Live Auctions on the Front Page....

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I really enjoyed the threads from a few years ago of "list a card you would sell for $500" and "list a card you would sell for $1000" Those were fun.

They WERE fun but except for a few gimmees on the front end there weren't a lot of deals made, I don't think. Maybe a few...
And as stated, I am open to some lower valued items too.

I am leaning towards giving it a try. Maybe a 5 day auction? because in this case I think 7 would be too long?
..and the last day pin it to the top for more eyes?

If this adds some more liveliness to the forum it won't be a bad thing. We will see...
Keep the ideas rolling....and thanks again.

[Snapolit1]

Maybe people could take the same $1000 cards from 2 years ago and now offer to sell them for $15,000. Like on eBay.

Originally Posted by Leon

They WERE fun but except for a few gimmees on the front end there weren't a lot of deals made, I don't think. Maybe a few...
And as stated, I am open to some lower valued items too.

I am leaning towards giving it a try. Maybe a 5 day auction? because in this case I think 7 would be too long?
..and the last day pin it to the top for more eyes?

If this adds some more liveliness to the forum it won't be a bad thing. We will see...
Keep the ideas rolling....and thanks again.

[UKCardGuy]

Leon, when you say "on the front page", I assume that it would still be members-only, right?

I like the idea but I think the current live auctions could be cleaned up if there was a way to filter out closed auctions. There's only about 7 live auctions there are the moment, but it's not easy to tell that's the case.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by Leon

They WERE fun but except for a few gimmees on the front end there weren't a lot of deals made, I don't think. Maybe a few...
And as stated, I am open to some lower valued items too.

I am leaning towards giving it a try. Maybe a 5 day auction? because in this case I think 7 would be too long?
..and the last day pin it to the top for more eyes?

If this adds some more liveliness to the forum it won't be a bad thing. We will see...
Keep the ideas rolling....and thanks again.

Some piggy backing...

Pinned to the top (always) for visibility and interaction
Maybe two a week, (one prewar, one not) ending on Sun at noon, extended bidding ends if no one bids in 54 min?
Selection curated by Leon, using his empathic talents to consider the po' folk amongst us occasionally
Hopefully item is non-graded or "fun"/unusual
Owner writes up description with a preface by Leon on why he chose it
Owner willing to accept no reserve with a low starting bid

Sounds like fun, regardless!

[JeremyW]

I think it's worth a shot.

[Bigdaddy]

I like DeerTick's idea of two a week with one pre-war and one post-war. Maybe have a min value of ~$1k for pre-war and ~$250 for postwar. Five days, and as someone said above, 24 (or XX) hours after the last bid, minimizing sniping and 3:00 AM end times.

Finally, if a card does not sell, the member auctioning the card doesn't get another turn on the front page for six months. Tired of seeing the same cards on BST listed and bumped for months waiting for someone with cash to burn.

And one last thing I need some help with. Strictly speaking, pre-war should be before WWII started (you can't be pre-war if the war is raging) and post-war should be after it ended. So what are the in-between years??

[edjs]

What did I tell you? People just don’t understand that the main page is for PREWAR cards. Meaning prior or equal to Sept 2, 1945.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by edjs

What did I tell you? People just don’t understand that the main page is for PREWAR cards. Meaning prior or equal to Sept 2, 1945.

Sorry, Ed. Just got too excited.
My shortcut for the past 6 years lands on the Vintage Memorabilia page.

[Jewish-collector]

Put a big colorful box or something at the top of the main page in the white rectangular space above the words "Vintage Links" and "Old Cardboard" that says "Go to our NEW Net54 Vintage Auction or something like that.

[buymycards]

Originally Posted by edjs

What did I tell you? People just don’t understand that the main page is for PREWAR cards. Meaning prior or equal to Sept 2, 1945.

Hi Ed, the US declared war on Japan on Dec 8, 1941, so pre-war would be Dec 7, 1941 and earlier.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Hi Ed, the US declared war on Japan on Dec 8, 1941, so pre-war would be Dec 7, 1941 and earlier.

This argument is why the name of this specific part of the forum, and it's definition, was changed to WWII and Older. So any day before Sept 2nd 1945.
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