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Topic: [Nate Sanders] Jack Swigert mementos (Jan 2015)
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bklyn55
Member Posts: 361
From: Milford, CT
Registered: Dec 2014
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posted 01-29-2015 09:50 PM
   
I've never participated in a live auction before and thought I'd give it a shot. The Nate D. Sanders Jan. 2015 auction just ended and I was quite disappointed. Not only were there a relatively small selection of items, about 95% received no bids. I bid the minimum on a Jack Swigert signed Apollo 13 cover with an LOA from his sister attesting to its authenticity. I was the only bidder and got it for $300. I'm pleased as s**t, but I wonder why only two other bids were offered on two different items, at minimum bid. I would have thought that a Jack Swigert Apollo 9 flown Robbins medal would at least have opened for a minimum bid of $1,700. |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1673
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 01-30-2015 09:33 AM
Don't count on having won it until you have seen an invoice. Usually the starting bid is just that a start, not a selling price. It will have an unrealistically high reserve. Hopefully that will not happen here, they priced it reasonably at $300 plus premium which is $375.That is the reason you do not see that many people bidding on his auctions. I have "won" several times only to have found that I did not win the item as it did not reach reserve, though I have won once or twice Good luck on yours.
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rgarner
Member Posts: 1193
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-30-2015 09:56 AM
Nobody I know bothers to bid these days. The pieces you're seeing on their website have been recycled for months because they never reach their reserve. |
tnperri
Member Posts: 452
From: Malvern, Ohio
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 01-30-2015 10:36 AM
There is a flown snoopy pin with box and docs for only $750 (no one bid on it and there is a buy it now option). |
rgarner
Member Posts: 1193
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-30-2015 10:40 AM
I don't think a late Shuttle Snoopy Pin is worth $750, but that is just me. |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1673
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 01-30-2015 11:07 AM
Actually had the Snoopy pin been sold, it would have been $937 after fees. And that is definitely too high. |
bklyn55
Member Posts: 361
From: Milford, CT
Registered: Dec 2014
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posted 01-30-2015 06:22 PM
Well, you guys got me all psyched up and ready to get my son (a lawyer) to send a nasty letter to Mr. Sanders. Especially after I saw the same cover on the new auction that started today.Cooler heads prevailed and I called them to see if there was some unspecified "hidden" reserve on my item and was that the reason I hadn't received an invoice. I was politely told that they no longer have unspecified reserves. Seems a lot of people "didn't like that," and indeed I had won the item. An invoice will be emailed tomorrow. So, if anybody wants a Jack Swigert signed cover and thinks $300 + $75 reserve is fair, go for it! |
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