Auction

[monk]

thats right, my favourite print, i'm not in a position where i can donate anything right now, so i figured the best way was to massage others into it, so, i'm donating a signed, very limited edition print (limited as in, there's only one that exists, only way i'll sell them in future will be through DAP, when i say signed, i mean, i'll write anything you want on the back of it, within reason :)), i have one copy of all my stuff for gallery purposes, single runs, leech has one, cone has one (and im sure they'll vouch for quality), but no more will be made this way, plus, this one is unique, as i'm not getting it reprinted for myself at this size, so it's as limited as they get

http://www.merulifestyle.com/Portals/10/lustprint.jpg

12"x18" glossy archival kodak stock

http://www.spyroteknik.com/lustral.jpg

http://www.spyroteknik.com/lustraldetail.jpg


right, here's the deal, place your bid in this thread (or via pm if you wish to be anonymous), open until 12pm 1st december (edit- null, now 5th dec), highest bid gets it, then, this is the tricky part, money order will have to be sent first class (to be recieved by 6th dec) to the address in the mass email, more details will be given to the winning bid

this is important guys, we need to do whatever we can to keep GF alive, this is only one print, but your offer will help secure the future of this site, our online home, so think big picture, not just this little print


check out this thread
http://www.graphic-forums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18385

[chimaera]

Awesome idea and very generous! Great print too.

I was thinking though, maybe the best way to maximise the value is to update this thread with the current highest bid. That way people can either better it, or not bother PMing you to say "I'll bid $5".

[monk]

agreed, see, im crap at this haha, place bids directly in here, but, as in auction houses, stick your bid in, and we do need it to be serious, money order only, first class, needs to be there by 6th (which is why other methods of payment will not help)

[hightop]

dunno, but wouldn't it be good to post the offer in here to, so people know what they gotta bid over????

edit: maybe i should have updated the thread before i posted.. hehe :P

edit2: just a question... first class?? what's that really???

[monk]

lol, it's a UK thing, business post, fastest postal delivery :D

[hightop]

Originally posted by monk
lol, it's a UK thing, business post, fastest postal delivery :D

oh.. ok... so if i would like to take my private jet and come hand you the money in hand.. i'm not really allowed todo that??? hehehehe ;)

ok.. i'm going offtopic here :p

would love to bid on it.. but dunno if i could get the money to you that fast really :/

[Veritas]

id bid on it...but same as hightop, and i wouldn't want to offend u with low bids for that great piece of work...i just dont have lots of money sitting around since i too am going through school and paying for it....

[halftone]

Originally posted by monk
leech has one, cone has one (and im sure they'll vouch for quality)

open until 12pm 1st december

quality is fucking amazing, simple as that, i nearly creamed myself when i got my print :)

12pm, isnt that mid-day ? I think you mean midnight ? uk time ? or am i being thick ?

[Veritas]

ya...might want a timezone...12pm dec 1st is in 2.5hrs for me...

[Koobi]

monk, you're a freaking genius :D

[monk]

lol good point, go for 12midnight UKtime, as long as you're confident of getting the money transferred to the US by the 6th, the date is flexible

im not making anything from this, so theres nobody to offend, it's just a push to get people to donate to GF, which is the more important feature, this is just a print


(edit - changed to 5th december, keep this alive and active a bit longer, plus, i screwed up on the date in the first place haha, covering my bases)

[chimaera]

So there's no Paypal option?

[Veritas]

ill bid as soon as i find a place to do money orders....im in Canada...so i dont know how fast it can get to CA...i should know in a bit...as soon as i get a hold of a postal company.

::EDIT::

ok..after a long, wet walk in the snow...i found a post office, and they said the earlierst they could prob get it to CA was 5 business days....is that ok?

[herd]

if paypal option is allowed, why not put it on ebay?

[daedal.]

Damn, if I had some spare cash, I would definitly consider it. I freaking love that piece.

[MEDesign]

thats a wicked piece monk , dam why only the till the 6th? gf emergency? the link you posted can only be viewed by mods and admins, and as for email notification mines changes so ihave lil clue whats going on but would like to help. only lil things i know about the state of gf is from irc channel. but anyways someone pm me some details and i can see what i can do to help.

[Veritas]

ok...well...ill bid 20CAD (approx 16.88USD)...but it will take 5 business days to get there

[MEDesign]

got the info from irc channel, im in the same boat as veritas is 5 business days to get to cali from canada, am checking out fedex details to see if that is any faster.

[monk]

excellent, first bid in, i need to clarify about dates/payment options a bit more with Samuel, as i kind of jumped the gun with this thread, bit awry all round, but i'll get everything cleared up

didn't realise about the thread being hidden, another thing that will be sorted soon

apologies guys, but i'll get back to you when i know more

til then, keep bidding, and donating (it's like liveaid haha)

[digitalmind]

I'd truly love to bid, but have no idea whatshowever how payment would work or how I would go about doing so. I've never bought anything from different countries, and thus don't know what I'd need to do to get the money where it's supposed to go. Can someone fill me in on the basic procedure? Or won't it get there on time anyhow? (seeing as the 6th is the date set, and it's allready the 2nd here)

[Veritas]

go to post office and take money with u and place a money order.

