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Wednesday's auctions were interesting. There were three of 'em running simultaneously. The first was odd in that there seemed to be very few people present. Consequently, we won almost everything we wanted
with a single bid, often an opening bid of either $1 or $5. Many of the lots closed with no bids whatsoever.

All total, we won 17 of 18 in that auction, being outbid only on "A Pair Of Decorative Iron Candle Sticks," at an average price of $4.94 (plus 15% seller's premium, so $5.68.) We missed out on having an even
lower average with two lots won at $12 apiece ("Collection Of Folk Singers & Rebels: PETE SEEGER WOODY GUTHRIE - ARLO GUTHRIE BOB DYLAN - JOAN BAEZ - 26CDs" and "Vintage Doll - New In
Box - Little Sherlock" since my wife is an avid Sherlock Holmes collector.)

Unfortunately, given the great opportunity, the items at that auction were mostly low end - no gold or sterling merchandise, no ATVs or rototillers, no fossilized fish! There were lots of watches, vintage art and
old books, but none grabbed me. Of this auction's 178 lots, not a single one sold above $25. I've never seen anything like that before. I suspect it's because it's one of the few nearby auctions run out of Massachusetts.




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Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months


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Re: Tonight's Auctions
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Tue, 28 Nov 23 3:05 AM
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A similarly sized fish fossil on eBay. I suspect this is what my larger fish is: A Notogoneus osculus.



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