That Bears Auction I had mentioned

A week or so ago I posted a question if anyone though I might have
overbid on this package:

2 Bears tickets (first tier middle section, north end of field)
1 Autographed Team football (proof of Authenticity/Donated by the
Chicago Bears)
1 VERY large signed Brian Urlacher photo (16x20 I think) framed and
matted (at the time though I think I forgot to put the size; I had
assumed it was an 8x10 then)
1 Bears Pullover
1 Chicago Whitesox think windbreaker type jacket (I didn't know about
this item and don't think I mentioned it either)
Dinner for 2 at a local Steakhouse
One night at the Hyatt Regency

I had bid 651.00. Two people responded and said I overbid quite a
lot.

I thought maybe I overbid a hundred bucks at most maybe (depending on
the football price) but after adding in the jacket and seeing the
framed size of the Urlacher photo, I felt I was probably right at the
package cost.

People around us said we overbid here too.

I just found out I didn't win it but it went for 1275 bucks! And you
thought I was nuts. Someone from Hawaii won it and they have to fly
in for the game (October 20th I think they said it was). NOW who is
crazy! LOL

well, to tell you the truth...if it's a regular season bears game,
they are sold out like, forever. that is one of those teams that
season tickets have to be willed to you. and in the new stadium that i
think is less than 2 years old. it probably next to impossible to get
the bears tickets to begin with. so those tickets really could have an
enormous price tag anyway (depending on where the seats are).
next, chicago bears teams signed football. this probably comes with a
letter of authenticity from the team. well, i imagine that since most
autographers would love to sell a team football for around $200, one
with a LOA from the team itself could fetch 3-$400 anyway. brian
urlacher 16x20, $100, framing, probably a little more than that. so
just the autographed items alone you're probably looking at $500.
dinner at the chicago steakhouse is easily $100, windbreakers, even at
the cheap end of $25 ea, that's pretty good. night at hyatt regency
during football season, $150-$300 easily...
$600 isn't a bad price. $1200 probably isn't either (that may still be
low.). and someone from hawaii probably never has the opporitunity to
get all that stuff as well. top it off, this was probably a charity
thing, those things tend to be more expensive than they are worth
anyway...
it was probably a deal.
m

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:12:57 -0700, barefoot
wrote:

well, to tell you the truth...if it's a regular season bears game,
they are sold out like, forever. that is one of those teams that
season tickets have to be willed to you. and in the new stadium that i
think is less than 2 years old. it probably next to impossible to get
the bears tickets to begin with. so those tickets really could have an
enormous price tag anyway (depending on where the seats are).
next, chicago bears teams signed football. this probably comes with a
letter of authenticity from the team. well, i imagine that since most
autographers would love to sell a team football for around $200, one
with a LOA from the team itself could fetch 3-$400 anyway. brian
urlacher 16x20, $100, framing, probably a little more than that. so
just the autographed items alone you're probably looking at $500.
dinner at the chicago steakhouse is easily $100, windbreakers, even at
the cheap end of $25 ea, that's pretty good. night at hyatt regency
during football season, $150-$300 easily...
$600 isn't a bad price. $1200 probably isn't either (that may still be
low.). and someone from hawaii probably never has the opporitunity to
get all that stuff as well. top it off, this was probably a charity
thing, those things tend to be more expensive than they are worth
anyway...
it was probably a deal.
m

I was ambiguous about it afterwards because like you said it was a
charity so I figured if I overspent, at least it was going to
sometning (it was to promote "being green" from an Arborist society).
The only killer for me was the airfare... but then again, I flew there
for less than 24 hours to see the King Tut exhibit last year so what
the hell. I didn't like the fact that they don't contact you to let
you know if you won after the bid. It was an "online" auction,
followed by a "live auction" which you don't get to be privy too. It
was a new format for me; I've never been involved in this type of
auction.

Sue H wrote:
A week or so ago I posted a question if anyone though I might have
overbid on this package:

2 Bears tickets (first tier middle section, north end of field)
1 Autographed Team football (proof of Authenticity/Donated by the
Chicago Bears)
1 VERY large signed Brian Urlacher photo (16x20 I think) framed and
matted (at the time though I think I forgot to put the size; I had
assumed it was an 8x10 then)
1 Bears Pullover
1 Chicago Whitesox think windbreaker type jacket (I didn't know about
this item and don't think I mentioned it either)
Dinner for 2 at a local Steakhouse
One night at the Hyatt Regency

I had bid 651.00. Two people responded and said I overbid quite a
lot.

I thought maybe I overbid a hundred bucks at most maybe (depending on
the football price) but after adding in the jacket and seeing the
framed size of the Urlacher photo, I felt I was probably right at the
package cost.

People around us said we overbid here too.

I just found out I didn't win it but it went for 1275 bucks! And you
thought I was nuts. Someone from Hawaii won it and they have to fly
in for the game (October 20th I think they said it was). NOW who is
crazy! LOL

The company I work for typically holds a similar auction once a year with
proceeds going to the United Way. Most items go for double their actual
value, really good items can go 4 or 5 times the real cost because the
bidder wants to make a nice donation. Also since the bidding is openly
viewable for the 2 weeks of the auction (You write your name, bid and
extension on the sheet that's with the item.) it's somewhat a status thing.
I don't know if the auction your refering to is a charity event or not, but
if it is the people from Hawaii may not even bother to use the seats/hotel.
Of course it's also possible they live in Hawaii now but are from Chicago
and will be visiting their old stomping grounds that week.


Best,
Bill

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:48:06 -0500, "Bill Plenge"
wrote:

Sue H wrote:
A week or so ago I posted a question if anyone though I might have
overbid on this package:

2 Bears tickets (first tier middle section, north end of field)
1 Autographed Team football (proof of Authenticity/Donated by the
Chicago Bears)
1 VERY large signed Brian Urlacher photo (16x20 I think) framed and
matted (at the time though I think I forgot to put the size; I had
assumed it was an 8x10 then)
1 Bears Pullover
1 Chicago Whitesox think windbreaker type jacket (I didn't know about
this item and don't think I mentioned it either)
Dinner for 2 at a local Steakhouse
One night at the Hyatt Regency

I had bid 651.00. Two people responded and said I overbid quite a
lot.

I thought maybe I overbid a hundred bucks at most maybe (depending on
the football price) but after adding in the jacket and seeing the
framed size of the Urlacher photo, I felt I was probably right at the
package cost.

People around us said we overbid here too.

I just found out I didn't win it but it went for 1275 bucks! And you
thought I was nuts. Someone from Hawaii won it and they have to fly
in for the game (October 20th I think they said it was). NOW who is
crazy! LOL

The company I work for typically holds a similar auction once a year with
proceeds going to the United Way. Most items go for double their actual
value, really good items can go 4 or 5 times the real cost because the
bidder wants to make a nice donation. Also since the bidding is openly
viewable for the 2 weeks of the auction (You write your name, bid and
extension on the sheet that's with the item.) it's somewhat a status thing.
I don't know if the auction your refering to is a charity event or not, but
if it is the people from Hawaii may not even bother to use the seats/hotel.
Of course it's also possible they live in Hawaii now but are from Chicago
and will be visiting their old stomping grounds that week.


Best,
Bill


that's probably true. To console myself, I just bought a Star Wars
graph. And I am watchin a Harry Potter graph.

I'll out bid you on the graph....JUST KIDDING, LOL!