Pudsey Bear
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Always push, but not bad really, I said 20ish
Our Adria Coral 680SL for sale on Ebay.
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RichardHelen262
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Sounds like a decent offer as prices of motorhomes and caravans are falling
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Obviously you do
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Personally no. The guy has shown his hand, he'll be bidding 17500 at least. I reckon Kev's probably nearer the mark.
I sold a digger a few years back, I bought it for 3k after messaging the eBay seller with a cheeky offer. A year later I put it back on eBay auction and got offered 4.5k to end early which I considered TBF. Ended up at 7.5k, god knows why but the winner turned up, paid cash and left me great feedback. Go figure.
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The way auctions work though it could mean the under bidder bids £15k the winner bids £20k but actually gets the mh for £15,100 because the price rises by incremental bidding.
Hence my indecisiveness.
Someone else is viewing today, if they like the mh that will be three people who are keen to buy.
Incidently, the first viewer was a very good looking young Italian guy who Izzy went all wobbly legs over!
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Yep, but £15,100 is still more than 15k, you're getting huge traffic viewing the van, you only need 2 interested parties to push the price up.
The only advantages to ending early are you're reducing the chance of being messed around after the auction ends and you'll avoid the eBay fee.
Personally I feel the likelihood of achieving a higher amount outweigh these.
IF the winner doesn't show then you'll have a list of under bidders to contact.
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So true, at our auction house, two people got into a bidding war over a Beswick pottery Cocker Spaniel, at the time it should have sold for £15-20 as estimated, however, auction fever took over these two individuals and they pushed the price to £110.
Daft thing was, we had two more Cockers in the next auction, both sold for £15.
Psychologically, your first bid claims ownership of the item, some scrote comes along and out bids you, how very dare they, so you bid again and so it goes on until common-sense prevails - or the wallet is empty! Called auction fever in the business.
If it was one of my rather fetching but badly stained mankini's for auction, I would probably accept the £17500 offer, no second thoughts on that score.
Wanna put a bid on the mankini, Merl? Go on, I know you want to.
Anybody?
Pudsey Bear
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The thing is, you can never win an auction; you just pay more than anyone else thinks it's worth.
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Makes me laugh watching homes under the hammer. The auctioneer bangs his gavel, shouts "SOLD", points to the winning bidder and says "Well bid sir" ....... All the bidder did was put his hand up, and pay more than anyone else was prepared to and he gets congratulated
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Ah, but the person who came up with the proverb 'A bird in the hand is better than a bird in the bush' has obviously never been in The Bush on a Saturday night - especially in mid-December ...
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Are you getting something smaller Eric or are you hanging up the keys
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Not getting any use out of it Gordon due partially to our general physical condition. It’s also too big for my daughter to use so I was considering going for a campervan that we could both use.
izwozral
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Only partly true.Makes me laugh watching homes under the hammer. The auctioneer bangs his gavel, shouts "SOLD", points to the winning bidder and says "Well bid sir" ....... All the bidder did was put his hand up, and pay more than anyone else was prepared to and he gets congratulated
When you spot the 'sleeper' and you get it for next to nothing. At a small auction held at the Sale Rugby Club, I bought a L.S.Lowry print titled 'Level Crossing With Train', I paid £5.00 which was the opening bid.
What everyone had failed to notice was the embossed 'blind stamp' and the L.S.Lowry signature in pencil and limited edition number, these were partly hidden by the frame.
Four years later I sold it at Adam Partridges auction for £3,390.
I've still got a limited edition of Sgt Peppers artwork signed by [Sir] Peter Blake. Paid £4, again at Sale Rugby Club.
Also by Peter Blake, 12x original silk screens titled Alphabet, Sold 1x a few years back for £995. I paid £30 for the lot
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There's always one
Well done Ral, but it doesn't happen that often to that scale. The auctioneer is the real winner, getting paid twice.
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My father was never away from Auction rooms.Makes me laugh watching homes under the hammer. The auctioneer bangs his gavel, shouts "SOLD", points to the winning bidder and says "Well bid sir" ....... All the bidder did was put his hand up, and pay more than anyone else was prepared to and he gets congratulated
He was injured in Italy during WW2 and spent a year in hospital in 1945/6 at the end of the war. During that stay in hospital he was taught how to fix watches by another patient in the hospital. This became a hobby for my father until he passed away in 2003.
He would buy watches and clocks at auction which required repair, and fix them and sold them once they where fixed. But our home was furnished from the carpets on the floor furniture, etc which all came from auction sales. I used to go with him and bid for fishing tackle I got some bargains there. My dad always set a limit never going over it.
If you know what you are doing auction sales both in auction rooms, and now online can be a great place to get bargains. If my dad was still here he would have loved eBay.
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Yep, very well done. I wouldn't call it good bidding though, more like good rare artwork spotting. To be "good bidding" the guy would have to be doing something really special, so rather than simply putting his hand up or nodding he'd have to do while spinning plates or performing a trapeze act. Or maybe walking across the room John Cleese silly walk style while simultaneously touching his nose.There's always one
Well done Ral,
izwozral
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Of course he is. That is why we set up an auction house!There's always one
Well done Ral, but it doesn't happen that often to that scale. The auctioneer is the real winner, getting paid twice.
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Ral Pritchard is a name associated with Northwich Auction through Invaluable.com, a website that lists auctions globally. Ral Pritchard and Peter Critchley have combined experience in the Antiques and Collectables market. Their auction house is simply called Northwich Auction and is located in Barnton, UK.
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- Name: Ral Pritchard (also associated with Peter Critchley)
- Auction House: Northwich Auction
- Location: Barnton, UK
- Website: Found via Invaluable.com