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Ralf Toth
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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:23 am 
 

Hmmmm... despite the nice condition, this is against the trend:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3177623624


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:21 am 
 

wanted to get it, but prices went so high, so i have watched the oscar ceremony :)
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:34 am 
 

:?  Wow!


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:59 am 
 

Wow, I actually paid slightly less for one in shrink!  What is the world coming to?  Will wonders never cease???!!!   :D


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:56 am 
 

It evidently helps when one is selling a lot of other rare and interesting items at the same time(like Rhea's recent auctions); it creates a frenzy as bidders try to win multiple items.  The next fighting wheel will probably go for less than $100, and even less if it's a seller nobody knows.
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:05 am 
 

Try this one for size

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 3179093864

I don't imagine that this will reach much more than £25/$50.

Unless just advertising it on this board pushes the price higher.
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:08 pm 
 

johnhuck wrote:
Unless just advertising it on this board pushes the price higher.


I think it might... it would be interesting to run two auctions for identical products with one advertised here and another not.  I imagine the final bids will be different.  Hmmm...
  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:53 pm 
 

Most definitely. Even more so, if it comes from a well-known collector, like Paul Stormberg or Rhea Shelley.

Imagine the price gap, if I'd put up a Fighting Wheel without advertising it anywhere, and, for example, Scott (Foulfoot) sells one, putting a little ad in the "Classified" section of this board. With same condition for both items, I'd forecast a huge difference in the outcome of the auction and I wouldn't be the winner ...


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