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February 11, 2005

The Hunt is On

The Pixy Misa Token Of Gratitude eBay Quest has officially begun. There were several good suggestions from Ted, Jim and Victor and is seventeen pet rats.

Taking Victor's suggestion as a starting point, the first bid has been placed and I am currently the high bidder for a 1948 edition of Robert Heinlein's Beyond the Horizon.

Hardcover Book in ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET! A great collector's item from one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time! Heinlein was one of the most influential authors in the science fiction genre. He developed new themes, new techniques and approaches. He became the first science fiction writer to break into major general magazines in the late 1940s with true, undisguised science fiction, and the first bestselling novel-length science fiction in the 1960s. The major themes of his work were social: radical individualism, libertarianism, religion, the relationship between physical and emotional love, and speculation about unorthodox social and family relationships.
The jacket on this book has edge wear with rubbing and some foxing. The book is square with a tight binding with clean boards and pages.
Published by: Grosset And Dunlap, 1948.

I don't have a realistic level of hope for this one though. With a little more than two days remaining my high bid is $48.50. So there is no room in the $50 budget to go back if I get out bid. But there are more offerings in this category, as well as a lot of possibilities for Ted's suggestion of an anime cell. My only difficulty there is I would be a very uneducated shopper. I know next to nothing about anime and could wind up buy utter dreck for too much money.

UPDATE: 2 hours 37 minutes remaining and I still have the high bid. I expect to still have the high bid for about 2 hours 35 minutes.

UPDATE: 48 minutes to go. Still have the high bid.

UPDATE: 22 minutes to go. Still have the high bid.

UPDATE: 10 minutes to go. Still have the high bid. Almost starting to believe.

UPDATE: 5 minutes to go. Still have the high bid. If I'm going to lose it's going to happen soon.

UPDATE: 3 minutes 51 seconds. I have been outbid. As expected the bid is over the pre-established budget. A new item will be chosen and the Pixy Misa Token Of Gratitude eBay Quest will continue tomorrow.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 03:43 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment

1 Wow. I'm currently reading his Time Enough for Love. He's a very gifted write. Good luck to you in the auction!

Posted by: Paladin at February 13, 2005 02:22 PM (XeCL+)

2 Doh. Don't give up. Look for the auctions that end around 4am Pacific Time, then swoop in at the last second. Your sacrifice will be rewarded!

Posted by: Paladin at February 14, 2005 08:44 AM (Rfqkp)

3 The only time I ever gave up when playing the eBay game was when I was trying to score an iPod for $50. The only reason i quit trying is that someone gave me one as a gift!

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at February 14, 2005 10:08 AM (UquFN)

4 Drat. What did it finally sell for?

Posted by: Tuning Spork at February 15, 2005 07:22 AM (MB5kA)

5 The really sad part is that it went for $51. I would have gone over budget but by the time I became aware and tried to re-bid it was too late.

I took the time for the last update from the email notice that I had been outbid.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at February 15, 2005 08:19 AM (UquFN)

6 Ouch! Double Drat!! I'd've thought that the last minute auto-bidders might have pushed it past the $70 mark, or so. Crikey. $51. That is the sad part. Ah, well. Onto the next one!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at February 15, 2005 06:09 PM (DixqM)

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