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I believe similar to what LiveAuctioneers does now, but using the EBay platform instead. Turned into a huge clusterfudge. I remember attending a live auction in the Albany, NY area that was also accepting EBay bids….a large boxing collection was involved including a ton of original Dana photos. Nearly every winning bid was an in person bid…..and I will say, I got a ton of bargains in the process. So did another boxing guy I knew (who I was secretly hoping wouldn’t show ![]() The program ended up creating a lot of confusion and not really working out for anyone involved outside of a few savvy/lucky bidders. |
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I guess I don’t follow the premise.
There are plenty of high end cards that have been auctioned on eBay using a low starting bid. Prepandemic, it wasn’t uncommon to see cards in the 5 and even low 6 figure range get auctioned. While some of those auctions have gone away due to PWCC moving off the platform, and more and more inventory moving to the AHs, there is certainly a strong history of high end stuff being auctioned on eBay using their standard format. If I had to guess, any number of us participated in those auctions, and probably won plenty. But maybe there’s some reason why those past auctions don’t count towards your thought exercise?
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Don't look now but eBay Live is in beta mode.
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How about items that would normally sell for $1K or more, but these days, that seems to be just about anything that people really want. Maybe they could "theme" the auctions and have all T206s and then have another with E cards. I'm just thinking out loud here. Quote:
I couldn't imagine other AHs being involved. If they were involved then they'd have to abide by the extended bidding and closing rules set forth by ebay. The beauty is the ending format. Extended bidding to continue for 15 minutes and then not end until there is no bidding on the lot for 15 minutes. The lots would close independently. To me, that's one of the things I really dislike about the typical AHs, most close all the lots at one time. If the lots closed independently, then that would push people to put up or shut up sooner and end the carziness where people on the east coast are up to all hours of the AM. Quote:
This wouldn't be the standard format. This would be lots closing independently after 15 minutes of no bids. That's the big difference. With the current ebay format, people use snipe services. What this does is allow people to reconsider their bids because what happens if the snipe misses it because of a "lag" in network service or the bidder thinks "damn, I should have bid a little more". That gives the bidder the opportunity to rethink and rebid because the closing is after 15 minutes of NO bids. I'd like to see it. Perhaps it would "inspire" AHs to modify their closings so that people aren't waiting all night for the auction to close. A 15 minute no bid limit for the closing would seem reasonable to me. If someone really wants it, they'll bid on it. I'm going to guess that someone will say, "yeah, but if they get outbid on somethings in the auction, the late closing allows them to bid on other things". I get that, but this auction format would say "crap or get off the pot". If you really want it, bid on it. I like our variety of AHs we have, but a little innovation and competition is always healthy. Maybe somethings change for the positive. Again, just thinking out loud and wondering if people would prefer an independent lot closing format that isn't a fixed time, but based on the loss of bidding interest which leads to the lot closing.
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...or waking up in the morning to find that the auction is still open and going strong...
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The problem with selling high end cards on eBay vs auction houses is that eBay makes their money off of the seller while auction houses make most of their's off of the buyer. Sellers with a lot of high end cards can negotiate consignment rates with the auction house but they can't with eBay.
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At the same time, when it comes to 5 and 6 figure sales, eBay’s rates on a percentage basis are pretty low, especially if you’re willing to spend a few bucks to get one of their stores.
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I know from day one we were 15 minute clock and items close individually. We're almost always done by midnight eastern time.
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I dont really see the need for a large number of cards to go to auction and end at the same time. I'd just like to see "high end" (thats subjective) go to auction on ebay again. If that happened, the buyers would be there for sure.
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Now that I understand the premise, I’m not sure why there’s any question.
If we are willing to participate in this format for every other AH for high end stuff, it would seem like a no brainer to participate in a similar auction run by eBay. Unless the crux of the matter is that we find eBay to be odious, so we wouldn’t buy stuff on their platform, period.
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