Author Topic: Mid-auction analysis - OMGs!, LOLs!, WTFs!, whatev.... (Read 2203819 times)

Bruce · « **Reply #2075 on:** March 15, 2012, 05:58:41 AM »

I just woke up and saw this. Our auction host made a tiny technical change in the auctions in the middle of the night (they do it then so as to not affect auctions as they end), and that blocked our gallery from importing the latest prices.

I will get my tech guys to fix this, but it won't happen for around 4 hours from now, when they first get to work!

I apologize for this, and it IS very frustrating, but at least it will be fixed long before the auctions end.

For the record, here are the current prices of those Harry Potters:

2502983 8z001 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Daniel Radcliffe in title role! 9 $ 138.00
2502984 8z002 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Emma Watson as Hermione Granger! 4 $ 58.00
2502985 8z003 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley! 5 $ 46.00
2502986 8z004 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort! 4 $ 61.00
2502987 8z005 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Alan Rickman as Severus Snape! 3 $ 58.00
2502988 8z006 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix! 6 $ 63.00
2502989 8z007 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy! 4 $ 46.00
2502990 8z008 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Matthew Lewis as Neville! 11 $ 191.00
2502991 8z009 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 directed by David Yates, The Twins! 4 $ 17.00
2502992 8z010 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Warwick Davis as Griphook! 5 $ 42.00

agentprovocateur · « **Reply #2076 on:** March 15, 2012, 06:23:15 AM »

Thanks Bruce, no worries, sounds like you've got everything well under control... seems like me and these posters don't get on well!

Bruce · « **Reply #2077 on:** March 15, 2012, 06:25:25 AM »

I sense the work of Lord Voldemort in this!

Bruce

agentprovocateur · « **Reply #2078 on:** March 15, 2012, 10:25:19 AM »

Bruce · « **Reply #2079 on:** March 15, 2012, 10:38:08 AM »

It is now fixed. Now we have to identify the exact problem and try to make certain it won't happen again!

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Bruce

agentprovocateur · « **Reply #2080 on:** March 15, 2012, 11:25:24 AM »

You sure it's fully operational Bruce?

The ones I've re-bid on do show I'm the highest bidder but it's still showing an old price, then when you click on them they show the correct higher price!?

agentprovocateur · « **Reply #2081 on:** March 15, 2012, 11:34:18 AM »

Ignore me... all cool now

tstatum · « **Reply #2082 on:** March 15, 2012, 11:50:38 AM »

Quote from: agentprovocateur on March 15, 2012, 11:25:24 AM

You sure it's fully operational Bruce?

The ones I've re-bid on do show I'm the highest bidder but it's still showing an old price, then when you click on them they show the correct higher price!?

I noticed the same thing on probably the same poster

agentprovocateur · « **Reply #2083 on:** March 15, 2012, 11:55:52 AM »

yep, same poster... although there's a new fiend getting in on the action now!

110x75 · « **Reply #2084 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:01:35 PM »

I'm so happy I don't collect modern posters!!!

tstatum · « **Reply #2085 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:04:10 PM »

Well I'm out, I can already see this getting bat shit crazy before the night is over.

agentprovocateur · « **Reply #2086 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:07:10 PM »

Quote from: agentprovocateur on March 09, 2012, 08:32:50 AM

Hmmm interesting... after no thought at all my guess is the total for all 10 will be around $720! Give or take a few 100 either way

I'm going to see if I can bag one of these bad boys

Quote from: Bruce on March 15, 2012, 05:58:41 AM

I just woke up and saw this. Our auction host made a tiny technical change in the auctions in the middle of the night (they do it then so as to not affect auctions as they end), and that blocked our gallery from importing the latest prices.

I will get my tech guys to fix this, but it won't happen for around 4 hours from now, when they first get to work!

I apologize for this, and it IS very frustrating, but at least it will be fixed long before the auctions end.

