[meteorite-list] Lost on the way to Mike's auction

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:10:12 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <309598.45115.qm_at_web36902.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Mike -

I don't want to opine about posting the prices, but I
did loose Stefan from Chladni's Heirs on the way to
your auction - how about flyers with a nice large
simple map on the back next year?

good hunting,
Ed

--- Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:

>
>
> the macovich auction---where there was always staff
> to accommodate
> immediate payment & property pick-up---is returning
> to tucson next year.
>
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Jim Strope wrote:
>
> > I did NOT volunteer to offer my services for $100-
> to be your check
> > out
> > person but I am sure you can find some intelligent
> college student
> > at the U
> > of A that would be happy to do the service for a
> Hundred Bucks and
> > free
> > beer. (Beer to be consumed after the auction, of
> course).
> >
> >
> > Jim Strope
> > 421 Fourth Street
> > Glen Dale, WV 26038
> >
> > http://www.catchafallingstar.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
> > To: "Jim Strope" <nwa482 at comcast.net>; "Meteorite
> List"
> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AUCTION RESULTS -
> Blood and Lang
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >> Just got back from the big one.
> >> Haven't come close to reading all my 473
> emails, but I am more
> >> convinced than ever that the lack of an
> additional check out person
> >> at my auction is, indeed, a situation in need of
> correcting. My plan
> >> for this year fell through at the last minute but
> I am now more
> >> determined than ever to correct this problem once
> and for all.
> >> Imagine my delight in hearing Jim Strope
> is willing to
> >> perform that duty for only $100! Yippie! You're
> hired, Jim!
> >> Please, everyone, let Jim know how grateful you
> are for being
> >> willing to take care of this for us all. It will
> make the final buy
> >> outs go twice as quickly, as well.
> >> I also read that people are increasingly
> wanting auction
> >> prices
> >> listed and even show dealers are chiming in in
> favor of this (at
> >> least
> >> in one instance - haven't been able to read all
> posts, as mentioned -
> >> and I do see that as another appropriate list
> topic) and I am,
> >> therefore,
> >> reconsidering this, as my major issue in the past
> has been regarding
> >> the feelings of the show dealers on this issue. I
> will make a
> >> decision
> >> in the next day or two and, if in favor of
> posting prices, will do so
> >> via the on-line catalog. I am currently leaning
> in favor of doing so,
> >> but if I do, the list will remain posted for like
> 30 days, not all
> >> year.
> >> I would like to hear PRIVATELY from any and all
> dealers on this
> >> issue in the next 24 hrs. Please contact me
> directly via email with
> >> "POSTING AUCTION PRICES" in the subject box so
> that I read
> >> your opinion immediately. While I am not stating
> I will automatically
> >> go with the majority opinion on this, it will be
> the major
> >> determining
> >> factor in making up my mind on this particular
> issue - and there is
> >> no need for this particular topic to be bantered
> about on the list.
> >>
> ----------------------------
> >> As for all other details (timing of
> sellers being paid,
> >> buyers'
> >> credit card processing, absentee bidders being
> notified, etc) will be
> >> handled one on one, as per announcements prior
> to the auction - not
> >> via the Meteorite List newsletter where these are
> not appropriate
> >> topics.
> >> Best wishes to all, Michael
> >> (PS: My name is not "Blood," it is Michael Blood.
> If you do not
> >> choose
> >> to use my first name it is then appropriate to
> place "Mr." in
> >> front of
> >> my family name. We are not raw recruits in the
> military nor High
> >> School jerks - though some times I wonder about
> the latter)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> on 2/8/07 8:41 AM, Jim Strope at
> nwa482 at comcast.net wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Obviously, a lack of staff results in less than
> optimum customer
> >>> service.
> >>> Perhaps spending an extra $100- to hire someone
> to check out
> >>> bidders who
> >>> want to leave would have a positive impact on
> the auction results
> >>> as a
> >>> whole. I personally know of at least two
> collectors who refused to
> >>> attend
> >>> an auction because of lack of customer service.
> I also
> >>> personally know
> >>> of
> >>> one collector who left without paying because he
> got tired of
> >>> waiting.
> >>>
> >>> Hopefully, next year will be a more pleasant
> experience.
> >>>
> >>> Jim Strope
> >>> 421 Fourth Street
> >>> Glen Dale, WV 26038
> >>>
> >>> http://www.catchafallingstar.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Moni Waiblinger-Seabridge"
> <moni2555 at hotmail.com>
> >>> To: <nwa482 at comcast.net>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:31 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AUCTION RESULTS -
> Blood and Lang
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Jim and All,
> >>>>
> >>>> I also go to an auction and it is the same as
> you describe.
> >>>> I think if you have to wait until all the
> auction is done, it is
> >>>> simply
> >>>> because there isn't enough staff.
> >>>> At the auction I attend, there is two
> auctioneers that take
> >>>> turns and
> >>>> then
> >>>> about three people helping with showing,
> putting the items on
> >>>> the back
> >>>> table and as you wrote, getting the items and
> handing them to
> >>>> the winner
> >>>> after his purchase.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> With best regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>> Moni
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> From: "Jim Strope" <nwa482 at comcast.net>
> >>>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AUCTION RESULTS
> - Blood and Lang
> >>>>> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:52:15 -0500
> >>>>>
> >>>>> While I agree with you in principle for big
> professional auction
> >>>>> houses,
> >>>>> you
> >>>>> need to attend an auction in Denver or Tucson
> before reserving
> >>>>> judgement.
> >>>>> Some of them are very informal and not like a
> normal auction
> >>>>> situation.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In at least one auction that I attended, the
> procecure is unlike a
> >>>>> normal
> >>>>> auction in such a way that tends to depresses
> the prices in my
> >>>>> opinion.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> For example, in a normal auction if I buy item
> number 10 out of
> >>>>> 200
> >>>>> items
> >>>>> offered and
> >>>>> want to go home, then I just check out, pay
> and go home. At at
> >>>>> least
> >>>>> one
> >>>>> Tucson auction that I attended,
> >>>>> I would have to wait until the end of the
> auction to pay and
> >>>>> then pay
> >>>>> in
> >>>>> bidder number order. So instead of going home
> at 8:00 when I
> >>>>> am done
> >>>>> buying
> >>>>> I have to wait until until all bidding on all
> items is
> >>>>> completed before
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> can go home which could be well after
> midnight. This makes it
> >>>>> so that
> >>>>> people don't tend to bid unless they REALLY,
> REALLY want the
> >>>>> item. So
> >>>>> prices are certainly
> >>>>> not representative to prices much may have
> been realized in one
> >>>>> of the
> >>>>> big
> >>>>> auction houses.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just my two cents...........
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim Strope
> >>>>> 421 Fourth Street
> >>>>> Glen Dale, WV 26038
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.catchafallingstar.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
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