Thursday, February 7, 2008

120 More Lots now Live on eBay Haertel Estate

The free franks, Wisconsin Territorial and DPO's, and the continuation of the stampless era from 1810-1850's are now live on eBAy. They will close on Sunday February 17th around 10ish EST.

Several potential bidders prevailed upon me to list items sequentially to permit them to bid on alternate items easier. I have listened and as a result listed items in each category at 1 minute apart. I move the initial starting time for the largest category, the stampless covers, up to 9:30 instead of my previously announced 10PM.

Easiest way to access the collecting is through my eBay store. Just look for the Haertel Auction Category to the bottom of my category list on the left of the page.

Don't forget the items launched last Thursday will close this Sunday. In this case they will all close at 10:00. Lots of lookers, few bids so far. I suspect a lot of sniper bids have been set. Thats fine with me, just be sure to have them launch early enough so an not to get frozen out.

I've had that trouble before with snipe I had placed to end only a few seconds before the auction ended. In more than one case, eBay would accept them because they came to close after another sniper bid or some such. Any way I've been told you need to set you snipe for 30 seconds to minutes before the auction ends or you may get frozen out. Just word to the wise, as there will be some heavy bidding on many of the offerings.