> I've also thought about making the auction 'private' in the sense you > wouldn't know who would be bidding on the game. Do you all think that > this would be a good idea or a bad one?
Definitely a good one, in the sense that you'd be sparing the winner from being harrassed with requests for image copies. But do offer to e-mail an HTML version of the final auction page after close (with the winning bidder's info edited out of course) so people can at least check on the other bidders and get assurance that you're not using shilling to drive the price up. (Then again, you have a good rep as one of the Dragons, hopefully this wouldn't be necessary. But it never hurts to be proactive and assure your public.) > I thought about posting the auction and the whys of the auction to the > appropriate newsgroups. I could also email some collectors/Ultima > people such as John Romero or even Richard Garriott himself. If I do > this I would want to make a real production of it (for obvious > reasons). Any suggestions are welcome. :) Talk to Eli Tomlinson. He seems to have done a good job of promoting his quarter-million games auction. (Even though it didn't sell, it sure got a lot of attention.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
