This is sad news indeed.  

Auctioning Jim's tools is a great idea.  But someone with knowledge of the
market would have to set reserve prices to make sure that the tools do not sell
too cheap (and that person probably should not be bidding in the auction).

There are lots of inexpensive silent auction websites.  They are easy-to-use so
that the administrators can upload pictures and descriptions in a web interface
that is already created for us.  While that will cost maybe $100, it will allow
us to have a series of full-length auctions in a way accessible to many people.

Micah


-----Original Message-----
From: OldTools [mailto:oldtools-
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Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 7:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [OldTools] update -- Jim Thompson


That sounds good to me. I also often miss out on items that have sold before I
get on-line. As well, running an sale for 24 hrs might help generate better
prices than would be achieved otherwise.

But I am concerned we may be jumping the gun on this. It may be that Jim's
family already have a plan. I can't imagine that he wasn't thinking about
this...

FWIW
Don

On 2015-04-18 3:02 PM, Roy wrote:
> I prefer the silent auction, or even not-silent auction.  I know I 
> often miss a chance at one of Josh's sales because I am not online 
> when it starts.  Something that runs over 24 hours so everyone could 
> have a chance at bidding would be nice.