The Summer 2019 Automation Collector Car Auction (AUCTION HAS ENDED, THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS)

Lot 104, Paddle 031, $92,000

Lot 107, Paddle 014, $155,000

With under 18 hours left, I figured it might be helpful/insightful to have some overviews as to the progression of the first round of lots being auctioned off, following the sort of input Chickenbiscuit provided earlier.


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The x-axis is time and date in the US EST time zone I think, while y-axis is obviously bid price.

N.B. Lot 102 is omitted because it messes up the vertical axis scale. Nothing to see of interest regardless, it began at $920,000 and after 2 bids currently sits at $940,000.


In the meantime my boredom didnā€™t wear off and Excel wasnt able to do any useful forecasting soā€¦ a few hours and a lot of stupid, wacky math later, hereā€™s my guess as to the finishing price for Lot 101. (tl;dr - about 90 to 115k)


EDIT: Updated the graph with the appropriate value range for the x-axis. Take this as a covert PSA to spend your money wisely because all the cars here have pretty much tripled in value or more, yet weā€™ve just passed the halfway point with regards to time.

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I love how lot 101, that tiny base model economy sedan, going for that much money :joy:

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Pretty suprised about that either.

Donā€™t you worry, 212 is mine

Lot 104, Paddle 008. $94,000

Lot 105, Paddle 041, $ 97,500

Iā€™m surprised at how most of these are going for so much, not only 101. Seems like everybody really wants the first lots for some reason

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Like I said, virgin teen syndrome :smirk:

just need to add that it looks like Iā€™m saying that like itā€™s a bad thingā€¦ Of course you donā€™t need to feel bad about being a teen or a virgin or both but seriously impulse control people itā€™s like those stupid banner ads that read YOU WONā€™T LAST FIVE MINUTES PLAYING THIS GAME. For real.

Put it this way. Do a bit of real market comparison. I know weā€™re playing with fictional numbers Chips pulled out of an RNG but if youā€™re incrementing way more than you could get a real equivalent example of said car for (and some of you are) then you should take a good look at what youā€™re doing and step away from the internet for a bit.

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Lot 103, paddle 064, $169,000

Lot 103, paddle 059, $170,000

Moral of the story: STROP WANTS YOUR MONEY, DONT SPEND IT ALL IN ONE PLACE!
:smile:

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I understand that people are spending a lot of money for the Gioeza Touretta SS16 (102). Itā€™s a rare kind of car that collectors covet.
But really, over 80 000 dollars for the Mitsushita, with plastic bumpers :thinking:
With all the respect I have for this car, IRL nobody would spend a huge amount of money in this kind of car lol.

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Lot 105, Paddle 031, $99,000

Donā€™t worry. We let the children play for now, but weā€™ll see who has the last laugh when it gets to the actual good lots and these guys have wasted $700k on 90s economy cars.

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That would be the person that earned an extra $700k on his spending budget by selling their 90s economy car for way over the estimated price. :thinking:

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God dammit :joy:

Lot 107, Paddle 029, $160,000

Lot 107, Paddle 014, $163,000