I would also like the "owner" to clear this up and explain how he can sell a coin he does not own, not to mention a justification of the huge markup, seams a bit unethical to me.
I hope the seller is not someone I have in on my trust list...

@MJ I have a small suggestion; in the future I suggest that you are more open about when you auction an item on commission. Obviously selling an item for another person is perfectly ok, just be transparent.
  
If I was bidding (based on the text in OP) then would I expect you to have the coin in hand and ready to ship after payment.
In this case was the coin not even in possession of your client, which is a problem.
In my opinion, this does matter a great deal when trading with high value items, since there is a decent amount of risk involved in shipping/handling.
For me is there a big different getting the coin directly from you compared to a 3rd party I do not know.

You have a well respected distribution service, so just be open about the sourcing, then is all cool.

Cheers

Yeah, even back in the days with huge demands of the ungraded gilts, they rarely went for more than 2.5. So 2.5 for a MS69 is not too bad.

... and a shout-out for lesbian cow - she is a great person to trade with! MUUH!

I just want to compliment your work.
I have little knowledge about art, but I know what I personally think looks good,
and I think your work looks good.

Good luck with the sales.

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Congratulations BreathOfZen!

Thank you to all who participated.

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2017.06.14 Auction: 2 x Casascius (redeemed / no digital value)

I have two redeemed/blank coins for sale, I am not entirely sure about the history of the 2012 coin.
The short key is 1CsC6MaU, it appear casascius fulllist and in uberbills the status is "unused" so no bitcoins was ever send to this addy.
The 2013 is a normal redeemed coin which has the peeled hologram included, just for the record, it was not me who opened it.
There is no bitcoins loaded on these coins.

Auction lot:

• 2012 Casascius 1.0 BTC incl. private key (never funded)
• 2013 Casascius 0.5 BTC incl. private key and hologram (redeemed)

 




Starting Bid: 0.0 BTC.

Bidding Increments: 0.001 BTC.

Ending Date: June 18, 2017, 08:59:59 PM (Unix: 1497819599)

No Sniping: Auction ends 15 minutes after the last bid.

Shipping: Paid for by winner (multiple shipping options available)

Payment address: 1TookDkVTaqsCn56Xo7aMfUMAUN3NhRjN


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If you at any point have doubt about my identity do not hesitate to ask me for a
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For some reason I get Error #534897185 when I try to make a new thread under Marketplace/Goods/Collectibles.
The error comes after I press "Review", which I always do before posting.
Anybody know what this error is caused by?

I have tried to logout/login, same problem occur.

SOLVED

The signature part of a signed message is also a hash, so it will be exactly the same as suggested. "My" method is just easier since you can do it with any online sha256 sum calculator.
 
I am real sorry Xprim777 to turn your auction into a hash discussion - but at least you get a free bump  

Good luck to everyone bidding on this wonderful coin.

Winner:

I will accept this bid, even though it is below the starting bid in OP.

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Nope, it would be impossible to decrypt (if you add a salt). I will send you a PM how to do it, so we will not derail your auction.
Good luck to everyone, this is a wonderful coin.

If you want to have a hidden reserve, then is this method the best in imo:
Publish a sha256 hash of the hidden reserve (+ salt) in the beginning of auction.
At the end of the auction then do you reveal your hidden reserve (+salt) and everybody can see
that it matches the hash published in the beginning.

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Lauda... that is a pretty shitty comment to make in a live auction.
I am really disappointed with you.

Please make your own thread if you want to start a new discussion of CI.

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