[meteorite-list] Auction

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:25:25 +0100
Message-ID: <002b01cbc84c$1a203860$4e60a920$_at_de>

Hi there Captain,

don't worry.

I mean, almost every year there are complaints on the list about the
auctions, about yours or remember about Lang's.

I really don't know. As I understood, and as I perceived it, when we were
there, your auction is a meteorite-scene-internal event,
a fun, a come-together of the meteorite people, entertaining with a little
thrill
in a familiar atmosphere.
Hence not first and foremost a commercial event to earn money.
(For that, everyone can at anytime play in that anonymous ebay-thing or they
can give their stuff to professional auction houses).

I don't know, those who almost every year complain, I doubt that they would
be happier if your auction wouldn't take place anymore.

And to hire a professional auctioneer, adding additionally high surcharges
on the hammer prices, makes no sense, especially because such one would
always be a person, who can't have any ideas about the lots he is
auctioning.

So I find it a little bit weird, that there are less list-postings than
rant-mails, which simply say:
Thank you, Captain Blood and all the helpers, for doing that all each year.

Best!
Martin



-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Michael
Blood
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Februar 2011 10:02
An: Meteorite List
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Auction

Hi all,
        Just got back late last night. I spent this afternoon reading how
the auction had not gone as well as I had thought at the time.

--
        I would like to acknowledge it was an error mentioning an absentee
bid had hit it's max, even if on a charity item and no such mention at all
will be made in the future regardless of the nature of the lot.
        I also should have unrolled the Giclee print submitted by Michael
Gilmer have apologized to him off list, where, of course, most if not all of
Such issues would best be addressed.
        Future auction catalogs will simply state, "With Reserve" or "No
Reserve." There will be no indication of what the reserve may be.
        All consignors will be paid within 10 days or less, absentee bidders
will all be contacted and the auction results will be posted on the net
(said posting will identify price sold only, of course).
--  
        I would like to thank Suzanne, Lisa Marie & Leigh Anne for the
Terrific job they all did... And of course a thank you to Ruben for his
Making it possible for list members unable to attend in person to be
Included.  
        Hope most people enjoyed the show and the auction, Michael
         
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Received on Wed 09 Feb 2011 06:25:25 AM PST