Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 12, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 12, 2022 Saying goodbye to my collection of antiquities. They are closing at CNG this Wednesday, some with bids so low I might have to pay CNG for selling them! Ah well. I'm sure they are going to good homes: https://auctions.cngcoins.com/auctions/4-854FRH/electronic-auction-529?categories=4-9PWI6&limit=48 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBranson Posted December 12, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 12, 2022 I understand that your consigned antiquities are up for auction this Wednesday, and while they have already seen some bids, I was hoping that there could be more. As someone who is as passionate about ancient coins as you are, it would make me so happy to see these pieces find the right home before the deadline. I wish you all the best for this upcoming week and hope that these coins will receive even more attention in their final days on the auction block! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted December 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2022 I just wish I had the budget for them! Hope the sale goes well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 13, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 13, 2022 23 hours ago, JimBranson said: I understand that your consigned antiquities are up for auction this Wednesday, and while they have already seen some bids, I was hoping that there could be more. As someone who is as passionate about ancient coins as you are, it would make me so happy to see these pieces find the right home before the deadline. I wish you all the best for this upcoming week and hope that these coins will receive even more attention in their final days on the auction block! I'm a bit surprised not all have bids as yet. I think some will fail to sell despite the low opening prices. In the end I will probably get abut half what I paid for them, which doesn't really matter I suppose. Just that they go to good homes. We will see though. Many bids dont come in until right at the closing time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 13, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 13, 2022 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewomack Posted December 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2022 In this hobby, buying is fun, but selling tends to be less so. I've had some luck with selling, but 80% of the time, when I've wanted to sell, I end up selling for less than I paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicMan Posted December 14, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) On 12/13/2022 at 12:13 AM, KenDorney said: Saying goodbye to my collection of antiquities. They are closing at CNG this Wednesday, some with bids so low I might have to pay CNG for selling them! Ah well. I'm sure they are going to good homes: https://auctions.cngcoins.com/auctions/4-854FRH/electronic-auction-529?categories=4-9PWI6&limit=48 Good luck with the sale! I already spent my budget for this year but those are some nice pieces. Why are you selling them if I might ask? And are you at least keeping one to remember the hobby? Edited December 14, 2022 by ComicMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 14, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 14, 2022 15 hours ago, ComicMan said: Why are you selling them if I might ask? And are you at least keeping one to remember the hobby? I cant really display them properly any more, so I thought I would pass them to the next generation. I did keep a couple very simple pieces, nothing extravagant. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted December 14, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2022 I took a look at them. Very interesting pieces! I wish I could afford to put some antiquities into our collection. I hope the auction went well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordoba Posted December 14, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 14, 2022 4 hours ago, KenDorney said: I cant really display them properly any more, so I thought I would pass them to the next generation. I did keep a couple very simple pieces, nothing extravagant. just wondering, how did u display them? i put in a couple bids and won a lot on a roman jug. its my first antiquity that i have in my collection, so not sure how to go about displaying it and keeping it safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 14, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Cordoba said: just wondering, how did u display them? i put in a couple bids and won a lot on a roman jug. its my first antiquity that i have in my collection, so not sure how to go about displaying it and keeping it safe I keep my smaller antiquities on shelves inside glass display cases, and the larger ones in glass domes/bell jars, which come in a great variety of sizes. I usually affix the artifact to the bottom surface of the shelf or glass dome with removable museum putty, and fix the display case or jar to the surface on which it rests with the same substance. Especially during the 16+ years until a few months ago when I had a cat, I didn't want to risk anything getting knocked over. With a coin, the greatest risk is usually a scratch or ding; with many artifacts, a fall can easily result in the object shattering. Edited December 14, 2022 by DonnaML 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 15, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 15, 2022 8 hours ago, Cordoba said: just wondering, how did u display them? i put in a couple bids and won a lot on a roman jug. its my first antiquity that i have in my collection, so not sure how to go about displaying it and keeping it safe Bookshelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roerbakmix Posted December 15, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 12:32 AM, KenDorney said: Many bids dont come in until right at the closing time. Was this the case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 15, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Roerbakmix said: Was this the case? I watched it close and it seems there were a few people waiting till the last few seconds to bid, but by the start of the auction most bids seem to have been placed. In the end half a dozed went much higher than I would have thought, but most went rather cheaply. In the end I think it averaged out to what I had expected, so I am happy with the results. I think it would have done much better if they had half decent photographs. They were pretty terrible and not up to their usual standards. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted December 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/12/2022 at 6:13 PM, KenDorney said: Saying goodbye to my collection of antiquities. They are closing at CNG this Wednesday, some with bids so low I might have to pay CNG for selling them! Ah well. I'm sure they are going to good homes: https://auctions.cngcoins.com/auctions/4-854FRH/electronic-auction-529?categories=4-9PWI6&limit=48 Ken, I look forward to giving this little jug a nice new home! GREEK. Levant & the Near East. Syro-Palestine, Middle Bronze Age II, Pottery Jug. Circa 2000 - 1750 BCE. Standing 7.5” / 190 cm tall, an ovoid vessel with a bulbous body, narrow neck and flaring mouth, with a single handle; the body decorated with linear incised circles. Amiran Plate 33, 7. Minor damage to mouth, a few surface marks, otherwise intact.From the Kenneth W. Dorney Collection. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 16, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Octavius said: Ken, I look forward to giving this little jug a nice new home! I think you will like it. Its actually a larger piece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 16, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Octavius said: Ken, I look forward to giving this little jug a nice new home! I just found these pics, taken a little over 30 years ago (when I was young and had hair). It shows some of my pottery collection at that time. In the end I have kept the single-handled jug I am holding in the photo, a single piece to remind me of what once was. BTW, a number of the lamps seen in the pic turned out to be false. Some of them were from what is now known as the 'Syrian Group' of fake lamps which came on the market in the mid 1980's. Edited December 16, 2022 by KenDorney 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordoba Posted December 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, KenDorney said: I just found these pics, taken a little over 30 years ago (when I was young and had hair). It shows some of my pottery collection at that time. In the end I have kept the single-handled jug I am holding in the photo, a single piece to remind me of what once was. BTW, a number of the lamps seen in the pic turned out to be false. Some of them were from what is now known as the 'Syrian Group' of fake lamps which came on the market in the mid 1980's. How did you realize the fake ones were fake? I have 0 idea of how to detect forgeries for antiquities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted December 16, 2022 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cordoba said: How did you realize the fake ones were fake? I have 0 idea of how to detect forgeries for antiquities For years I though they were genuine but after talking to a number of people who were a bit closer to the source than me I was convinced they were correct. Its been many years, so I dont remember all the details. They were very well made and convincing, but in the end I think someone did a Thermoluminescence test on them and they were modern. Here is a link that has a few of them illustrated: https://www.romulus2.com/lamps/fakes/fakes1.shtml#syrian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcosx Posted April 7, 2023 · Member Share Posted April 7, 2023 On 12/16/2022 at 11:34 AM, KenDorney said: I just found these pics, taken a little over 30 years ago (when I was young and had hair). It shows some of my pottery collection at that time. In the end I have kept the single-handled jug I am holding in the photo, a single piece to remind me of what once was. BTW, a number of the lamps seen in the pic turned out to be false. Some of them were from what is now known as the 'Syrian Group' of fake lamps which came on the market in the mid 1980's. Ken If you still have the jug with the Kahlua label I'll put a bid on it if you decide to consign it. 😛 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted September 23, 2023 · Member Share Posted September 23, 2023 Ken I still have some of your old, unillustrated FPLs. The hobby (read; obsession!) has changed much since those days. ~ Peter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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