Phillips family sale of Ancient Greek coins (Noonans, 25th September)

[Peckris 2 2,119]

Did anyone here have a look at, or bid on, or even win!, any of the gorgeous Ancient Greek coins in this sale?

I placed a 'highest estimate' bid on a few of the more modestly priced  items, hoping I might get one of them. But after the first few lots I knew I wouldn't - everything went for at the very least 5 times estimate, but more often 10 times, and in one or two cases even more ... one lot was estimated £2k - £3k, but went for £40,000!!

[copper123 1,463]

No harm in hoping m8 after all every coin has a hi bidder 

[Peckris 2 2,119]

2 hours ago, copper123 said:

No harm in hoping m8 after all every coin has a hi bidder 

this was way out of the ordinary. .. one item had estimate £200 - £260. As I liked it a lot I bid the high £260 (+1). .. it went for £4,200 ... and that was pretty much typical!

[copper123 1,463]

15 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

this was way out of the ordinary. .. one item had estimate £200 - £260. As I liked it a lot I bid the high £260 (+1). .. it went for £4,200 ... and that was pretty much typical!

sounds like the owner or his estate had a good day

[Paddy 1,653]

... and Noonans too! Commission on all that lot must have been much more than expected.

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On 9/28/2024 at 1:24 PM, copper123 said:

sounds like the owner or his estate had a good day

 

On 9/28/2024 at 1:43 PM, Paddy said:

... and Noonans too! Commission on all that lot must have been much more than expected.

I suspect it was classed as 'an important collection' - I did note that most items had sound provenance. It's the only explanation that makes sense, though I'm pretty surprised that Noonans hadn't done enough research and so come up with more realistic estimates.