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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Having been involved as a buyer at coin auctions from over twenty years now, I have been wondering about how people view the experience.
I am probably a dinosaur. I completely enjoy physically being at a auction. There is the pre-auction buzz, often experienced in the bar with other bidders. There is the auction tedium of watching lots you have no interest in, followed by an intense anxiety over the ones you desire. Finally, there is the post mortem with other bidders, again usually in the bar, followed by either sleep or restlessness, depending upon the results.
As we are transitioning into more online auctions, I am curious about your auction experiences and thoughts. Do you like being in an auction room and want that experience to continue? Do you want to sit at home in your underwear and buy any coin online, at any time day or night? Where should things go?
I am curious. All responses appreciated.
Rob
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11/10/2019 02:48 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
857 Posts |
All I can really say in this thread is that as a 17 year old who has only been in one "live auction" (kids auction at the nickel belt coin show in sudbury), I find the idea of being at a coin auction extremely exciting and Something I would love to attend. Not to mention the idea of so many other people with a love coins likely just as large as, or possibly (but not likley  ) bigger than My own also just amazing! |
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I agree with you about the auction excitement. Thanks for responding. Good luck in your collecting.
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11/10/2019 02:58 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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On line auctions are OK, but I definitely feel that I need to examine any coin in hand, before considering to place a single, low, fixed priced written bid. I am attending a view day for an Australian based numismatic international auction, on the coming 13th or 14th November, for few ancient coins that I have already viewed on line. Often is the case, after viewing on line, then in hand on a view day, I will very quickly change my mind about placing a bid. Nothing beats viewing in hand, when it comes to assessing a public auction lot. Most often, I loose as a result of my low priced bid tactic.. That is OK, but when I win, I know that I have at least bought well, and sometimes, I even score a satisfying price based cherry pick.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have never intended to be a numismatic investor, but due to my bidding cherry pick buying tactics, my collection has turned out to have a substantial investment record over the decades, albeit less than the stock market or real estate, but certainly better than cash bank deposits or gold or silver bullion investing, which I have also dabbled in. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My thought is that coins deserving an actual physical auction with preview are way too expensive for me, so I'll stick to online stuff.
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Canada
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Thanks for responding. Good luck in your collecting. Likewise  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I must confess: I am prone to spending an average of perhaps $1,000 per year (across the whole of numismatics), over the last 30 years or so. That is why auction view days are so important to me. Also explains why I have to use price based cherry pick tactics, to justify that amount of spend. I guess spending on $1,000 per year on coins is better than $1,000 per year on drinking, smoking, or gambling.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I guess spending on $1,000 per year on coins is better than $1,000 per year on drinking, smoking, or gambling. Definitely better than drinking or smoking. Sometime, an auction is the same as gambling, though I have no problem with that. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have never been to a physical coin auction outside of my local coin club auctions. The reasons are due to time commitment (travel and sitting through a few hours of auctions) and the fact that I'm generally not looking for the higher end items that these auctions tend to have. I like the flexibility of online, but it is nicer to see the items in hand and also avoid shipping charges being there in person.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have been to a few auctions and got to know one guy, he said to me that guy over there wants a certain coin "he not going to get it' and he didn't. this happened a few times , didn't matter what the bid went to he took most. Then I noticed he know what I was going for and out bid me, so I stopped going.
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Valued Member
United States
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I truly enjoy the auction atmosphere and I find it most valuable to be able to view lots in hand before the auction and see the things that photos don't tell you. However, like I presume many participants here, I live in an area with so few reasonably close coin auctions that I do not participate in many live. Thus I'm forced to internet auctions.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I always have auction fever..I love every moment from waiting for the lots to be posted online, to bidding on them in person..and all the suspense in between. I try my best to attend in person and also feel the need to examine my potential buys beforehand. I love the thrill of bidding on an item.. especially the tension when someone else in the room is going at it against you and you have to battle it out...
Feel free to call me Will.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Went to few of those. At my last one I met someone I used to know from a long time ago. He was bidding on almost every thing. I asked him about that and he told me he was hired bu the place to bid on things to help get the prices up. If he by mistake won, that item just went back up for auction next time. And that was the last auction I went to.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Every once in a while I check out a couple of auctions online through Auctionzip. I'm amazed at how high the prices are, and it's always a floor bidder who wins. In my cynical view, I picture a lot of rich people, with no lives, sitting around filling a treasure chest. Am sure that attending one in person would be exciting, but I'd be way over my head.
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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I have been to physical auctions and the level of attention required to get your bids in is more than I care to muster. Online I can get all my bids in and check in later. I don't think the experience is much different as most of the people you are competing with are not in the room, at least at any major auction.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Everyone who has a chance to be in person at a major auction like platinum Heritage, it's just insane in a good way the buzz and pace is just out of the world compared to normal auctions. In person you know you are in trouble when another bidder just hold their bidder card up and never put's it down.
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