And it’s sold for $4350 USD
Bids worth $1200 in the last minute of bidding.
The winning bid
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Das sind die Profis, die in den letzten 60sek. zuschlagen.
3, 2, 1, meins 🙂
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Yup. 53 seconds before it closed. The other bidder didn’t know what hit her. She kept upping, and upping, and upping it. People who know what they are doing decide on an absolute top price but they don’t enter it much ahead of time.
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Mal sehen, wie heiss es noch bei Guylty wird. Der Custom-Made-Shrine ist schwer begehrt. 🙂
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As an experienced eBayer, I subscribe to a service that automatically places bids for me within the last few seconds. I decide ahead of time what I’ll pay, but the rest of the process is automated. I believe the term is “sniping.” Some feel it’s unfair, but it works well. I would guess that the winning bidder used a sniping program.
That’s how I managed to snag my Guy of Gisborne action figure, new in package!
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I used to ebay a lot and at some point I considered using one of those services. It really protects the bidder against emotional bidding. But I remember the first time I was outbid by a “sniper” and how offended I was.
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Yes, it’s happened to me also, and I felt the same way (offended). But then, it became a “if you can’t beat them, join them” situation for me.
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Totally makes sense. I think it’s normal that we wouldn’t all react the same way. I think if there were ever anything that I felt like I would just die if I didn’t have, or be angry for more than an hour or two, I might reconsider, just to save myself the stress.
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Wait, what!?! There was a Guy of Gisborne action figure!? 😶
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There were action figures for all the main RH characters. You have to search international eBay auctions – mostly in England – to find them. I have actually bought two – one new in package and one complete with sword, but not in package. I have a picture from my profile on AO3. Just scroll down a bit to see the action figures. http://archiveofourown.org/users/Coleen561/profile
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I’m so jelly!
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For a long time, there was active fan art involving Little Guy (as he was called by fans), for example this: http://richardarmitagecentral.co.uk/main.php?g2_itemId=181352 and when the Thorin action figure came out, there were a bunch of FB pages devoted to their joint adventures.
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Wahnsinn, was für eine großartige Gallerie. Das waren noch Zeiten, als Fanart noch hauptsächlich reine Handarbeit war. Heute spielt sich das meiste ja am Rechner ab. Schön, dass du diese Schätze mal wieder ans Licht gezerrt hast. 🙂
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I miss way to much working (sob) On the bright side, did manage to get a few Thorin toys, the PoP Thorin is my fave of those, but would have so loved a Gisborne AF, might eventually look for one. Gisborne is my favorite, in case there was any doubts. heh
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yeah, i was confused on that, thanks for the clarification 🙂
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Just incredible! Well done !
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Wow! I’m sure the charity is beyond thrilled.
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Indeed — the next biggest bids for items are around $700. None of the other Hannibal folks besides Gillian Anderson are in that range.
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One of the drawings by Margaret Keane (Big Eyes artist) is next highest at $935 and there’s still a day of bidding left. As an international artist, that could actually be worth something, especially since that Amy Adams movie brought her back into the spotlight.
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well, all of them will escalate drastically in the last hour before bidding — that is how the smart ebayer bids, I think. That said, I don’t think it’s going to get $3k+ in the last hour. But maybe I am wrong. The question is never, who’d be willing to pay that, but rather, does the person who’d be willing to pay that know that it’s being auctioned?
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Reblogged this on FunkyBlueDandelion and commented:
Holy cow, dude.
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Reblogged this on richardtreehouse and commented:
Wow! Richard Armitage fans rock.
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I was laughing as I watched the figure cycle up rapidly before closing. Hope Richard has his checkbook ready. Bet he didn’t think it would go this high when he said he’d match it. LOL. And I bet Gillian Anderson is sorry she didn’t get 2-3 more doodles from him.
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That WAS exciting to watch. And yeah, she should have spread it out a little. I don’t know if every one would have gone for that much but I bet they might have gotten $2000 apiece if there had been three.
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And yeah, I’m guessing he didn’t think it would be that much. I wonder if anyone is around who remembers what the previous Doodle went for (back in 2007)?
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That auction was simply amazing. What a great price, and on top of that RA’s generous gesture. Even if he (probably) did not expect that… But wow – what a fandom! I’m sure it helped that people spread the word, too, and that it was clear so many people were watching the auction unfold.
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re: so many people watching = absolutely.
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LOL … that’s about 300 bottles of relatively good Pinot Noir worth 😛
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Think of all the calories saved 🙂
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And someone should’ve cuffed my hands behind my back … just snagged the Tardis and the Star Wars doodle in the last 3 seconds … but they will look just fab on my wall, while I sit there sipping tap water for the next weeks …
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well, at least your tap water is potable 🙂
there were some really good deals there at the end, esp for Star Trek fans.
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I was really astonished that Bryan Fuller’s doodle didn’t realised more – I thought it was hysterical – “Garfield in Space” lol
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I wonder if writers / producers attract that kind of fan, who want to own that sort of thing (open question for me). I think if I were a fan of a writer I’d want to own a script or a diary or something …
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just wow…. i know there are always more bids at last minute but i didn’t expect that 🙂 very pleased! I hope the winner is very pleased too :-))) Maybe RA has to fly economy for a while to amortise ;-)))))
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I was wondering that, too 🙂 I assume he has the money, but I wonder if he has that much in checking or whether he’ll have to sell a certificate of deposit 🙂
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or maybe refrain from buying a few of this season’s collection of leather jackets? ;-)))) just kidding 😉 He must have been watching and preparing, i think he made his offer when the sum was around 2k already, wasn’t it? I bet he is smiling at the end sum though 🙂 It is all worth tightening the belt a bit for a good cause 🙂
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Or just do some more drawings and offer them on ebay. ;-)))
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He used to occasionally sign DVDs and give them to charities as auction items, I assume at the charities’ request. Probably they should ask for some original art 🙂
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Is Richard the only one to say they will match the winning bid? Either way, his doodle brought in the most money.
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It was so mind-blowing. I was surprised enough when the price touched a thousand milestone early on but last night when I went to bed, I could never have guessed that it would end at 4,350! The charity sure raises a lot of money to help saving lives 🙂
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