, it has happened maybe three times in ten years to me as well.