{"id":5479,"date":"2011-05-21T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T20:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2011-05-22T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T20:36:17","slug":"5479","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/5479\/","title":{"rendered":"Propworx Star Trek auction pulled, re launched. Bidders must re bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Update for the Propworx Star Trek<\/em><\/strong><\/a> auction.<\/p>\n

A Propworx Star Trek<\/em> auction bidder sent me the following email they\u00a0received on May 19th from Propworx CEO Alex Peters<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The email states that the Star Trek list of lots on Live Auctioneers<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was being taken down May 19th and re-uploaded May 20th in order to “make several changes”.<\/p>\n

The email goes on to say those that have already bid on the auction must start again and re bid.<\/p>\n

Dear Star Trek auction bidder,<\/em><\/p>\n

This evening, Propworx will be taking down the Star Trek auction from Live Auctioneer and re-launching it tomorrow May 20, 2011.\u00a0 We had to make several changes to the auction catalog PDF that we will\u00a0 be releasing this weekend, and we realized that that changed the numbering of the lots on Live Auctioneer.\u00a0 So we have to take down the auction and relaunch it.\u00a0 Unfortunately that means any bids you placed will have to be re-entered.\u00a0 We apologize for this inconvenience, but we needed to make sure that the catalog was as accurate as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n

And stay tuned to the Propworx website for information on the release of the full color catalog PDF this weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Alec Peters
\nPropworx<\/em><\/p>\n


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I am not sure what exactly happened, but to be fair to Propworx<\/em>, as well as other auction houses and businesses, things can happen. When they do, those involved usually do the right thing and that’s what is important.<\/p>\n

The same reader who sent me the above email, also mentioned when they clicked on a link mentioned here<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and provided by Alec Peters<\/em> from his blog post of May 13th<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0they were taken to\u00a0the Propworx<\/em>\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0Live Auctioneers<\/em>\u00a0listing page which\u00a0says, “offered by Black Label Platform<\/em>“. There also appears to be another weird error on the page.<\/p>\n

This error shows double listings of the same lots\u00a0with different lot numbers, which could confuse potential bidders.<\/p>\n

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I am sure this will be worked out very soon and again ask that potential bidders be fair to Propworx<\/em> like they would any other auction house or business.<\/p>\n

*Photos from & \u00a9 Live Auctioneers web site as of today, May 21st. 4:54 pm and 10 pm eastern<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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