 | | The AucZilla 500 auction
|
|
That auction was certainly a novel experience for me - having so many sets to choose from. I had a great time bidding in it - thanks Todd and Charles for organizing it. Now that it is winding down, I was wondering what impressions people had from (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
|
| |
| | Re: The AucZilla 500 auction
|
|
Well, since I bought a pretty expensive new vehicle recently, I had only one set I really wanted (Well, OK, I wanted them all, but then reality sets in again! :) ) the 4031 fire boat, the one with the helicopter on it, it is the only boat I did not (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
|
| |
| | Re: The AucZilla 500 auction
|
|
(...) What makes you assume I don't have more sets lying around for sale? :-) --Todd [followups to lugnet.market.auction] (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
|
| |
| | Re: The AucZilla 500 auction
|
|
(...) I had this happen to me also. It turned out the person bidding against me was new to auctioning and didn't understand proxy bidding. A gentle note to him prompted a proxy bid from him (which still didn't beat mine). (...) One reason I see: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
|
| |
| | Re: The AucZilla 500 auction
|
|
(...) I thought this was a feature, not a problem. I confess I sometimes bid the minimum increment on G2 items just to keep them open. I felt I had to keep something on the backburner just in case I got beat on my prime targets. I glad I did it too (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
|
| |
| | Re: The AucZilla 500 auction
|
|
(...) $100 for a 1906 is one heck of an oddity. I paid something like $38 including shipping for a brand new sealed copy about 6 months ago, and I don't recall seeing one go over $50 at any other time. Just goes to show you that auctions sometimes (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
|
