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This will be a series of 6 auctions;

For Example: The 2nd auction starts 1 day after the 1st one is OVER or until the winner PMed me which artist he/she choses.

The winner of the first auction will get to select one artist from the artist list.
(please read the list carefully for what the artists will and won’t draw).
After an artist is selected they will be crossed off the list and the next auction will be for the next choice of remaining
artists all the way down till one artist is left.

Each auction will last the time allotted in the post and the snipe guard for all auctions will be 5 minutes.

What is a snipe guard?

A snipe guard is a way to prevent snipers from coming into an auction at the last moment to snipe the auction.
Nothing is more frustrating to the bidder with the slow connection to be sniped on an auction they so desperately want to win. So here’s how it works:

Say the auction ends at 5:00 and the snipe guard is 5 minutes, some douche comes in at 4:49 and posts a bid 1 pg higher than the others,
right after he posts the clock rolls over to 5:00. The auction is over right?
Wrong. Since the snipe guard is set to 5 minutes, any bid placed within 5 minutes of the last bid after the auction has ended is still valid.
So you can come in at 5:04 (since the last bid was 4:49) and post your bid (screw that sniper).
After which the snipe guard starts over so the next person can post at until 5:09 and so forth. If no bid is made within the 5 minutes the snipe guard is active, then the auction is over.

It is impossible to snipe a snipe guard.
So as long as you are paying attention to the auction you won’t be sniped.





Thread Rules:

1. DO NOT BEG/'ADVERTISE'
your quest-threads, for items, etc.
This is an art-auction and not quest thread.
This is my auction, not yours. If you wish to have your own art auction linked here PM Raijin Loraine with the subject “Link Out”, include in the message body a link to your auction. I love link trades!
2. KEEP TO THE ToS
Please stay nice and maybe help me out if other user have a question to me and you know the (correct!) answer!
(If you do not know an answer or are unsure of an answer, please do not offer the person asking suggestions on what the answer may be and let one of the auction keepers answer it.)
3. PLEASE CHAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT!
Stay here, talk. That’s a order! Mwhahaha! ...err... just kidding.
Maybe help to keep this thread bumped heart you may even get something for it in return.

Bidding Rules:

1. DO NOT RETRACT YOUR BIDS
Do not bid what you do not have or can’t afford.
You wouldn’t want to end up on any blacklists now would you?
2. BID ONLY WHAT YOU HAVE
Gaia items/gold only! if you don't have enough, just stay here and chat. Cheaters are unloved! D:<
Items are valued at their auction value, don’t bid something retarded and hope it cuts it.
3. ACCEPTING ITEMS AND PURE GOLD says all.
*lol* Please be sure of the worth of your items you are using to bid and put their worth in gold in brackets.
4. WHEN BIDDING ITEMS, PUT DOWN PRICES
I will check them though. Tektek.org is ma friend! heart >>>> http://www.tektek.org/ <<<< (so are brackets biggrin )
5. DO NOT BID LOWER THAN THE LAST BID
I understand if bids are going really fast and someone ups a bid higher than you as you are typing at the same time,
but do not knowingly do this.

Payment Process
1. The winner will PM me (Raijin Loraine) with Info and start a deal
2. I will accept the trade
3. Once the picture is done, I will make thumbnails/low resolution picture and send it to the winner.
4. Winner completes the trade.
5. I send him/her the full resolution pictures.






[ ~~None yet. If you don't wanna be here, be a good boy/girl! :3 Black lists can get around~~]

Freebies
First person on page 333: Acronym Six
First person on page 666:
First person on page 999:

+ Random loyal posters from Budgie

(Why all thos 3s? Cuz we are 6 ppl /2 = 3 and so on blabla I’m so whitty, lol)


Auction Keepers: Raijin Loraine | Iisasha
(feel free to PM them with any questions or concerns you may have if you can not for whatever reason post them here.)

Current Auction:

Start Time:
Starting Bid:
Minimum Increment:
End Time:
Snipe Guard:
Artists Left:
Starting Page:

(please note that I will keep this as accurate as possible, but I am not on 24/7 so this will probably end up a rough
estimate, please find the current HB in the thread before making your post.

