Tortious Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 33 minutes ago, Hbom said: Looks like the Hamers will be coming up soon. Best of luck if you're trying. Special $2500 Vector $3000 Standard $2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
django49 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 I dodged a bullet....Put in a minimal bid ($200) on that Fuchs 4 x 12 a week or so ago. Don't know what I was thinking. I KNOW it would sound great with my Fuchs head, but I do not need more speakers, let alone something that big and heavy. Luckily there was one more bid..... Meanwhile the full PA system just walked outta here......My wife is loving the extra space that opened up in the old rehearsal space AKA her treadmill workout space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningyen Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 I pre-bid $600 on the WEM Starfinder replica. Someone outbid me $100, and that was that, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningyen Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Yikes, I'm watching with my 9-yr-old daughter, had to change screens, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjamiam Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Tortious said: Special $2500 Vector $3000 Standard $2500 So, $8k. One more $k than he paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamertek98 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 4 hours ago, mrjamiam said: So, $8k. One more $k than he paid. Still probably the best deal in the auction, even after the fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerDave Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 4 hours ago, hamertek98 said: Still probably the best deal in the auction, even after the fees. Adding $2,240 in buyer's premium and processing fees plus $800 in potential sales tax and $3-500 in shipping is a big hit, but compared to the "celebrity surcharge" added to other items, the buyer(s) did pretty well on these. I was hoping the Bogner cabinet and road case would slide by under the radar, but my $300 bid was quickly obliterated. Ended at $1,600 plus fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shark Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 38 minutes ago, BadgerDave said: Adding $2,240 in buyer's premium and processing fees plus $800 in potential sales tax and $3-500 in shipping is a big hit, but compared to the "celebrity surcharge" added to other items, the buyer(s) did pretty well on these. I was hoping the Bogner cabinet and road case would slide by under the radar, but my $300 bid was quickly obliterated. Ended at $1,600 plus fees. I have a buddy with a couple of the Bogner cabs. You go to Ace Hardware and gets some stencils and white spray paint.... Just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningyen Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I shoulda upped my $600 bid on the WEM Starfinder 4x12 replica. $2000+UK shipping new, went for $700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghamerinfrance Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 And now....Olivia Newton John... Good music and I guess a nice person.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
django49 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, ghamerinfrance said: And now....Olivia Newton John... Good music and I guess a nice person.... I just might bid on one of her shredder guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshoowah Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 14 hours ago, mrjamiam said: So, $8k. One more $k than he paid. Actually, they came to $10,240, plus $2560 (25%) plus $307.20 (3%) if they bid online, plus tax if they are in NY or CA, plus shipping, so minimum $13,107.20 for the three of them. Not a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
django49 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 18 minutes ago, joshoowah said: Actually, they came to $10,240, plus $2560 (25%) plus $307.20 (3%) if they bid online, plus tax if they are in NY or CA, plus shipping, so minimum $13,107.20 for the three of them. Not a bargain. I have it on (reportedly) good authority that the shipping costs are going to come as a serious shock to a lot of people.....Well above what we have become used to from FedEx and their ilk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjamiam Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 6 hours ago, joshoowah said: Actually, they came to $10,240, plus $2560 (25%) plus $307.20 (3%) if they bid online, plus tax if they are in NY or CA, plus shipping, so minimum $13,107.20 for the three of them. Not a bargain. Prices quoted here are normally devoid of taxes and shipping, unless shipping is included as a deal sweetener, but everyone knows they need to be accounted for in order to reach the all-in damage total (taxes normally if the seller is a business entity, not a private party). There is a lot of discussion here about how the shipping carriers' prices have gone up, but that's usually the end of shipping charges, unless someone has FedEx office or the like do the packing, for which there is an extra charge (and apparently the Becker auction bidders are going to see something impressive in this category). What I haven't seen here, or attempted myself, is a 25% customer fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Well, I am glad to see that the Platzer, Hamer, and B-Way guitars performed well at auction. Kinda surprised that the prototype Sadowsky didn't do better, but I guess it wasn't as good looking as the others, which exceeded their estimates, some by quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamertek98 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 20 hours ago, BadgerDave said: Adding $2,240 in buyer's premium and processing fees plus $800 in potential sales tax and $3-500 in shipping is a big hit, but compared to the "celebrity surcharge" added to other items, the buyer(s) did pretty well on these. I was hoping the Bogner cabinet and road case would slide by under the radar, but my $300 bid was quickly obliterated. Ended at $1,600 plus fees. I was off on the fees in my mind. Lol. But still, some great one off’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratacus Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 What Happened at the Walter Becker Guitar Auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Quote Becker’s widow had offered upstate New York guitar maker Chihoe Hahn any guitar from the collection, and Hahn nearly chose a green Strat-style guitar that he had sold to Becker in 2011. So.. which guitar DID he choose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinaltap Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I was pretty psyched for this auction, I have wanted a partscaster for some time, figured I could get one. I saw someone post some info about the 25% fee, and the expected shipping costs, so I figured I would keep that in mind when I bid. So I bid on 3 guitars, the week of the auction, I was outbid, I raised my bid, and was outbid again, tried one more time, and was outbid again. I just decided to pass after that. I was shocked to see the guitars I bid on went for over $1500.00 each. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 10/20/2019 at 8:38 AM, BadgerDave said: Adding $2,240 in buyer's premium and processing fees plus $800 in potential sales tax and $3-500 in shipping is a big hit, but compared to the "celebrity surcharge" added to other items, the buyer(s) did pretty well on these. I was hoping the Bogner cabinet and road case would slide by under the radar, but my $300 bid was quickly obliterated. Ended at $1,600 plus fees. I didn't pay much attention to this beyond the eye candy, since it was all pretty much "wish book" stuff for me but, Dave....25% buyer premium? That's borderline ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerDave Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, tomteriffic said: I didn't pay much attention to this beyond the eye candy, since it was all pretty much "wish book" stuff for me but, Dave....25% buyer premium? That's borderline ridiculous. 25% buyer's premium plus a 3% transaction fee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelicious Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I think they got their pricing structure from Ticketmaster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshoowah Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 2 hours ago, tomteriffic said: I didn't pay much attention to this beyond the eye candy, since it was all pretty much "wish book" stuff for me but, Dave....25% buyer premium? That's borderline ridiculous. Nothing borderline about it! They made over $750K just from that (25%) charge, $100K from the 3% charge, and probably doubled it all gouging on shipping and handling fees! I wonder what they took from the seller's side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrdaddy Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 A lot of that stuff seems to have sold for four and five times it's actual value. Crazy. It was Walter Becker's stuff, not Hendrix's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshoowah Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 minute ago, gtrdaddy said: A lot of that stuff seems to have sold for four and five times it's actual value. Crazy. It was Walter Becker's stuff, not Hendrix's. Exactly! I expected some ridiculous numbers at the Gilmour auction, especially for the top items, but these were mostly case queens/forgotten in his collection, and they were fetching numbers you'd expect from something from a famous concert or recording, and (I'm ready for the beating) a more iconic artist. I love SD, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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