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(...) He has upadted his auction listing, so I will quote it here: "My reserve is a very reasonable 95,000 dollars, that includes delivery, storage containers, filing system, et all! " Also, A little detective work shows he may be a Lugnet Member (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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The same kinda thing works on eBay - you'll need an accomplice to watch the bidding & make sure they win the auction. You still pay the listing fee. Or you can set an un-realistic reserve, but then the listing fee will be higher, and you still have (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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David Schilling wrote in message ... (...) honest (...) anyway. I think he may have gotten closer to his asking price if he had spent more time documenting his collection. I'm sure this would have taken a lot of time, but people expect a lot if (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) If Frank F. moves out to California, I can probably retire early. (Unfortunately Uncle Dan does not know how to post to this site yet.) Hoepfully someone will teach me. (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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In the real world, if the buyer wants a valuation only, then they instruct the auctioneer to that effect, and the auctioneer bids for them. They win, but still pay a buyer's fee. (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) This could backfire on the seller, then, if the only reason for the auction is to get a value for insurance purposes. If people know there's no way they'll ever match the reserve, they won't bid on it. Since it's not honest to get a valuation (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I've been there too... I've never fully sorted all of 20000 pieces I took on. A lesson like that might teach you not to do it again, but, there's nothing quite like the first plunge, especially if it's sets from your dark ages. (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Interesting that you mention fire. I was talking with a fire-fighter friend of mine one night. I said something about all my Legos and that they were made from ABS. He kinda cringed and said that ABS had some nasty toxic properties when (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) For those who have such collections which they are looking to sell much of, one way to deal with it could be to occasionally invite folks over to browse the collection and make bids on things their interested in. If they discover something you (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Somewhere in the "high 5 figures" is what he put in the auction notes. I'd guess, since he called the 'minimum value' 50 grand if he broke it up, that he's looking for 80 or 90 grand. Based on what his claims are about his collection, it might (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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r2 wrote in message ... (...) Well forget it. He emailed me and told me the amount of money he was wanting, it is way high. I don't think it is worth my time to go look at the Lego and you guys would never raise enough money for this lot, given the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I'm not big on "me too" posts but I really have to say how much I agree with this one. I have bought 2 different large collections, and been part of a consortium on another. None of them are anywhere near completely put back together and I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I am slowly becomming convinced that it isn't worth trying to reconstruct sets unless you know a particular set is in a collection, and you really want to build it. I haven't decided yet what the best way to document a collection for insurance (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I've been there too. I usually pick through the unsorted box and remove stickered and fragile elements, wash and dry the collection and then start doing a rough sort...then fine sort...and then start building the sets...I don't know of a more (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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"r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:G8CFAK.LAA@lugnet.com... (...) I looked at those pictures and thought to myself "ugh", I can't imagine sorting it. I have picked up unsorted used LEGO on a couple of occasions and the process of sorting (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I would also treat an auction like this with a healthy dose of skepticism. I am not implying anything about this seller, but consider someone who wants to exit the LEGO hobby and boosts his collection by buying a bunch of blue tubs. Depending (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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r2 wrote in message ... (...) time (...) I am still waiting for him to call me. I am becoming more skeptical, but maybe he will prove me right. Rose (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Earlier, I posted a message where I estimated about 475K pieces. The more I think about this (and reread the specific wording of the auction), I wonder if I overestimated. If that 'over a ton' includes the weight of the containers, then I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) I agree. Just wanted to gauge other timetables concerning this. I think if done correctly this shouldn't hurt the market. (...) Just out of curiousity. Haven't seen any posts recently about any get togethers and haven't had the chance to bug (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Hello all, My name is Eric Sophie, I would like to invite you all to come see all my Robots at an Art Show in Jersey City, for details check out: www.regurgitationshow.com - I will have my latest and greatest there at the show and I would very much (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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