WINNER
Auction #1 Mecromace with a HB of 42m > Artist chosen: WEN-M
Auction #2 Sirenz with a HB of 14,4m > Artist chosen: Bara-chan
Auction #3 Demon Angelina with a HB of 10,3m > Artist chosen: Silencieux
Auction #4 Sabin Duvert with a HB of 5m > Artist chosen Budgie
Auction#5 Seisei with a HB of 5,7m > Artist chosen: Sayael
Auction #6 Sirenz with a HB of 400k > Artist chosen: The White Raven Sayael

PAST NEWS

15th September: Auction Nr.6 is open for bids now! It will end in 4 days, 19th September 11pm CET! Thank you for visiting and have fun BIDDING! heart


13th September: Auction Nr. 6 starts on Saturday and will last for 4 days, if there won't be any trouble. Please bid and support the artists! I want to give something to them too! heart
The artist remaining is Noxy a.k.a. The White Raven. She has a magnificent style I really adore. I would bid myself *lol* but thats against the rules and I need to save for my goal.

heart Here is a example of her pretty style! heart

More you can find on the deviantart-page. See the artist section for information. 3nodding

12th September: AUCTION Nr. 5 CLOSED! The winner is Seisei and she chose ME! (Sayael lolz) *runs from the Pokeball* D8< wink
Round 6 will start soon as soon as I talked a lil bit with Noxy! There might be a few positive changes! :3

9th September: Auction Nr.5 is now open for bids! Artists left are SAYAEL and THE WHITE RAVEN! Bid Bid BID!!!!
Also some bad news: My best friend L e e c a got hacked! So I might open a charity-Art-Auction for her if she is wants to come back. Stay tuned and watch my profile. I might post some links there.
- Raijin Loraine

5th September: Auction Round 5 Will start today!
Stay tuned and start to fill this thread again! I'm sorry for the delay but I caught a cold and had to deal with some stuff before! Keep in Mind that the 5th Auction will only last for 2 days!!!

Edit: I forgot that I won't be around on Saturday since I'm going on a Convention! So the 5th Auction will start on Sunday when I'm back!!!

28th August: AUCTION Nr. 4 is Over! Updates will come tomorrow! Sorry not much time! D:
24th August: Auction #4 is Open for bids! 3 Artists left! HURRY UP!

It ends on 28th August 11PM CET

22th August: Auction Nr. 3 is Over. Results, which artists are left, will be posted soon.
Demon Angelina chose Silencieux! Thank you for bidding!

17th August: Auction #3 Starts now!
Feel free to bid and keep in Mind that, if you don't win, your desired Artist might been chosen before you get the chance to! :3
Updated Raijin Loraine's HB-Offer with more details

16th August: Round 2 is closed! The winner is Sirenz and her artist ot choice was BARA-CHAN
Round 3 will start soon.

14th August:
1- Updated BARA-CHANS HB Offer! She'll offer a Hips-Up Sketch, COLOURED OR A Hips-Up Sketch with 2 Characters!
Therefor I will extend the end-date to the 16th August 2007 11pm CET
So people have a chance to read this and maybe think about bidding. heart
2- Updated HB-Offer Thingie in Raijin Loraines Example section. Don't be akward or anything. She/He can't spend tons of hours on a big group-pic (or 3 seperate fullbodyCGs) for only... like 5m or something.

8th August: (2) Changed my Mind! Auction starts NOW(Page 26 cool and ends on 14th August 11pm CET!
HAPPY BIDDING!

8th August: Auction Nr.1 is over! Wen-M was chosen by Mecromace who won the auction. Part 2 will Start on 10th August 2007 12:01am! Stay tuned!

31th July: I'm afraid that people are thinking they are bidding for all artists.
PLEASE PLEASE Read the Auction Info clearly!
It is a STEP-By-STEP auction!

Quote from Nordic
"The way they are doing it is: The highest bid this first go round gets to choose which artist they want.
And then the second auction's highest bid gets to choose one of the remaining artist's..and so on and so forth. =) And Ippus is the highest bid right now."