underbidder The individual or entity that executed the bid preceding the winning bid. Close, but no cigar.
Narrative: This is a duplicate example of Pollock-1698, affording the underbidder on the previous lot another opportunity to acquire this variety. As noted, only four different specimens have been traced.
I also cannot say I was the underbidder, despite what I thought was a strong bid. This lot realized $325, which may be a record price for a copy of the Bolender book. Prices in this Kolbe sale were very strong indeed! (more.) ...
IX 40 (Constantinople); LRBC 2089; for mintmark: cf. RIC IX 26b (Constantinople); cf. Depeyrot 25/1 (Constantinople). VF, dark brown patina. Unpublished and possibly unique. (Estimate - $500, Sold for $1,200 and unfortunately I was the underbidder.) ...
 See also: Bidder, Mint, Collector, Numismatic, Coin
  
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