Consolation Prize
A few weeks ago I consoled Belgian Sam about an Ebay loss. Recently I saw a large group of Berlin uprising postcards that ran the gamut from shattered buildings to rare vehicles and flame throwers. I naively thought that I could keep a good part of them together and build an impressive subset to my collection in a few hours time. It was not to be. Early on I begin to lose each card at the last second. Someone was methodically outbidding me on almost every lot. I then begin to violate two of my most important rules: (1) Never bid more just because others think the item is worth more and (2) Never view an auction as a contest where you win the contest by paying more than anyone else. I became competitive and put more money on the lots that had not yet been lost. It made no difference. I lost all but this one, and it was only because the unknown collector decided that he did not want a few cards. Probably because he already had those. So here you have the single one out of goodly thirty or so I bid on. Well it did let me have a budget for the next couple of months.
Consolation Prize
A few weeks ago I consoled Belgian Sam about an Ebay loss. Recently I saw a large group of Berlin uprising postcards that ran the gamut from shattered buildings to rare vehicles and flame throwers. I naively thought that I could keep a good part of them together and build an impressive subset to my collection in a few hours time. It was not to be. Early on I begin to lose each card at the last second. Someone was methodically outbidding me on almost every lot. I then begin to violate two of my most important rules: (1) Never bid more just because others think the item is worth more and (2) Never view an auction as a contest where you win the contest by paying more than anyone else. I became competitive and put more money on the lots that had not yet been lost. It made no difference. I lost all but this one, and it was only because the unknown collector decided that he did not want a few cards. Probably because he already had those. So here you have the single one out of goodly thirty or so I bid on. Well it did let me have a budget for the next couple of months.