coda Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Original auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270132264843 2nd auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260145824374 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Ummm, yeah.... as an fyi, the guy who bought it hadn't paid more than $70 for any of his prior purchases. I'm betting this one will be relisted. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 yep Having a beer on eBay: Frothy offer is too good to be true When Dan Woodul, 25, of Tulsa placed a $304 bid on eBay last June for an antique beer bottle, he thought he would get something cool. The Allsopp's Arctic Ale, brewed in 1852, also had an attached handwritten note from the early 1900s, which sealed the deal. "When (the seller) e-mailed me the information on the card, I thought it'd be something interesting to have," Woodul said. After winning the aged bottle, Woodul said he decided to appraise its value by re-auctioning it off this month. The winning bid would have been a world record for a beer bottle -- still wax sealed and full -- at $503,300. "I just sat back and waited," he said. "You wouldn't believe all the e-mails I've received." Woodul is not a full-time eBay auctioneer, he said. He has sold items for far less than they were probably worth and doesn't pay much attention to his bidding and selling online. However, the bottle that had him poised to make a half-million dollar profit brought a lot of interest, he said. "The thing that really bothered me was people were contacting the original seller and basically coming down on this guy, calling him an idiot," Woodul said, noting that the original eBay seller had the bottle in his possession for 50 years. "Buying and selling is such a fickle thing. Sometimes you just don't have the time to research what something is worth."Woodul isn't expecting to cash a half-million check anytime soon. The bidder, known as "v00d004sc0re" on eBay, called him the night the auction ended.No hard feelings, Woodul said. "I talked to him the evening of and he basically said he wasn't going to follow through," he said. "He came out up front and said it was a joke bid." So, what will Woodul, known as "collectordan" on eBay, do with his antique, now sitting safely in a safety deposit box? He currently has no plans to sell it or even re-list on eBay, despite six-figure offers for the bottle. "With all this fiasco surrounding this, I'd rather it just go to charity," he said. "It's taken too much time already from our overseas business ventures." Woodul, chief executive officer of Sebis International, has been working with his company since his college days at the University of Tulsa. EBay has been and will continue to be a hobby, he said -- $503,300 richer, or not. http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070828_1_A2_spanc46672 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauln Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 If he has six figure offers he should sell it. He certainly can't drink it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott0527 Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 I don't get what was so different about the 2nd auction that warranted the price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 the first auction was sort of like having a pair of original Klipsch Jubilees, and listing them as Klispch. The second seller took time to research it as well to note that this was the oldest known sealed bottle in the world; the paragraph that pushed the bidding impulse to a frenzy was probably this, You are bidding on what most would consider the rarest bottle of beer in the world! This bottles history is amazing! Thinktwo bottles were sent over for the celebration Peary and Shackletons North Pole expedition, in Boston, over 100 years ago, and those bottles were considered a RARE TREASURE at that time!!! Do your research this piece is nothing short of museum quality, also find it interesting that the world record price paid for a full corked bottle of wine was a Chateau Margaux 1789 that was part of Thomas Jeffersons personal collection, LONDON Christies 1989 $265,000. notice the "winning" bidder also collects vinyl.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Are you kidding me or what ?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Wait'll I get my Sam Adams Utopias!!! Should I drain it, or not touch it and put it on eBay? Could be interesting. I don't know though, it's copper colored and black lettering (like Klipsch logos); Huhm.... eBay it as the "World's Strongest Beer - Decor Matches the World's Best Speakers"[6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott0527 Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 the first auction was sort of like having a pair of original Klipsch Jubilees, and listing them as Klispch. The second seller took time to research it as well to note that this was the oldest known sealed bottle in the world; the paragraph that pushed the bidding impulse to a frenzy was probably this, You are bidding on what most would consider the rarest bottle of beer in the world! This bottles history is amazing! Thinktwo bottles were sent over for the celebration Peary and Shackletons North Pole expedition, in Boston, over 100 years ago, and those bottles were considered a RARE TREASURE at that time!!! Do your research this piece is nothing short of museum quality, also find it interesting that the world record price paid for a full corked bottle of wine was a Chateau Margaux 1789 that was part of Thomas Jeffersons personal collection, LONDON Christies 1989 $265,000. notice the "winning" bidder also collects vinyl.. I see that. It's just that usully, the people who are out there looking to spend $100,000 plus on a bottle of beer are experienced collectors that would typically know the story behind such a bottle. Think what would happen if someone listed a pair of Jubilee's for 7 days and simply called them Klipsch. Certainly by auction end, someone here would have found the auction and spread the word. It's surprising to me to see one slip by like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 3, 2007 Author Share Posted September 3, 2007 yep. looking for some Klispch Jubilees . . sadly, for first auctioneer, he misspelled the brand of beer . . believe it or not, oldbuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 For that kinda' money I could find a great BUZZ.........................EH !!!!!! .......... not my money, I still don't believe it !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 For that kinda' money I could find a great BUZZ.........................EH !!!!!! .......... not my money, I still don't believe it !!!!!!!!!!! OB - Let me make it clear that I would not consider paying more for beer than what I already pay for Chimay (which is considerable to me, but much cheaper than alot of great wine), BUT I think it is helpful to think of this not as "beer," but as a historical artifact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 kev313, your right, it is best thought of as an Artifact, but brother, I am a cheap bass-turd, and that is out of my league, and you can't drink it, where did I go wrong ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dp1954 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I've got an unopened 6 pack of Billy Beer from the mid 70's. Wonder what its worth? Maybe I don't want to know. It'd probably just piss be off........ considering I actually drank a 6 pack of the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Shame you just drank that Billy Beer, I'd offered you $hundreds.... LOLOL[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauln Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Here you go! http://cgi.ebay.com/BILLY-BEER-SIX-PACK-FULL-CANS-UNOPENED_W0QQitemZ280148773854QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3918QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Winner must show proof is at least 21 years of age... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Forget that........ Looky here!!! Sam Adams Utopias.......... eBay item: 160152487330 Already up to $200+ .... And then there's this one........ eBay item: 10166742641....... $795........... I'm going to invest[H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.