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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:00 pm
by sloop_john_b
What's so special about the book? Are there rare photos in it or something?
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:00 pm
by leftybass
Great photos, yes....of very rare Rickenbackers. The book has it's errors, though, but pics are worth a thousand words. These pics speak volumes.
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:55 pm
by dswp
After looking for years, I bit the bullet and paid $200.00 for it. It's the best book I own, that I cannot read... (other than blues clue.)
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:30 pm
by krick
I was fortunate enough to be the winner of the recent one for $124. I put in a "last minute" bid and was very surprised when it turned out to be enough. I was just trying to replace the book I gave up last December. Now I have a copy to keep at work again. Some of my 24 hour shifts are quite boring and it is great to have some Rickenbacker "porn" to look at occasionally.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:36 am
by glen_l
well wadda ya know. They've listed another one already. I've got a feeling they have enough to go around....
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:28 am
by webhead
Yeah, I looked at their past auctions, everything they listed and sold says "Very Rare" then another pops up for sale.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:10 am
by skeeterbuck
You guys should decide which one of you should bid on the guitar. No use bidding up the price by trying to out due the other. I would bid, but with my luck I would be the winning bidder and then Rittor would announce that they were coming out with a new and improved version in English tomorrow!!!!
I'm still waiting for JH to write his bio at RIC and include pics of his dad and him with the Beatles!
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:01 am
by webhead
Actually- by bidding early - you're just driving up the price...
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:48 am
by leftyguitars
I usually put a token bid in early, which I have done - just to show interest, then bid my proper bid near the end (if I remember).
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:27 pm
by glen_l
yes, I do the same. If I'm interested, and there are no bids in place, I make a small bid just to show interest. With items of interest, all the serious bidding usually happens in the last 15 seconds. Anything prior to that usually only serves to drive the final price higher. Very rarely will an intermediate bidder actually get the item.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:06 pm
by jingle_jangle
I lie in wait. E-Snipe is the way to go.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:15 pm
by glen_l
yep... it is
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:58 pm
by leftyguitars
Don't need it with broadband. I have perfected the last second bid (with the aid of a radio controlled clock and a pint of Guinness).
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:47 am
by webhead
I'd take the black and tan
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:11 am
by jingle_jangle
Peter, do you stay up till 3 am when that's when a USA auction ends? E-Snipe, at 1%, is cheaper than a radio-controlled clock.
Broadband has its glitches, So does your own computer, which can't always be relied upon to transmit instantaneously.
You auction Luddites make it easier on us E-Snipers.