605 on Ebay *LINK*

Looks like a bidding war...

Scott Burr freezing in Ben Lomond,CA

>Between the top 2 people. I can't see paying that kind of cash for a 605 myself.

One lesson here

Wiley Horne

>is that the seller earned the money by doing an exceptional job of presentation. He took all the risk out of the deal by showing so many photos, and also covered the key $ issues such as Type and condition of the wood. Reminds me of Todd H's presentations.

Wiley

Re: 605 on Ebay

dennis mcdonaugh

>The winner, John Cusick, ran Everlst chisels up over $300 apiece last time he went on a buying spree. Money must be no object because I can't ever remember seeing him lose an item he wants. Sometimes the prices reach the ridiculeous, but he gets what he wants.

Re: auction stories

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>I was at a local auctiona few years back that had some tools, none of which were very nice. There were half a dozen guys there bidding on the tools, but one guy in particular would just bid until he got it whenever an old hand plane would come up. A common #5 sold for over $40, which normally I could have gotten for $10. I noticed another guy king of giving this high roller some looks. An old cardboard box came up with some nails, a few small files, and 2 rusty old planes in it, both very common block planes in very bad shape. The guy who was bidding on the planes started bidding, and the other guy decided he was going to have those two planes no matter what they cost. The box sold for $110.

Re: auction stories

todd hughes

>Years ago I was at an Amish auction and it seemed this one guy would bid against me no matter what and just run me.Sadley this isn't to uncommon because people think I know "something" even though I do my best to be an idiot. Anyway after a while it became apparent what this fellow was doing and was as they say "was riding my coat tails"

I walked around and found this metal bucket and filled it mostly up with some readly avaiable "Horse Byproduct" and tossed some rusty nails and junk on the top and stuck it at the end of the row. When the auctioner gets down to it I asked them to sell the bucket by itself and put an opening bid of $5 on it.Normal bid was $2 [we ain't at Christys eh?] so this brought some attention and sure enough my "Friend" bids and $25 later he's carring his treasure back to his truck and dumps it on the tailgate to see what he got. To say he was less then happy would be an understatement esp. when I yelled over and asked him if he collected that Sh** ! ....Todd

Re: One lesson here

todd hughes

>I really thinks this makes a big difference in what things go for. Like you said this seller left nothing to the imagination and had a good clear knowledgable presentation all of which leads to getting top dollar. Sure maybe the same plane could be bought for less but I think with this auction the buyers are pretty confident as to what they are buying more so then an auction showing a blurry photo and the description is "605 planer" To many people this is more important then saving a couple bucks on buying an unknown....Sure looked like a top condition classic bedrock to me

I am always amazed at the number of ebay auctions where the item is presented so poorly, just doesn't make sence to me and of course it affects the price...... Todd

On the other side of the coin

Randy Johnson Connersville, IN

>About two years ago I went to an auction where they were disposing of the estate of one of the best friends I ever had. Since several of us there had been friends of Cliff's we were bidding on memories and keepsakes as much as hoped for bargins. Three of us in particular made a point out of not bidding on anything one of the others had bid on first. The result was that we all got pretty good deals on the stuff we wanted.

I also remember an auction many years ago in Ohio where I got in a conversation with a guy and it turned out we had a number of friends in common even though we had never met. He was interested in an anvil. In this case it was a VERY nice 194# Peter Wright. He seemed like a good guy, I didn't really need another large anvil, and I told him I'd stay out of the bidding so he could get it. It was an unusual auction in that a cashier walked along as the bidding was going on and it was "pay as you go". I had won several things and wasn't paying attention to what the anvil was doing. When everything was over I saw the guy and asked him if he got the anvil. His reply was that he dropped out when it got to $75. %$^%$^&$ I would have given at least four times that much. Lesson learned: Before you try to do a stranger a favor, first find out if he really needs it.