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EBay Forum / Re: No Reserve?

« on: January 11, 2011, 10:05:10 pm »

I know it's a dead horse but I just wanted to show an example of what I was talking about.

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EBay Forum / Re: No Reserve?

« on: January 11, 2011, 04:50:42 pm »

An example of what I'm talking about. This is an ebay listing. It says no reserve but a $3100 minimum bid. To me that means there is a $3100 reserve. Am I wrong?
1994 Lincoln Town Car Limousine-No Reserve L@@K!!!Research 1994 Lincoln Town Car

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EBay Forum / Re: No Reserve?

« on: January 05, 2011, 12:18:48 pm »

Very well put Wayward. I think you just confirmed what I've been trying to say. If, on ebay, there is a minimum bid placed on an item, then it can't be called 'no reserve' because on ebay you can't bid less than the minimum bid. I just think it's wrong to say no reserve and then put a minimun bid on the item.

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EBay Forum / Re: No Reserve?

« on: January 04, 2011, 02:18:25 pm »

Well the way I've always understood it is a reserve is the lowest price a seller will accept. So in a 'no reserve' auction the seller is obligated to sell at the highest bid, no matter what it is. I have sold items at auction with a reserve price and sometimes they sell, sometimes they don't but if I tell the auctioneer there is no reserve, then he would sell it at whatever the highest bid is. He might set a starting bid based on his estimate of the value but it could sell for less than that. But on ebay if you set a minimum bid that IS the reserve because you can't bid less than that, therefore it can't be a 'no reserve' auction.

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EBay Forum / Re: No Reserve?

« on: January 03, 2011, 03:24:05 pm »

All good points but there are some true 'no reserve' auctions on ebay with no minimum bid. Well, maybe 99 cents. But there are some that say 'no reserve' and then have a minimum bid of $500, $5000 or whatever. That isn't 'no reserve'.

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EBay Forum / No Reserve?

« on: January 02, 2011, 01:28:25 pm »

I've been looking for a vehicle to buy on ebay motors and have seen several ads that say 'no reserve' but have a minimum starting bid. Thats not no reserve. Whats up with that?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: I dragged another one home

« on: September 13, 2010, 04:15:47 pm »

The knots on the inside indicate pine. DB is right. If you stripped it down the wood might be lousy. But then you could put a nice paint job on it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: BaseBall glove

« on: August 24, 2010, 09:03:49 pm »

Looks older than the 40's to me. You can refurbish that glove if you like and it may turn out really nice but the only way a glove like that would be valuable is if it could be somehow tied to a famous player. Otherwise you may have overpaid at 2 bucks.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Found in attic any ideas please

« on: August 04, 2010, 02:40:19 pm »

If you can remove the figures from the wood base you might be able to see the grain on the bottom if they are ivory. Also the figures are kind of curved which would make sense if they are carved from elephant tusk.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help with Pictures

« on: August 04, 2010, 11:18:55 am »

Can you tell if they are originals or reproductions?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Royal Copley Pottery

« on: July 14, 2010, 06:59:19 pm »

Hey Ironlord, maybe yours is getting some action because it's unique. I didn't see any others like it in the listings. By the way, does Royal Copley have any kind of identifying mark?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: can anyone give me info on this please

« on: July 07, 2010, 05:09:48 pm »

Looks like a very uncomfortable chair.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need Help Identifying Couple Silver Pendants

« on: July 02, 2010, 09:14:14 am »

If I could make a suggestion about your pictures. Try taking photos with the flash turned off. Your getting lots of glare. Just make sure there is plenty of natural light and your photos might come out better. Just a thought.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Scrimshaw, wood inlay, compass point or sextant?

« on: June 06, 2010, 06:28:53 pm »

I think I know what this is. It's a carpenters tool used in framing wood roofs. The reason the numbers on the curved part don't make sense is they aren't degrees. The are numbers used to mark or measure roof pitch. Pitch is measured in inches of rise in 12 inches of horizontal run. If you place the lower arm along the bottom edge of a board and then set the swing arm at 6 and then draw a line along that arm you would have a 6 and 12 pitch. Once that line is established you can then draw your top cut and bottom cut on your rafters. The same system is still used today although there are better tools, like framing squares, speed squares and so on. This piece looks European in origin.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Scrimshaw, wood inlay, compass point or sextant?

« on: June 05, 2010, 10:50:03 am »

My guess is it's some sort of carpentry tool. The modern equivalent would be called a bevel square. You set it to the angle of one piece of wood and then transfer and scribe that angle to another piece so you can duplicate it. And since it looks like scrimshaw I'm guessing it was used in boat building.