Helmet auction...

[BigMotherTucker]

Sooooo.... State looks like they are auctioning off the helmets from this last weekend and I thought to myself, "let me check that out". Thats where my understanding of the auction process starts to faulter. I read the discription and it says they are actioning off 100 helmets. Ok... Im on board at this point. Starting bid, $1500. They've lost me... Bid incraments (eyes glazed over due to not caring) $100. Current bid, $3500... Ok what? So every bid drives up the cost of every helmet?

Link to the auction for those interested (and has more money than sense. Link to auction


Can someone smarter than myself explain that process to me? I'll hang up and listen.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

Ok.. I think I figured this out... I just went back to the site and it appears its one helmet per set number of time. It is a strange way to do it, but whatever.

 

[Dawgbite]

I'm assuming the number in parenthesis is the players number? Why are some with a Buy IT Now of $2500 and some are bid above this amount? I would like to have one but $1500 is a little ambitious if you ask me.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

I'm assuming that if there are no bids then you can buy it now for $2500. Waaaaay to much. I guess the closer to the 26th the big money guys will have petered out. Maybe you can get one for cheaper then.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Better get a bid in early on that #17 helmet...

Interestingly, LSU actually sold game-used helmets in the merchandise store next to the stadium (whatever it was called). Either $100 or $150 (I can't remember), and they were real helmets, with facemasks depending on position (some linemen, some receivers, etc), but no chinstraps.

 

[Dawgology]

Way overpirced

Sooooo.... State looks like they are auctioning off the helmets from this last weekend and I thought to myself, "let me check that out". Thats where my understanding of the auction process starts to faulter. I read the discription and it says they are actioning off 100 helmets. Ok... Im on board at this point. Starting bid, $1500. They've lost me... Bid incraments (eyes glazed over due to not caring) $100. Current bid, $3500... Ok what? So every bid drives up the cost of every helmet?

Link to the auction for those interested (and has more money than sense. Link to auction


Can someone smarter than myself explain that process to me? I'll hang up and listen.

Game helmets usually go for $200 - $400. I could see them going for $500 due to the fact that it's a one-off but $2500 is laughable for a game helmet.

 

[RocketDawg]

Didn't Eli get involved with selling game-used items for the Giants, only they weren't really used in a game?

 

[RocketDawg]

It says on the first few at least that they won't accept a bid over $2500, yet there must be several higher than $2500 since on one the current bid is at $4100.

 

[josebrown]

The $2500 is the "buy it now" price. The bidding for each begins at $1500. Once the bidding reaches the $2500 mark, there is no more "buy it now" and the highest bidder when the auction ends will get to purchase the helmet.

 

[BruceBruce]

I bought a gold egg bowl helmet a few years back for $400 from the athletic dept. That’s about what these new helmets cost now. $1500 is way too much. An Ole Miss buddy of mine was very confident that year and bet me $400 they would win, I was happy to let me buy that for me.

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

Didn't Eli get involved with selling game-used items for the Giants, only they weren't really used in a game?

Correct, he had the equipment manager roughing them up to look game worn.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

If this team had won the west or gone 11-1 and somehow jumped uga for a playoff spot i could see it

 

[RocketDawg]

The $2500 is the "buy it now" price. The bidding for each begins at $1500. Once the bidding reaches the $2500 mark, there is no more "buy it now" and the highest bidder when the auction ends will get to purchase the helmet.

I know. But it specifically says that no bid over $2500 will be accepted. Look at the second sentence under the *** paragraph.

 

[RedStickDawg]

Aren’t the proceeds going to Sonny Montgomery’s Veterans Fund? $1500 is steep, but I’m sure plenty of folks out there would like a nice write-off and get one of those helmets too. Seems okay to drive the price up for a good cause.

 

[dickiedawg]

Yeah I was prepared to drop $500 on one.

 

[HotMop]

I saw that as well, color me confused.

 

[Eleven Bravo]

Game helmets usually go for $200 - $400. I could see them going for $500 due to the fact that it's a one-off but $2500 is laughable for a game helmet.

The proceeds are going to charity. Obviously, they are way overpriced because the idea is to raise money. It’s kind of like going to a Ducks Unlimited dinner-you keep drinking that single malt and eat that nice steak and then you commence to bid $2500 on a shotgun you can buy from a gun retailer for $1000. The one you buy at the auction will have a “Ducks Unlimited” engraved on it somewhere. These helmets are special edition in that once these are gone you won’t have an opportunity to buy them again.