Hey Jim! I don't know anything about it, but it sounds to me like you have a very valuable item and a lot of people would like to steal it from you. Let it ride! I'm sure there will be an all-out bidding war in the last 2 minutes.

Good luck! Maybe you'll make enough off it to buy another snare, or some cymbals, or another kit! ;)

Lynn

Hoping you are correct. Owning and listing this item has been an eye opener. Who would have thought that there are tons of watchmakers interested in this thing. Watchmakers? Who on earth makes their own watch?

You'd probably have to go to Switzerland to find old-fshioned watch makers anymore. But -repairmen- and there are a lot of those everywhere, would be very interested in your lathe attachment.

I agree... let her ride. More than one guy is going to get an itchy trigger finger and hopefully you'll get a full-out bidding war happening near the end of the auction. Very best of luck.

John

I don't know if a watchrepair man wants it,but there is a market for vintage/antique tools,like lathes,milling machines.There is also a market for small/ miniature shop tools,used by gunsmiths in creating miniture firearms,and cannons.There in an orgaization called,the Miniature Arms Society,and collectors pay big bucks for an actual working 1/24 scale Browning 1919 machine gun.Smaller specialized machines are required to manufacture the parts,and guns.:2Cents:

Steve B

Jim, I don't know much about this at all.I think this was/is used for making small metal pocket watch parts.I have a friend that i will see on this Thursday i will show him this auction,His Dad was a watchmaker for years from 1910-1960,my friend has been a watchmaker for all his life also 50 years..His brother for 40 years.He would know what this thing is....Mikey

Thanks. Still no bids. I am beginning to think that machine tool guys are saying "I bet I could make one of those".

LOL - It's true! If you're selling parts to guys that know how to operate the machinery that can make parts... you're screwed!

Catch 22

John

We have about 1500 listings running at any given time. Part of the initial non-action is the starting amount.

It is a guessing game as to a starting price. It is also a chance based on the item.

I will say that part of the eBay trap for the buyer is to get that bid in. That creates a potential for ownership.

So it is commonly accepted that a low starting price will draw more people bidding and create an ownership bidding war.

Watchers are a variety of people including sellers that want to watch an item and how well it sells because they have one or might be selling the one they have.

I have had items which I thought were big ticket that I put out to auction and they do not do as well as I thought.

Part of the problem is the 7 day time frame. Some sellers do not check in all of the time and they might miss the item they really would have bid high on.

I have generally stopped most auctions and put items in a fixed price store environment. I have a good handle on what something is worth and price it a little higher and always have "make an offer" on every listing.

Your item would intrigue me as a seller and I would probably put that out to auction as you did, but start it at $9.99 and see what happens.

The market "usually" dictates the value an unique, rare and vintage items.

There are exceptions to every rule and I speak in generalities on this stuff because there is no absolute with eBay. Wait that is an absolute statement!

David

My advice as a money-hungry shark is to set a reserve at a million dollars, let the bidding go, see what the high price is, and try to squeeze an extra couple percent of that off of one of those bidders, via email, and see who really wants this thing.

My advice as a human being is to do what the others said. If you don't need it, let 'er ride and let it go to someone who at least knows what the heck it is...LOL.

Which shoulder's consigliere do you listen to? The choice is yours!

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