Did you win your highest bid?

syan · Post by **syan** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:53 pm

My highest bid was for a certain Hotohori. I can't remember the exact amount I bid, but it was a lot, and I won.

Edit: I totally blocked out my loss a couple months ago.

Over 2000, and I never felt more relieved when I got outbid. At least I know where it went.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm

No, I lost my highest bid, thank goodness!

It was for a Duo cel (no really?). I bid $2,000 and got creamed. I think he went for around $3,500. I made up for it by buying 4 other cels that I love just as much if not more. And to boot, I spent less.

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:49 pm

the highest bid i ever placed was around 3k and i lost, but the cel went to a good home so i cant complain.

next time i'll know to bid more...

miz ducky · Post by **miz ducky** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:19 pm

I highest bid ever is quite a lot under most other collectors highest, but I still lost.

Any one recall that lovely Fruits Basket set with Yuki in the dress and Momiji on his shoulders? It has seems to have dropped of the face of the planet now so I can't even visit.

I gave it my best, but had I gone any higher and won, I might not have had a happy feeling when I looked at it.

graymouser · Post by **graymouser** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:26 am

I lost my highest bid. I won't say how much it was for though

Oddly enough, I was able to buy the cel from the winner later on.

EDIT: Oops I forgot. Once I bid about $1K higher than the first cel (mentioned above). Fortunately, the ending price never came close and it ended up costing less than the first cel.

sugarcels · Post by **sugarcels** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:14 am

Wow, I'm poorer than a mouse compared to most of you guys

If a cel costs more than $50 I really have to think about it.

Anyway, I once won a Pokemon cel for about $70 at the last second. Usually, though, if I see bidding is going to get high and my chances are low, I stay out and simply watch what happens. I guess I'm a bidding wimp

Or maybe Japanese collectors are simply INSANE!

Captain Haddock · Post by **Captain Haddock** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:57 am

Don't worry sugarcels the most I've ever bid was $300 on my Priss cel, which in comparison to the sums being bandied about here is still small fry in comparison. That said I do lose about 60% of the things I bid on mainly because I get outpriced more then out manovered as it were.

http://tmpc.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_ ... mID=186884

Killua · Post by **Killua** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:59 pm

Fortunately/unfortunately, yes.

klet · Post by **klet** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:20 pm

The highest I ever bid was around $600. Lost that. Won a sketch set for around $400, but I only had to pay half of that, because I was splitting it with someone. Plus, I ended up with a lot of sketches, which turned out to be about $20 a piece or so.

The highest I've bid and lost was about $300 on an opening cel of Leorio from HxH. To date, the most I've spent on a single piece of artwork is $150.

darksuzaku · Post by **darksuzaku** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:38 pm

I have won my five highest bids. Lost the 6th highest. After that i just can't remember.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:18 am

miz ducky wrote:Any one recall that lovely Fruits Basket set with Yuki in the dress and Momiji on his shoulders? It has seems to have dropped of the face of the planet now so I can't even visit.

I know where it is.

But since it's not displayed, I don't know if the owner wants people to know they have it.

Okuni · Post by **Okuni** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:05 am

ReiTheJelly wrote:The highest I've ever bid, I did win for the hilarious amount of $666
http://stemcels.rubberslug.com/gallery/ ... mID=138217

very fitting for the content!

RoboFlonne wrote:Highest bid ever.... I lost... I don't have enough money to play in the big leagues yet.

Don't worry; you're definitely not alone! I don't think I'll ever play the "big leagues"-- unless I finally hit the Megabucks.

~like that'll ever happen.

The highest bid I've ever put on a cel and would have continued bidding on without care is my Shido:
http://okunichan.rubberslug.com/gallery ... mID=168870
Even though it's probably low compared to most other people's cels. (About $160)
Most the time, I stay under $100, unless it's something I really want. Then-anything more than $100- I start to nickel and dime ($15, $20) until I feel it's too much or I get high bidder.

I did once consider shelling out $500 for a Brolli cel, but knew I couldn't afford it. Yeah- I decided to pay my rent instead. XP

MDKiller1 · Post by **MDKiller1** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:40 am

I didnt win my highest bid cel either. I bid I believe around 1,500 for a seiya A1end wishlist pancel and got outbid

However I know were the cel is now and it has a great home. An I get to view it all the time

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:05 pm

My highest bid was for a Heero cel (big surprise there!) and was about $1700 and yep, I won ( for about $1500)!

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:07 pm

Highest bid was ~110000 yen on THIS Sailor Neptune/Uranus A1 End cel and I didn't win (was the underbidder by ~100 yen). I would have bid more too, but I hit my limit on SMJ and couldn't raise it in time. Still looking for that cel...