EJR Beads Auction

I have decided to auction beads here occasionally as well as selling through my online store.

Why? Well firstly it's fun. Auctions have a certain energy for both the seller and buyer that fixed price selling just doesn't have. Secondly - it makes sense. If I use auction sites to sell my beads, most of my bidders tend to be you lovely folk anyway. So may just as well run the auctions from here as anywhere else! Thirdly - I know sometimes you have trouble finding sets available. The auction gives an extra method to nab yourself some EJR art beads.

Below is this week's auction. Please scroll on down to The Small Print to see how these auctions will be run before emailing me your bid!

Riverside

November 16th - 23nd 2011

A lovely little trio of focal beads here, with a handful of supporting acts!

The focals are all worked in greens and blues, with sparkle from lots of bluestone and a cool opal-like glow courtesy of of some silver-rich glass.

The photo fails to capture all the colours, but you'll love the glows and sparkles from these beads.

The set includes all the beads shown, the beads range in size from 21 x 19 mm down to 6 x 9 mm for the spacers. All have been kiln annealed and cleaned.

Why not team them with some of the great beads I carry at EJR Beads? They would look stunning with our Miyuki Cube Beads for example!

I am starting this auction with a very low start price, but there is NO RESERVE! So if you fancy these beads, just email me your bid! But remember - if you don't actually bid, someone else could get them for a song!

And what's more... unlike my online store bead sales, worldwide insured shipping is INCLUDED on my SRA lampwork bead auctions. So if you win - your winning bid is all you pay.

Auction Ended

Winning bid - £23.00 GBP

Highest Bidder - Bidder 2

Number of Bidders - 3

Email me the highest price you are prepared to go to and I will do the rest, bidding on your behalf against any other bidders on my book. To avoid disappointment, PLEASE BID EARLY. You would be amazed how many people forget to bid until after the auction has finished! If bids are received even a minute after the auction ends, they won't count.

The cut off for bids is 7 pm British time on Wednesday November 23rd 2011. The page will have its final update and the winner notified a little after that time (it takes me a little while after the auction ends to process any last minute qualifying bids. So please be patient awaiting the results.)

Email me your highest proxy bid (all bids in Great British Pounds please!) and remember postage and packing worldwide is included on these beads - so if yours is the winning bid, that's all you pay. No extra for shipping!

The Small Print....

So how does it work?

Good question. I want you to trust these auctions will be run fairly and squarely. But, also I am very aware that many of you value your privacy when bidding on beads.

If you want to bid, just email me your highest proxy bid. (This is the maximum amount you are prepared to pay - remember, you could win the beads for less though!). I will email back your bidder number (Bidder 1, Bidder 2 etc) and bid anonymously on your behalf.

You can then check this page regularly throughout the week to see the current bid amount and which bidder is in the lead. The bidding will increase in £1 GBP increments. Please make sure all bids are placed in Pounds Sterling (GBP)

Uh? Me still no get it ...

Imagine you want to bid on a set of beads currently at £10.

You email me your highest proxy bid of £20.

I will bid for you, bidding as low as I can to outbid any other bids on my book up to your proxy amount. So if Bidder 1 has set their proxy maximum at £15, your bid would go in at £16 and you would be the current highest bidder.

If two bidders proxy the same amount, the earliest bid received will take precedence.

But how can I trust you Emma?

Frankly you can't definitively. However, you can't trust mainstream auction sites entirely either, since it is easy for rogue sellers to set up bogus ID's and shill-bid up their own auctions.

I can only give you my word that I will run these auctions completely fairly. However, I know that the vast majority of my customers like anonymity when bidding, so I do intend to honour that. I feel we all know each other well enough now to trust one another.

But this is all a work-in-progress don't forget. We will just try it all this way and see how things pan out!

How will I pay?

Your bid will include postage and packing for the auction, worldwide. SO whatever your winning bid is - that is all you pay.

UK Bidders may pay by cheque or Paypal. Overseas customers Paypal only. Please wait for my Paypal invoice once the auction ends and I have confirmed you are indeed the final highest bidder.