----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 3:40
PM
Subject: [MOPO] Lions and tigers and
bears...
Now... now... fellas, let's play nice. Let's have no casting of
aspersions. No one shills, that's paranoia on the part of losing bidders. No
one ever overpays for anything -- you can always just not bid, right? It's
been proven by government laboratories that the fact is
that everyone has better packaging, pictures and descriptions than
everyone else. Heritage buffs are out in force lauding the catalog and
asking leading questions about the upcoming event... Bruce backers
will be doing the same shortly as his next event approaches... And the idea
that someone (men in yellow coats, perhaps?) might shill bid on
multiple items using a portfolio of identities developed over the
years without the knowledge of any given Auctioneer or Auction House, why
that's just science fiction. They would know if someone tried that. Just
how I don't know personally, but I'm sure they must have some way and so can
reassure us with absolute certainly that it can't happen here. Private
auctions are for our own protection -- privacy is a good thing (it says so in
the U.S. constitution). The suggestion that private
auctions might somehow be used to hide something is just sour grapes on
the part of those who can't afford to pop for another couple hundred bucks on
that last bid. Copying someone's format is the sincerest form of flattery,
after all. As for the best strategy to employ when bidding
on a crazy format of "now you see it on eBay... whoops, now you
don't... but hey, look, it's actually closing over here somewhere
tomorrow..." ? Oh come now, you really want to know my thoughts
on bidding on an setup like that? Look, it just so happens that everyone
almost always overpays at these Major Events for almost everything because...
well... because that's just the way it is. Big-time auctioneers and auction
houses are the long-suffering, beneficent GODS of the MOVIE POSTER UNIVERSE
and the rest of us should just shut up and open our wallets and kiss our
bank accounts goodbye. Bidders are such ingrates and cry babies.
-- JR... in full Poster Curmudgeon mode and not feeling apologetic about
it at all, folks...
"He's had his three posts for the day, get him outta here!"
"Forget about it, Jake... It's MOPOtown..."
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