Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The end of 2009 in the German subcategory of WWII collectibles finished with a nice mix of items finding new homes in spirited bidding. The two top selling items really turned into bidding wars that are interesting to look at. The German rifle scope was a long 10-day auction that saw 9 different bidders get into the game. Once the bidding eclipsed $3k there were only a pair of bidders still swinging away. In fact during the last few hours of the auction these two slugged back and forth trading almost thirty bids between them until the last ten minutes when the high bidder looked comfortably in the lead. But as often happens on eBay a new bidder snipped in with 59 seconds to go and stole the prize. In the bidding for the Luftwaffe jacket again it came down to two bidders who were willing to push over $3k. However, this time there was no sniper waiting in the bushes and the winning bidder took the prize. However, you can tell he was nervous because he placed three insurance bids (raising his max) in the span of three minutes towards the end.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The last week of 2009 saw some pretty good patches & insignia selling in the WWII category of eBay. The best of the group was the German Collection featured below. The bidding for this grew very serious in the last 45 minutes of the auction. During that span of time 4 different bidders placed bids that drove the bidding up another $1,000+. In the end it was a silent sniper that came in with a knock-out punch with 5 seconds to go that won the day. Click the links to see how these other listings did.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Bidding wars that is. I searched the German subcategory of WWII on eBay and was looking for items that attracted a lot of bidding. The top two items I dug up are good case examples of how interesting bidding patterns can be on prized collectibles. In the case of the rifle scope one of the losing bidders was a real cheapskate! He came up against a high bid and tried 39 times to dink his bid just above that previously placed bid. At first he tried increments of $2 and then he got brave and started putting in bid increments of $5. After entering over three-dozen bids in this manner he gave up. The auction also saw two snipes come in during the last ninety seconds but they didn't have enough firepower to win. The winning bidder had placed his bid a comfortable nine hours before the close and it held off all challengers. In the case of the helment engraving the action took place near the end. In the last hour there were 8 bids from 4 different bidders. However, this item had a reserve price and that marker was finally met with about 35 minutes to go. The winning bidder even entered another higher bid for insurance but it was not needed as he was the only person willing to go above the reserve price. These five that I've picked represent a sample of the interesting bidding wars that have taken place recently in the WWII category.
