wvrons Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 If you are in or near the OH,PA,or WV areas. Eagles Flight marble auction Sept.20 at Cambridge OH. http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=2214867&kwd=marbles&zip=26101&category=0 View the pictures,click on pictures to enlarge. Live in person bids only. Items paid for and removed the day of auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHSLAYERMARRBLEGRIFF Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Looks like Ill be the guy selling spaghetti sauce and salsa in the parking lot. Gotta drop a boat off in Paden City first. Realy nice marbles in the auction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Why Paden City ? I live near the river and a boat ramp. Don't forget the popeyes. Not popeye marbles,i have them and maybe more after the auction tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Man do I wish these guys would join the 21st century and get the auctions online. says the guy who starts a sentence with the word Man!(LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Me too, Dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Punter Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Online Phone bidding left Bidding I agree Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 I feel a little punch to the gut every time I hear about one of these auctions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 Me too, Dude. ......... ... shouda been there ric ... ....... bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 So far we have not found a volunteer to take bids,get the payment made by auction end direct to the auctioneer,collect packaging fees,package and ship items,then deal with returns and refunds. Refunds come from your own pocket but you can keep the marble because the seller already has been paid in full. Bring your laptop and take internet bids. Bring your cell phone for phone bids when they can get through. Stay with it for four hours or more unless you have a backup relief. If no volunteers maybe we can put you on the payroll for about $25.00 for a 10hr. day. What i got for the previous auction work. Sorry about the punch in the gut. It may go away soon. Not many things survive without support. But todays buyers definatley left happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 I bet they did!! Sure wish you all could get someone to help get online. Just hate seeing more marbles go to Morphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 You are not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 http://www.32auctions.com/pages/features_guide.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 With a quick look. It looks like a total online auction only. Looks a lot like ebay. We cannot and have no plans to compete with Ebay Morphys etc. Several others have tried that and trying that. We almost always have had over 300 lots etc. We were told people wanted to see the marbles in hand. I could have stayed home today and bid on a online auction. I enjoyed today much more. But that is going to disappear. Maybe not to many years away and most or all marble deals will be done online. Look at the majority of shows attendance. Too many things that will not work for Eagles Flight. The two owners of Eagles Flight has to discuss if the auctions will continue in 2015 ? Eagles Flight provided a service to collectors sellers and buyers more than a money making business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 The live event package lets you list all for bid and lead it into the live auction. I was just using this site as an example of how easy it can be to put auctions online. I would think the more bidders the more likely it would be to grow the Auction. It is nice catering to locals but I would think eventually the bids would get smaller and smaller and sellers may become dissatisfied. Best of luck however you carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHSLAYERMARRBLEGRIFF Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 My girlfriend told me how easy it was to moe the grass,useing the lawn tracktor,and yet,she has never had to moe the grass. I asked her how she knew it was so "easy",and her reply was,"because you make it look easy". I asked her again,"how do you KNOW,its easy to do"? She got it,,,she didnt KNOW how easy it was to do because she had never actualy done it before. I bought a sleeping friendly couch,just for such an occasion. I hope she likes it,,,,,,,-LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 So I guess your saying you won't be helping get them online(LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadely1212 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 why don't you ask bob block he does his online and live its on icollector.com he has sometime a 150- 200 lots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHSLAYERMARRBLEGRIFF Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Nope,,I dont have the knowledge to do that. Besides,it would cut into my fishing time. Galen,you should do it,because you make it sound so simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I asked one time in Canton and was informed they wanted to keep it for the locals and did not really want to go online. Just hoping they were changing the modus operandi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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