[Gussius]

Just checked my Arsty bid history from last year. Missed out on Bomb Hugger & Versaille - given the price they went for, i may have been £50K better off if I had bigger balls. (NB: Aware that the prices could have kept going up if i stayed in.)

[mrizzle]

Still...Linea was a nice pick up at that price.

[artzhole]

[Charlie Bronson]

Apr 1, 2021 15:19:00 GMT 1 Gussius said:

Just checked my Arsty bid history from last year. Missed out on Bomb Hugger & Versaille - given the price they went for, i may have been £50K better off if I had bigger balls. (NB: Aware that the prices could have kept going up if i stayed in.)

Hindsight bud. If I do a Banksy search in my email I’m depressed for a day. Dating back to when I first became a fan in 2006, right around the time of his Barely Legal show, I find old emails of me passing up signed prints for 2-4K, unsigned for 1500....signed GWRB for 40k. The best is a B canvas I passed up for 120k, that’s likely a few million now🤦🏻‍♂️

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Not that many regrets, except for not buying a Banksy Flags for £4k two years ago because I thought I'd have a think about it and then maybe buy in a couple of months (by which time it was nearer £20k).

Oh and a massive Sebas Velasco original that I forgot to bid on and sold for about £700. I'm still annoyed about that. 

Got a lot of old emails about watched Banksy items that I thought were too expensive to commit to.

[Gussius]

Apr 1, 2021 23:22:31 GMT 1 artzhole said:

Good point sir. I should have introduced a more positive topic given the long weekend and lockdown opening up. One love!

[Lord Lucas Roham]

Sold many a print when I was a poor student for 2k. Kicking myself for selling a Nola Grey for 3k. Probably worth 150k now.

I once sold a Stop and Search print to someone (for 2.5k) who, on arrival claimed it was creased. I had videod myself rolling it and packaging it so it clearly wasn't me. Never found put what had happened tbh. After I sent them the video he didn't get back to me. I suspect his wife opened it and rolled it up side to side against the grain.

[GMA]

Just think, there's probably things you're passing on now and in years to come you may regret 😆

[dotdot]

A well trodden conversation.. who what when... etc.

i remember seeing around 10 banksy prints flying by one evening on ebay - a collection sold.(same id)
circa perhaps end of 07 (certainly someone thought clearly at the time.. yeah time to get out take the money now).

not sure if that person still has the same view.

..and yeah i was pipped at the post on several of said prints.

hey ho...

[Sixty Bells]

I sold a mini canvas in 2008 for £15k. I thought the buyer was mad.

[Deleted]

Its not a negative thread, s**t happens because none of us are mediums.

I sold 400 bitcoins for 800$ a piece end of 2015, thought I was a genius since had bought them at 23$ each and made 40 times my money

I'd be 24M$ richer now

[chichi carter]

Opening old wounds to rub salt into them I see. After collecting for a while you inevitably end up with a bag full of those types of story. Plenty of 'bad' decisions are to be made in a lifetime. Was it really a bad decision though? The reason you didn't make the purchase in the first place is most likely because you couldn't afford it. So you made the right decision really. Comparing what it was worth then versus now is not going to change that fact. Do you have a roof over your head, running water and electricity? I've got some good news for you: you are filthy rich!  It's like William DeVaughn said (as did Massive Attack), just be thankful for what you've got...

[fujiwara]

lost out on an early RealFake sweater by $0.05 on ebay one time

[Charlie Bronson]

Apr 2, 2021 11:36:39 GMT 1 @vtrapenard said:

Its not a negative thread, s**t happens because none of us are mediums.

I sold 400 bitcoins for 800$ a piece end of 2015, thought I was a genius since had bought them at 23$ each and made 40 times my money

I'd be 24M$ richer now

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Damn, man. That’s insane. I’ve always had a grudge that I missed out on the BTC craze. That being said, if I mined or even bought on the cheap, I can’t see myself having hung onto them once they hit a decent amount; if I paid 10 cents and they reached something like $50, I’m pretty sure I would’ve cashed out. Back in the day I can’t imagine many thought they’d reach their current value. Doing the math, that’s a nice pay day you had there. Must’ve been a proud moment.

[Lroy]

Apr 1, 2021 15:19:00 GMT 1 Gussius said:

Just checked my Arsty bid history from last year. Missed out on Bomb Hugger & Versaille - given the price they went for, i may have been £50K better off if I had bigger balls. (NB: Aware that the prices could have kept going up if i stayed in.)

There are not anymore regrets to have at all, to have been outbid.

Before, it was not the same, ebayers did not already put automatic biddgins whith high prices !

Now they put already 500,1 k or more on an item, so how can you win the bidding ?!

It's like bots and thoses still trying F5ing...

I have had regrets, not anymore now..

And some sellers are not what we think sometimes ( as buyers anyway ) ... Much trouble thant joy... To finish , since this vat thing, I did not buy anymore on ebay ( as they automatically include VAT - waht do they deal with customs lol ?! - )...

I sold a book the other day, I was happy fot the buyer ( nice and fair price for both, around 50 quid, and this " poor " guy has to pay at the end 75 £ because of vat ( 17 for a 50 £ book, Ebay does not care if it's books or socks we are selling...  )

Since Covid ( more controls, slow shipping, dispute coz people can't wait ) , Brexit, a lot of things has changed and will change again, so, I him like him now...