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  1. Hesiod
    I think the image embed failed, but congrats!
  2. Hesiod
    But why bother buying the company when the name and reputation is probably more poisoned then just starting a new company from scratch?
  3. Hesiod
    You won that one? I think I bid on it, though it's been a bit so I can't recall. I did win the next lot so I guess we're auction buddies in a way 😀
  4. Hesiod
    I'm curious what the coin is and what provenances it had?
  5. Hesiod
    I think in this case it's because their competition raised their fees already
  6. Hesiod
    Three of those coins are quite rare (6 - Stymphalos, 7 - Argolis, and 20 - Thebes) but the others look fairly common for the area
  7. Hesiod
    I'm personally excited to see what you won!
  8. Hesiod
    Nomos sent out an email saying they'd provide a FPL. In general (though I haven't gone personally), some of the auction houses have inventory not listed online as well –– I've had friends who've gone sent me pictures of coins from Gorny and one of the nordic auction houses (I want to say Bruun, but i can't recall).
  9. Hesiod
    Best way is to build or have access to a photo file. Your method is looking for pedigrees others have found and then forgotten which is on the rare side for better firms as they'll look for prior listings of a coin on the search engines
  10. Hesiod
    Roma's handle at Nomos used to be Nibelung. I haven't kept track recently.
  11. Hesiod
    Leu has never photographed the reverses and tends to do "piled up" photos. CNG doesn't photograph all coins for larger group lots. They're pretty consistent in this
  12. Hesiod
    I don't usually bother with private collectors, but nowadays I mostly only see them on reddit as I've been not reading as much other media. For auctions, I'll send them an email with the reasoning and call it a day (and whine to people who I might have discussed the coin with if it's ignored)
  13. Hesiod
    Naumann is more of a high secret minimum then shill bid to maximum house, imo. I've been underbidder for coins that have gotten relisted on several occasions
  14. Hesiod
    You have to do it manually unfortunately. I wasn't paying attention to bidder numbers this time around but the sale didn't feel nearly as heinous as the previous one
  15. Hesiod
    When two whales want a coin really badly... I have the same reaction about the kroton stater (https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=7084&lot=1033) going for 13k
  16. Hesiod
    They did, though rare: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4382464 https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=7115&lot=407
  17. Hesiod
    Out of curiosity, does this apply to the same statement but European instead of Swiss?
  18. Hesiod
    (And no, I did not provide the savoca linkage myself)
  19. Hesiod
    Can we ask what you consigned with them? I've mentioned it on the other leu thread, bunch of random stuff – Phaistos Stater, other random Greek, bunch of Roman Provincials, bunch of tiny kyzikene fractions. Any specific coins you'd be asking about? An example of a cheap coin they found a provenance for (which isn't that easy since Savoca doesn't provide any text in their blue auction listings) : https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?lot=989&p=lot&sid=6942
  20. Hesiod
    This is the date of the work which is used to attribute the coin. It is unrelated to the coin in question. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10548540 This is the listing where it sold in Bucephalus, 5 months prior. I have no idea what you're looking at for the other coin. Unless you think the coin was consigned by the consignor to bucephalus and bought back and then sent to Leu. Seems highly unlikely to me (there's a hoard of these and this seems to be one of them. Also who is consigning to Bucephalus?)
  21. Hesiod
    No proof was provided, merely the allegation from Ken (in the second post). Not sure where the specific coin list is from
  22. Hesiod
    When I consigned with them they certainly went out of their way to find any and all sales history for the coins I provided
  23. Hesiod
    They have listings with no provenance claimed whatsoever (just empty on the section), and 2005 is a claim specific which is unlike "the property of a gentlemen" or "the collection of a Romanophile". The problem with the baron dominique claim was that is also specific and (apparently?) verifiable
  24. Hesiod
    It's in "Ancient & Medieval Coins" on facebook, which is private. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ancientnumis/posts/6599156340170620/
  25. Hesiod
    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=11229912 An example of a coin where they list a 2005 provenance which is clearly false
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