Exciting news today, everyone! We got to see some auction models in today’s post on the Breyerfest blog - behold!
It’s a beautiful glossy bay Morgan! Scrumptious.
And a handsome red dun pinto Criollo with a badger face!
And a Fell Pony that’s basically a mini version of Heath! I want her.
And a stunning peacock-themed Moody Andalusian! I’m trying to figure out if he’s the same one we’ve seen in the archive room live feed. I feel like that one had a more elaborate tail? Can’t remember for sure.
Most importantly, here’s a quote from the blog:
ALL bidders, whether bidding in-person or online, will need to register through BidSpirit. When registering, bidders must fill out all required contact information and include a valid photo ID and credit card number. When you register your card, you will get a text or phone call from Stripe confirming you added your card. You must type in the two-step authentication code to continue. Once registered you will be able to preview the lots online before the auction; however, no pre-bids will be accepted. All bidding must be done live during the Live Auction.
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Onsite winners will be required to present payment to the Breyer staff onsite immediately after the lot has been announced “SOLD”. If the winner of a lot is online, the credit card associated with the bidder’s profile will be charged immediately after the lot is announced “SOLD” for the full amount of the lot, including sales tax. Split payments will not be allowed, so please plan accordingly when registering your card. If a card is declined and the bidder cannot be reached within the allotted amount of time to provide an alternate card, the transaction will be voided, and the lot will restart and be resold at the end of the auction - the lot will not automatically go to the next highest bidder. If a card declines that bidder will not be able to continue to bid on future lots.
I like these changes! They should make it harder for people to bid models up into the stratosphere and then back out of paying later. There’s some suspicion that this was being done on purpose so the non-paying bidders could ensure their friends got auction models for a much lower price than they could have gone for. Of course, my preference would be for no online bidding at all, but that ship seems to have sailed, so I’m happy with these changes. Now let’s see some more auction models and the raffle models!
Having to send the online auction site your photo ID is a big NO! for me. That’s making it way too easy for your identity to be stolen. Any employee of the site or hacker who gets into it can easily download your ID & info into a new file, replace your ID photo with their own then make a new card. So they’d have a realistic ID with their picture but your info plus your credit card number. They could take out a loan in your name or transfer deeds or titles or any number of shady things. Registering with that online auction company could end up costing a lot more than the price of a BF auction model. Why do people bidding in person need to register with an online site? They are there at the KHP. It’s just ridiculous. Breyer is causing more problems with their solution. Easiest & safest thing is have the Live Auction be in person bidding only. The few people who can’t be there can get a proxy bidder. That worked just fine for nearly 30 years. None of these problems happen until the auction went online.
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