Randal, you said : ". In fact, one could argue that heritage actually discourages participation through ebay, due to the additional 5% bp they tack on to ebay-based winning bids".
Please clarify, because I just won an item from Heritage via eBay proxy bid and was charged only 15% BP? Zeev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage Auction > --------------------------------------- > At 2:09 AM -0600 3/19/05, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >..OR... one could bid on all the other auctions out there that have > >NO BUYER'S PREMIUM and save 15% or 20% or whatever... > > The posters I'm looking for are rarely available elsewhere on ebay or > mopobid. And when they do occasionally appear, more often than not > the starting bids are more than I have paid with heritage, even > including the bp. An auction with an advanced starting bid isn't an > auction, it's just a For Sale ad. Which is fine, as long as everyone > understands that. But since posters have no true intrinsic value, > like many I prefer bidding in a true auction, thereby knowing that > there's at least one other person out there who's willing to pay > (nearly) as much as I am. Or often, more. > > Hershenson is the only ebayer to consistently offer the high-end 50s > sci-fi material that I covet as true auctions, i.e. with starting > bids well below the current generally accepted value of each piece. > And no one does this on mopobid, as far as I can tell. From my > perspective, the sellers have to be there FIRST, with great stuff at > low opening bids, or the buyers will not show up or bid in > significant numbers. > > And as far as hershenson vs heritage goes, in my experience, prices > realized have been pretty much a draw, even factoring in the heritage > bp. For example, I picked up one heritage poster two days ago for > $375 at the hammer, so, $431.25 with bp. The same poster, in very > similar backed condition, is at $406 now in the current hershenson > auction, with 3 days to go. It will almost certainly close for > substantially more than I paid, bp or no bp. Or consider Cat > People. Bruce got $12100 for one last December. Condition issues > aside, the heritage onesheet went for $10000, or $11500 with bp. The > presence or absence of a bp should be a minor consideration for the > buyer, a simple calculation to do, and not a matter of national > security or moral outrage. > > >big-buck, high-quality, high-end sellers). For some reason Heritage > >seems to be able to operate on a completely different playing field > >using a completely different set of rules and expectations than those > >which people expect all other on-line sellers to operate by. > > I'm afraid I have to disagree with this, as well. Heritage isn't the > only auction house to arrange for ebayers to participate in their > live auctions in real time; not by a long shot. Go to eBay Live > sometime and check out the schedule of upcoming auctions; it's as > long as your arm, all kinds of stuff from many different live > auctioneers, and almost all including a stipulated buyer's premium. > Heritage may be the only one that routinely deals in posters, but > they hardly occupy a unique position in ebay's business model. In > fact, one could argue that heritage actually discourages > participation through ebay, due to the additional 5% bp they tack on > to ebay-based winning bids. Some eBay Live auctioneers just charge > their standard bp with no additional fees. > > RK > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