For the record, here are the current prices of those Harry Potters:

2502983 8z001 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Daniel Radcliffe in title role! 9 $ 138.00
2502984 8z002 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Emma Watson as Hermione Granger! 4 $ 58.00
2502985 8z003 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley! 5 $ 46.00
2502986 8z004 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort! 4 $ 61.00
2502987 8z005 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Alan Rickman as Severus Snape! 3 $ 58.00
2502988 8z006 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix! 6 $ 63.00
2502989 8z007 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy! 4 $ 46.00
2502990 8z008 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Matthew Lewis as Neville! 11 $ 191.00
2502991 8z009 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 directed by David Yates, The Twins! 4 $ 17.00
2502992 8z010 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 teaser 1sh '11 Warwick Davis as Griphook! 5 $ 42.00

Well my estimate for how much they'd all go for was well out... the prices Bruce quoted this morning were exactly my ending total, $720!

joneyyy · « **Reply #2087 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:21:59 PM »

Quote from: agentprovocateur on March 15, 2012, 12:07:10 PM

$720!

agentprovocateur · « **Reply #2088 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:25:10 PM »

Exactly

eatbrie · « **Reply #2089 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:33:47 PM »

Just checked Bruce's auctions and saw Dale and Holiday's names attached to these...

Really?

Why?

T

paul waines · « **Reply #2090 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:34:06 PM »

Quote from: 110x75 on March 15, 2012, 12:01:35 PM

I'm so happy I don't collect modern posters!!!

You and Me both...

eatbrie · « **Reply #2091 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:39:31 PM »

Just read this on Bruce's auction: They were consigned to us by a Warner Bros executive who tells us he was told that they were created "for foreign distribution", but he doesn't know where (or if) they were actually distributed.

So Bruce heard from a guy who heard from a guy but at the end of the day the first guy admits he really doesn't know anything. Btw, if you already work at a studio, it takes 1 phone call (maybe 2) to distribution to find out what the posters are.

And two of our most refined collectors of modern posters are fighting over it.

Sorry guys, but it's my turn to say I'm sorry.

T

ddilts399 · « **Reply #2092 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:47:04 PM »

Rule number #1, if you have never seen something before, buy it.

Now, I am not going to go crazy as I am not really much of a Potter fan, but making a small push due to this rule.

paul waines · « **Reply #2093 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:51:19 PM »

I think Holiday has a duel ID, and he's just throwing people off the scent of what he's really after....

brude · « **Reply #2094 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:52:54 PM »

Quote from: ddilts399 on March 15, 2012, 12:47:04 PM

Rule number #1, if you have never seen something before, buy it.

Good rule here.
All you newbs take heed.

eatbrie · « **Reply #2095 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:56:07 PM »

Quote from: ddilts399 on March 15, 2012, 12:47:04 PM

Rule number #1, if you have never seen something before, buy it.

Now, I am not going to go crazy as I am not really much of a Potter fan, but making a small push due to this rule.

I don't like the guy who heard from a guy... It doesn't spell authenticity to me. Some of those posters were made into bus stops. Of course, it is possible that they did a print run just to see what they looked like, and then decided to stick to the bus stops. But so what? If this is true, they're just printouts made internally... printouts that were eventually discarded. Studios have tons of this shit. Boatloads. Sure, they could be fun for a Potter fan, but to spend that much money on them is beyond ridiculous.

Zorba · « **Reply #2096 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:56:27 PM »

I like to watch, eve.

brude · « **Reply #2097 on:** March 15, 2012, 12:59:05 PM »

Quote from: Zorba on March 15, 2012, 12:56:27 PM

I like to watch, eve.

Me too. Should be a dogfight....

eatbrie · « **Reply #2098 on:** March 15, 2012, 01:02:06 PM »

Quote from: brude on March 15, 2012, 12:59:05 PM

Me too. Should be a dogfight....

I'd like to see a screwdriver come out of that hole and poke the eye until blood streams out. That's exactly how I feel about this auction.

T

Bruce · « **Reply #2099 on:** March 15, 2012, 01:08:48 PM »

The consignor IS a Warner Bros exec and I know him personally. He saw them there, asked if he could have them and was given them. He asked what they were for and was told they were "for foreign distribution". That isn't THAT mysterious!

You make it sound like they were found by a guy who said they fell off the back of a truck!

Bruce

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