12th Mandarake Big Web Auction (Zenbu 29)

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:04 pm

DARN! I succombed and bid on some BWA items. I tried convincng myslef I should hold off but I'm stupid like that...
Well, I finally got a Hakkenden OP cel from the same sequence as the one I lost out on YJ several months back. With the 10% BWA fee, I got it at about the same price I was willing to pay but without deputy fees, WHOO HOO!

Another win was a Dangaioh OP cel of Rol Kran AND a set of original settei (not copies) from Dangaioh! I'm looking forward to seeing these in person.

However I think I won the settei unfairly, in the last 15 mins of the auction, the Mandy servers weren't responding so I assume other bidders could not place their bids and top my effort as "current highest bidder".

May this be a warning to you all- DON'T wait until the last minutes to place your bid. Bid at least 30mins or 1 hour in advance, if not before to make sure you have a chance.
Or maybe the cel gods were smiling on me, I've felt lucky today...
Let's see if this 'luck' can be transcended into the pub tonight when I chat to some pretty girls, LOL

Ms. Poe · Post by **Ms. Poe** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:28 pm

I'm kicking myself on the Kawrou cel. The person who won got a bargain! They just outbid me =_=! If anyone got it here...Congrats! It's a beauty! Hopefully my other auctions will turn out better! I've won one Mandy auction, and still waiting on 3 others, and a few on Y!J =)~!

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:33 am

So did anyone manage to win anything?

The three auctions I was originally thinking of going for were:

1. Ai OP end cel from Kakyuusei TV series:
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auc_e/item ... 8610100001
I guessed that it would go to high for me and it did. I figured one person in particular would probably go for it. *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

2. Seraphim Call opening cel:
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auc_e/item ... 6930100001
This went too high for me too, but the price didn't surprise me since Seraphim Call prices are somewhat high.

3. I was hoping to get this First Kiss Story game cel:
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auc_e/item ... 9530100001
I figured this was the only one of the three I had a shot at getting, but wouldn't you know it...it went for the highest price.

I didn't expect that.

So I wound up with nothing this go around.

metheus · Post by **metheus** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:32 am

Nothing here, but I picked a little something up on YHJ instead. I'm sort of wondering how the HxH fans did, some nice items this time around.

-metheus

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:38 am

The other day I outlined my BWA wins in my RS website Blog.
They'll be scanned in good time so the wait will be minimal (I'll have them sent in 2 weeks). I don't mind scanning one or two cels from a series at a time, I'm only phased by the piles of 50 cels from the same series ^__^

I'd like to see the Memories cel in person, I even re-bought the anime on DVD since it was on sale, so I can watch it again with renewed interest.

How did the King of Fighters settei go? You must know, RX!

I was amazed by the Peacock King settei, they closed at US$2,000 in total, which was much more than I could have imagined for an old show of this type.

sulian · Post by **sulian** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 7:48 am

I can't believe that the most expensive cel of the Big Web Auction was a hanken cel of Urusei Yatsura

http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auc_e/item ... 0070100001

430 000 Yens !!

transmet · Post by **transmet** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:39 pm

Krafty wrote:I'd like to see the Memories cel in person...

Me too. Those prices were still a little too high but damn, those were some nice cels (especially of the piano

).

Unfortunately (well, not really

) I just gotta new toy and won't be buying anything for a while.
E...I feel your pain.