OK, to tune the
thread I start with my own story though it may also be edited as "My greatest error".
The day started not as the best one. I knew that there is a numismatic
auction in a city 100
km from my place but I was not in a
good mood to go. A day before I have bought a huge
bronze (30 kg!) by Salvador Dali,
certified and quite expensive. My wife was not very happy with it (she used as chimney screen). Worse, my
budget was over, completely over. Anyway, someone (
Fortuna, Providence?) told me that I should go. I drove through picturesque
medieval towns, stopping time to time to make a look at ancient castles (must be a pleasant trip, is not it? It was.). Finally, I lost my way in a forest and became quite nervous to be late. Fortunately, I arrived at time to the
auction house but, as a result of my misadventure, I
had only a few minutes to inspect the lots. There were so many that was extremely interesting and I blamed myself for this damned bronze. The
auction started: the lots I was especially interested in were at the and of the string and the prices were so
low making me crazy. Maybe, for professionals it is an everyday or, at least, quite a frequent experience but for me it was something exciting. The
auction resulted in 111 coins and empty account.
Fortuna redux! Investigating my acqusitions I understood that as for the newcomer,
Fortuna makes me a
Christmas present (does Cristians believe in
Fortuna? I believe, and as people noticed it is very favorable to newbies). In a lot (hammer
price 230 EUR!) of 54 nice bronzes of
Probus,
Tacitus and others there was one coin which should impress every
Probus collector, even vivienne5592. For this coin Professor Sylvaine
Estiot made her first post at
Forum: she knew before only two coins with this
reverse!
Your stories, ladies and gentlemen!
