The Darkhorse Silent Auction Winners Announced!

Darkhorse · January 7, 2004 12:42PM

1: Winner: Historygeek

2: Winner: BigD5

3: Winner: ccrdragon

4: Winner: Compa

5: Winner: SYRACUSIAN

6: Winner: Askari

7: Winner: BigD5

8: Winner: izzy452

9: Winner: 0john0

10: Winner: laywersgunsnmoney

11: Winner: shiro

12: Winner: Askari

13: Winner: SYRACUSIAN

14: Winner: MacCrimmon

15: Winner: ccrdragon

16: Winner: layersgunsnmoney

17: Winner: lawyersgunsnmoney

18: Winner: Compa

19: Winner: laurentyvan

historygeek · January 7, 2004 12:54PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I was planning to bid...

satootoko · January 7, 2004 12:56PM

I never had time to see the original post!

historygeek · January 7, 2004 12:57PM

He had some wonderful coins...

Darkhorse · January 7, 2004 12:59PM

Hmm... SHOULD I accept the offer? I wasn't expecting an offer on the whole collection

Darkhorse · January 7, 2004 1:03PM

There were some coins I didn't post as well. Plus I want to be fair to the others as well. hmmm... dilema!

historygeek · January 7, 2004 1:07PM

Well, if you need the money quick then accept the offer, but the auction could get you more money...

Darkhorse · January 7, 2004 1:09PM

Well, I don't need the money pronto. Just overwhelmed by an initial offer I guess.

MacCrimmon · January 7, 2004 1:10PM

Well, you could run the auction akin to the ultra-highend proof sets, that is, obtain a high bid for each of the 17 lots, and then at the end, total the 17 different bids, add 10% then, and see if anyone desires to take that combined bid for the whole lot. Of course, others could still silent bid at that point for the entire group.

Darkhorse · January 7, 2004 1:23PM

There. We're back on. Now with 2 more coins.

I had concerns about sending that much stuff to the US in one package, too.

SYRACUSIAN · January 7, 2004 1:42PM

Íice, I just woke up

Darkhorse · January 7, 2004 1:46PM

whew, this is hard work!

trozau · January 7, 2004 2:01PM

Some nice coins here! Good luck to all the bidders!

Compa · January 7, 2004 9:04PM

Does the winning bid for each coin also get your original photos of that coin?

Can we get them printed and autographed for an extra fee?

Seriously ... some nice coins, I could never part with one or two of them! Bids to come over the weekend.

0john0 · January 7, 2004 10:05PM

Those are some great coins there. PM sent.
-john

laurentyvan · January 7, 2004 11:27PM

PM sent-could we could the gist of the original blanket offer-I missed it.

cosmicdebris · January 8, 2004 12:07AM

PM Sent

shirohniichan · January 8, 2004 2:33AM

Oops, I hit the wrong button.

historygeek · January 8, 2004 2:43AM

Shiro:

<<Send me a PM to bid on an item and I will update the number of bids and the higest bid in the thread. >>

Darkhorse · January 8, 2004 3:41AM

Updated. Lord, this is harder to maintain than I thought.

historygeek · January 8, 2004 3:49AM

No wonder American coins costs so much... you guys keep driving up the prices.

Darkhorse · January 8, 2004 3:57AM

Yes for that reason I've decided that shipping will be included in the final bid price. Expectations have already been exceeded you wonderful people, you.

Darkhorse · January 8, 2004 4:16AM

tabulating results

1jester · January 8, 2004 4:38AM

Are prices in Canadian Dollars?

Darkhorse · January 8, 2004 4:58AM

No, USD. I should've made that clear I guess.

0john0 · January 8, 2004 5:22AM

Did you edit out the phrase about no sniping, or was that in my mind?
So does that mean we can snipe, based on the PCGS time of our PM?

-j

Darkhorse · January 8, 2004 5:28AM

Yes, you may snipe.
I didn't think I could prevent any sniping so I took out that disclaimer. But please PLEASE keep in mind that I can't update the thread very fast.

laurentyvan · January 8, 2004 7:28AM

Hmmmm..... bidding strategy based on "no sniping" now in co*ked hat. Must keep fingers crossed.

You know I'm getting sick and tired of not being able to type normal english words, part of which if left standing alone might be construed as dangerous.

That means I can't say, Co*k your gun
the co*k crowed at sunrise
or anything similar. But I can say "Mon doigt dans ton cue" which if I used with a burly french dock worker would land me in the hospital right quick.

Darkhorse · January 8, 2004 7:51AM

I don't think sniping will be very successful in this case because things aren't updated automatically. For instance if I get a number of bids 5 or 10 minutes before the end of the auction it'll take me a while to get the thread prices updated and if I can't get things updated in time any snipe might be pointless.
I asked that things be civil in this auction and it has been so far.

historygeek · January 8, 2004 1:06PM

TTT

Darkhorse · January 8, 2004 1:42PM

Things have calmed down since I stated you can snipe. Certainly calmed things down! Which is good because maintaining this thing is harder than I anticipated.

I have no idea how many PMs I got today. Dozens I wager.

Darkhorse · January 9, 2004 2:45AM

ttt

Darkhorse · January 9, 2004 10:20AM

updated

Darkhorse · January 11, 2004 4:01AM

ttt

cosmicdebris · January 11, 2004 4:36AM

I am out. The bids for the coins I wanted went beyond Kruase values for me.

Darkhorse · January 12, 2004 3:52AM

ttt

Darkhorse · January 12, 2004 7:12AM

3 hours to go.

Darkhorse · January 12, 2004 9:01AM

We're in the final hour of the auction. I accept payment in the form of cash (preferred) or a USPS international money order (make certain it's an international money order).

I will wait until your money has arrived and cleared before I send the coin if I don't really know you that well.

Darkhorse · January 12, 2004 11:24AM