[pantheransl]

what are the increments that we have to bid by, like for example, i wouldnt think i would be allowed to bid 1 penny more then somone else, it should go up by atleast 2 dollars or somthin like that imo

[monk]

rik, postalorder is just that, like a cheque that doesnt need to be cashed, fedex or business post should have fast services, just means it gets there on time, which is the main problem (i'll post the print from uk as soon as sam recieves money), panther, damn good point, $5 increments sound good to everyone?

sorry to chop and change things with this everyone, but i'm going to go out on a limb and say, 12midnight 2nd december UKtime, 4 days post time (well 3 and a half US) (edit - null - now 5th dec), as that seems to be more of the problem than the amount of people willing to donate

im really bad at this, i know, and you can all kick me later, things are a bit upside down behind the scenes so bear with us, we're trying our best to make things good

[cmg_oh]

Hmm... looks like Veritas has a bid of just under 17 USD, so $22. USD is my bid.

[Samuel]

This is awesome, looks like you have something going here =)

Sorry for my absence, I'm trying to catch up.

[monk]

13hrs 7mins to go (null, now 5th dec), $22 bid in front

paypal is an option now, see the announcement threads

thanks everyone :D keep it up

[chimaera]

So Paypal being an option, surely the bidding can go on for a few days?

[B-man]

I want to bid $35 USD via PayPal

[Samuel]

Originally posted by chimaera
So Paypal being an option, surely the bidding can go on for a few days?

Yes, we need about 250 asap, the rest (About 1500?) next 3 weeks.

[monk]

excellent stuff

okay, deadline extended to sunday dec5th 12midnight uktime

final flipflop :D

i'll update original posts to match

[digitalmind]

Since paypall is now an option, I'll bid at 35 US Dollars.

[Samuel]

Originally posted by digitalmind
Since paypall is now an option, I'll bid at 35 US Dollars.

ahaha bid invalid, you have to bid more than the last bid =)

[Veritas]

ah...u guys are too rich for my blood....lol...

[dalin]

$40.00 USD via PayPal

[Samuel]

Originally posted by rage
if paypal option is allowed, why not put it on ebay?

Not a bad idea, but I'm not an ebay'er in this area but its something to look into.

[digitalmind]

$45 via PayPal

[B-man]

$50 USD via paypal

[chimaera]

Now we're talking =0)
I was thinking of bidding something like 40, but I figured I'd wait to see what the first bids were like.

[`Neverwhere.]

I don't get paid until the seventh :cry: I want that so bad.

[JC Olsen]

$60 USD

Edit:
Via PayPal

[chimaera]

Hope you've got the cash JC =0p

[JC Olsen]

hehe, I got the cash. Got a $170 USD bill like an hour after I made the bid, but i'll stick to it even though it will make me broke troughout christmas :P

[Infidel]

man, i wish i could get my christmas cash now so i can make some donation$$ or something :(

[JC Olsen]

woho! I'm still in the lead :P

Edit:
Uhm... Looks like some people can't read. Just to clarify; I have bid $60 USD, not 170 like some have thought.

[monk]

haha, yep, 3 and a half hours remaining before cutoff point

(jc, i'll pm you when the thing is over, assuming you don't get pipped)

[JC Olsen]

3 and a half hour? Oh... Darn... I am one hour plus of you. Thought it was only 2 and a half left :P

[monk]

3h9min :D

[visualriddle]

aww. My max bid was $60.00.

[monk]

1h7min

[visualriddle]

Do you have any other choices of prints for the auction?

[JC Olsen]

Weeee! I got my self a new image :P

[monk]

yup, auction closed , jc's it is, huge thankyou everyone, huge thankyou

[cmg_oh]

Lucky Bum ;)

Congrates JC.

[halftone]

JC, i just edited your post to bid $80 ;)

congrats

[JC Olsen]

haha yeah right :P

:)

[JC Olsen]

Update:
No fun waiting for that print! :P

[monk]

you not got it yet? it's en route, 5days in the hands of postalworkers grubby little hands :D, figured it'd take a week so you should get it pretty soon

[hightop]

congrats JC :D

[Samuel]

Post pics when you get it (Reminder JC) so we can quietly despise you all 2005

[JC Olsen]

hehe I will Sam... Need to frame it first. I assume it may be a while before I get it cause of the christmas rush. That reminds me, got two other packages to pick up :P

[Samuel]

Nice, the donation drive is going into january it seems so this will still be a major topic for GF. Congrats on the auction =)

[JC Olsen]

Guess who recieved the print today :D

*Why can't I insert an image here? huh?*

It had some minor bending damages on the left side, but nothing major. Now I need to get a frame for it ;)

Thanks man, looks really great. And that sketch is wicked too :D

[hightop]

looks damn nice... soooo yellous.. hehe :)

[DragonZ911]

THats one nice print.

[Samuel]

Awesome JC =) Congrats man!