OT: I wonder if there was shill bidding?

[Peter_Spaeth]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/05/asia/...ion/index.html

[frankbmd]

I believe that is a High End (HE) sticker on the tuna's right flank.

[AGuinness]

Plus it has a Heinie Wagner auto on its dorsal fin (full COA)....


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[RedsFan1941]

i guess the tuna game has whales too

[Throttlesteer]

It was found in Grandpa Moby's Attic

[mantlefan]

Yep. I see EBAY bidder Sta*rK**t ran it up big time.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by mantlefan

Yep. I see EBAY bidder Sta*rK**t ran it up big time.

If so, the winning bidder got a raw deal. But he could sue, si?

[Bill77]

The auction seemed fishy to me.

[frankbmd]

I may be all wet, but I believe this is the best tuna thread this forum has ever seen.

[nolemmings]

My first look at that big tuna sent me reeling, but the more I see it, the more I'm hooked. I wonder if it took 54 nets to land it. Seems like a good topic for de-bait.

[brianp-beme]

The thread is pretty interesting, but I have already started to tuna it out.

Brian

[Bigdaddy]

Well Frank, you know what they say, "You can tuna piano, but you can't tuna fish"

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I may be all wet, but I believe this is the best tuna thread this forum has ever seen.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The winning bidder burst into song, but he can't carry a tuna.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The thread is pretty interesting, but I have already started to tuna it out.

Brian

It does present a good opportunaty for humor though.

[nolemmings]

For those of us unschooled in fish genders, can you tell if that tuna is ahi or a-she?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

For those of us unschooled in fish genders, can you tell if that tuna is ahi or a-she?

It's a sue-she

[Fred]

of course there was shell bidding...

[frankbmd]

Gill bidding is rampant in these Japanese Fish Market Auctions.

[OLDBILL]

Assuming the whole thing was used, 612 lbs x 16 oz/lb /12 oz/can = 816 cans of tuna...or... better yet, -one delicious 1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by OLDBILL

Assuming the whole thing was used, 612 lbs x 16 oz/lb /12 oz/can = 816 cans of tuna...or... better yet, -one delicious 1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner!

It seems unlikely the bidder will recoup his investment going that route.

[chalupacollects]

This thread had me hook, line and sinker!!!

[JollyElm]

Recently got a catch of mine graded in the group sub to Professional Saltwater Authenticators, but I didn't notice the small problem with the tail, so I got hammered with the dreaded PD (predator defect) qualifier...

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[Throttlesteer]

It was caught with a Carew Rod.

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It seems unlikely the bidder will recoup his investment going that route.

I guess tuna doesn’t scale up like Honus does.


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[terjung]

Bill Parcels remains unimpressed

[Stampsfan]

I'll bet it's more valuable if it remains unopened.

... or if it's remains are unopened.

[Lorewalker]

My friend, Salmon I were going to put a bid on the tuna for the halibut before herring, that Dr. Marlin, a koi heart sturgeon with no sole, would be bidding. Once bidding began some shrimp with mussels tide up the dock who could not raise his paddle to bid.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by terjung

Bill Parcels remains unimpressed

He may have weighed more at one point.