Hunt Superbowl auction winnings

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by tcornett

I won 2 items, 1951 nfl championship program and some Steelers GU footballs from the 80's. I followed and bid through eBay. I thought the bid retractions were strange as well. I also thought it was interesting they would show lots as passed, start auctioning the next item, then all of a sudden be back on the previous items after other items were sold. The Jim Brown Jersey was one of these Items, they passed on it, then came back to it and it went for over 50k. Guess they wanted to wait for the right bidder!

I probably would have won more lots, but eBay didn't take my bid several times. At least 3 items went for less than what I was trying to bid.

i was definitely happy to add the championship program, the gu balls were just because they went cheap enough.

Tim

That's strange - I was bidding online, but not through ebay. Sometimes when you bid in a live auction through ebay, you pay an additional premium. Hopefully that didn't happen to you, since you could have bid straight through Hunt.

[tcornett]

Oh great, didn't even realize I could have gone straight to Hunts. I stumbled upon the auction searching eBay, so I assumed this was the only way to bid.
I just checked their website for the results, and it states prices include 15% buyers premium, that is what I was charged, so I guess I got lucky. ( if you consider paying 15% extra lucky!)

The invoice came directly from Hunts, and not through the normal eBay channels.

Tim

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by tcornett

Oh great, didn't even realize I could have gone straight to Hunts. I stumbled upon the auction searching eBay, so I assumed this was the only way to bid.
I just checked their website for the results, and it states prices include 15% buyers premium, that is what I was charged, so I guess I got lucky. ( if you consider paying 15% extra lucky!)

The invoice came directly from Hunts, and not through the normal eBay channels.

Tim

Good to hear!

Well, funny - I didn't get an invoice, so I suppose neither of my high bids, either the live one or the one stated on their website, were actually the high bids. I had a near-miss with an improperly-described item in their last auction, so there are at least two strikes now.

Good photos, honest descriptions, minimal auction hiccups and great customer service are paramount for auction houses. But many of them still aren't getting it.