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Very, very interesting topic you have started here Bill....
Apr 30, 2013,04:14 AM
it is like opening The Pandora box, isn't it? As I have noticed for the past few years thanks to Tick-Talk Eagle Eye! We have seen so many "frankenwatches" of VC, what assurance would I get about watches of PP provenience? Or other for that matter!
Just a thought. Thank you Bill very much for making us think!
Cheers,
Francois, from Down Under!
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Preparing to bid at auction: a case study
By: WHL : April 29th, 2013-20:20
There are many ways to purchase a fine timepiece, and all can be a great way to bring interesting watches into a collection: brand new from a brand boutique or authorized retailer, preowned from secondary dealers, collector to collector, and at auction. I...
Very, very interesting topic you have started here Bill....
By: Sandgroper : April 30th, 2013-04:14
it is like opening The Pandora box, isn't it? As I have noticed for the past few years thanks to Tick-Talk Eagle Eye! We have seen so many "frankenwatches" of VC, what assurance would I get about watches of PP provenience? Or other for that matter! :) Jus...
Good Post
By: jmpTT : April 30th, 2013-10:28
As an exercise, I set-up such a spreadsheet with similar calculations to follow bidding for a few items I had interest in at a recent Antiquorum auction. Most of the pieces I was looking at were of the modern sort - less than 20 years old. The determinati...