Bulldog Pellets

[Abasmajor]

Hi,

I'm constantly surprised at the prices currently being realised for vintage pellets and ephemera etc compared with the prices for the actual air guns they were contemporary with, even when their relative rareness is taken into consideration.

Another example is presently up for internet auction (Item No 351764713402) being an unopened pack of Bulldog pellets which I would have estimated to be worth around £80 max, sitting at £165 with a few hours to go.

Regards

Brian

[flogger]

It certainly makes me dig deeper into my collection, pellets i had given me or paid very little in the past are making high
prices i would not pay.i recently paid £5 for a webley tin with all its pellets and have seen them make £20-£40 on e/b.
Ok if you can get it.If i ever get hard up i know where to go.But as brian says it still surprises me at the high prices.

[martin bingham]

i have put bids on a few collectable pellet tins on the auction site,i bid over what the consensus of value is as i want to compliment my pre war webley service and bsa first pattern,it seems fishy to me that recently they have all been sold at the next incremental bid,ie 50p more than my max bid,maybe the free listing policy leads to these shannanigans,all the best.

[Josie & John]

i have put bids on a few collectable pellet tins on the auction site,i bid over what the consensus of value is as i want to compliment my pre war webley service and bsa first pattern,it seems fishy to me that recently they have all been sold at the next incremental bid,ie 50p more than my max bid,maybe the free listing policy leads to these shannanigans,all the best.

Hi Martin,

If your bid is not as high as another, an item will sell for the next incremental bid. It does not necessarily mean the higher bidder only placed a bid 50p higher than yours as their limit may well have been a lot higher.

I agree about prices. There seem to be some new collectors out there with bottomless funds. Who knows, perhaps they'll get bored soon and sell their recent acquisitions for a song!

John

[martin bingham]

hi john,i know you are right but sometimes it seems a bit iffy that with the tins being sought after i seem to come 2nd in most, i would have expected the tins to attract a few other bidders that would bid to a fair price,all the best,martin

[Abasmajor]

Hi,

The Bulldog pellets eventually sold for £165 with a similar packet in slightly worse condition also selling recently for £97.99 which although still quite high, is a bit closer to my estimations.

Regards

Brian

[edbear2]

i have put bids on a few collectable pellet tins on the auction site,i bid over what the consensus of value is as i want to compliment my pre war webley service and bsa first pattern,it seems fishy to me that recently they have all been sold at the next incremental bid,ie 50p more than my max bid,maybe the free listing policy leads to these shannanigans,all the best.

Hi Martin...If you bid say £5.50 on a tin that started at 99p, and another guy bid £1000.00 pounds at the end, he would get it for under £6.00 As John says it's how it works.

ATB, ED

[njaw]

Hi Martin...If you bid say £5.50 on a tin that started at 99p, and another guy bid £1000.00 pounds at the end, he would get it for under £6.00 As John says it's how it works.

ATB, ED

The above.
Sometimes i've put very large maximum bids down against an item on the assumption (hope) that I'll end up winning by only a small amount. The gamble is, if the other bidder does the same, i'd lose the lot (as would he).

[martin bingham]

it is just that i mainly come 2nd,not 3rd,4th etc.oh well,never mind.