EJR Beads Auction

I have decided to auction beads here occasionally as well as selling through my online store.

Why? Well firstly it's fun. Auctions have a certain energy for both the seller and buyer that fixed price selling just doesn't have.

Secondly - it makes sense. If I use auction sites to sell my beads, most of my bidders tend to be you lovely folk anyway. So may just as well run the auctions from here as anywhere else!

Thirdly - I know sometimes you have trouble finding sets available. The auction gives an extra method to nab yourself some EJR art beads.

Below is this week's auction. Please scroll on down to The Small Print to see how these auctions will be run before emailing me your bid!

29th December - 5th January Auction.

Pop Art - Lampwork glass beads

lampwork glass bead auction

This week's auction is a cute little set of colourful nugget beads.

They have been worked with colour random cores, cased heavily in crystal clear.

There are 5 beads in the set, they average 12 x 15 mm. They have of course been kiln annealed and cleaned and will arrive beautifully packaged.

There is NO RESERVE on this set and bidding starts at just 99p. What's more - anyone who bids on this week's auction will also be entered into a separate prize draw to win one of my polymer clay riveted beads. To see the prize draw bead just check out the Studio Update news on the home page.

This auction will end at 7 pm British time on Monday 5th January. Email me your highest proxy bid (all bids in Great British Pounds please!) and remember postage and packing worldwide is included.

Current Price £31.00 GBP / Current Highest Bidder - Bidder 4 / Number of Bidders - 5

The Small Print....

So how does it work?

Good question. I want you to trust these auctions will be run fairly and squarely. But, also I am very aware that many of you value your privacy when bidding on beads.

If you want to bid, just email me your highest proxy bid. (This is the maximum amount you are prepared to pay). I will email back your bidder number (Bidder 1, Bidder 2 etc) and bid anonymously on your behalf.

You can then check this page regularly throughout the week to see the current bid amount and which bidder is in the lead. Bids will increase in £1 GBP increments. Please make sure all bids are placed in Pounds Sterling (GBP)

Uh? Me still no get it ...

Imagine you want to bid on a set of beads currently at £10.

You email me your highest proxy bid of £20.

I will bid for you, bidding as low as I can to outbid any other bids on my book up to your proxy amount. So if Bidder 1 has set their proxy maximum at £15, your bid would go in at £16 and you would be the current highest bidder.

If two bidders proxy the same amount, the earliest bid received will take precedence.

But how can I trust you Emma?

Frankly you can't definitively. However, you can't trust mainstream auction sites entirely either, since it is easy for rogue sellers to set up bogus ID's and shill-bid up their own auctions.

I can only give you my word that I will run these auctions completely fairly. However, I know that the vast majority of my customers like anonymity when bidding, so I do intend to honour that. I feel we all know each other well enough now to trust one another anyway though.

But this is all a work-in-progress don't forget. We will just try it all this way and see how things pan out!

How will I pay?

Your bid will include postage and packing for the auction, worldwide. SO whatever your winning bid is - that is all you pay.

UK Bidders may pay by cheque or Paypal. Overseas customers Paypal only. Please wait for my Paypal invoice once the auction ends and I have confirmed you are indeed the final highest bidder.