I was afraid to watch it as I know I would have got caught up in the bidding war. I had put internet bids on four items...healthy bids...but wound up outbid on three of them. There is something about the competitveness of the auction mode that leads one to overpay. I wanted the items I lost out on, but not at an extravagant price. I am happy with the one I got. Richard
Richard Del Belso Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:23:10 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MOPO] Observations on Heritage Auction To: [email protected] First let me congratulate everyone at Heritage. What a great auction. I also have to confess I didn’t get much work done today as I was watching it happen live on HA.com . That is some COOL software/web stuff. Being able to see the auction happen live and watch what was happening in the room was great! My only comment for next time is we want CROWD shots. Don’t be offended, it get’s boring seeing the auctioneer the whole time. Pointing at the left or right…. I have to say there were a few times it took a lot of personal strength NOT to click on the big BID NOW button. It was taunting me a few times on some items. But I just recently purchased a very expensive poster and I am tapped. In general it felt like items you see at every Heritage Auction or up on Ebay with some regularity didn’t do great. Didn’t do bad, but also not great. Items that didn’t come up all the time seemed to do quite well. (This is based on the estimates as I am average collector and by no means an expert on all poster prices.) It was also fascinating to see items that went way over estimate, you could actually SEE the BIDDING war happen right in front of you on the computer screen. Now that was cool and it really for the first time help me understand how every auction has one or two of those items where you scratch your head…… Just wondering what other people thought if they watched it or not. Best, Ira 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.
