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When I originally designed the Labyrinth, I planned to use lab-created rubies. I ordered 100 of them (minimum order qty) and they were not as red in color as I would have liked, so I built 20 of them and shelved them - they’ve been sitting in my safe since 2015. I originally planned to release 250 Labyrinths with rubies, so these have serials 01/250 through 20/250 and are dated 2015. There are and will only be these 20 in existance though.

Lab-created rubies are identical chemically, physically and optically to natural rubies, and this process allowed me to get the precise spherical shapes I needed. I ordered them from Meller Optics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE275I3p8LU

These can appear red in the right lighting, but the color is more pink than anything.

This auction is for serials 02 and 03

Please bid on each or both of the items individually. 03 auction ends two hours after the 02 auction.  

Bidding Format:
02 @ 0.1 btc
03 @ 0.15 btc

Images:
https://imgur.com/rHk9eMn
https://imgur.com/ps7odNm
https://imgur.com/YQDUhDt
https://imgur.com/OVB2PFl
https://imgur.com/NKdY9i7

My receipt to show these were acquired in 2015: https://imgur.com/5ARr2n6


Auction Terms:

Starting Bid:  0.001 BTC

Bid Incremeents:  0.001 BTC

02 Auction Ends:  Friday, March 23rd 2018, 1PM Pacific (California)
Countdown Timer: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180323T13&p0=770&font=cursive

03 Auction Ends:  Friday, March 23rd 2018, 3PM Pacific (California)
Countdown Timer: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180323T15&p0=770&font=cursive

The auction end times, i.e. 1pm Pacific and 3pm Pacific will coordinate with the official bitcointalk clocks hour hand, and not the countdown timers.

Sniping:  No, a bid placed within the final 5 minutes of each auction will add an additional 5 minutes ad infinitum until no new, valid bid has been placed for 5 minutes.

Excluded from Bidding:   I may exclude bidders, or require a deposit for any bidders at my sole discretion.  If you are a brand new account, please PM prior to bidding

Forum downtime:  If the forum goes offline in the final 4 hours of the auction I may extend or relist the auction at my discretion

Shipping & Insurance: Free shipping to USA, $45 international (express)

Direct payments only to this address:  36TB1DhfFcxJXAsd9Fa7UdLo4gKiXMjc7C
Paypal to be considered if you are a previous customer.  Payment due in full within 24 hours of auction end, or item will be offered to next-highest bidder.

Let’s kick it off!
.001 for each

2 @0.02BTC
3 @0.02BTC

2 @ 0.05BTC

Viz

#3 @ .03BTC

2 @ 0.06BTC
3 @ 0.06BTC

2 @ .10
3 @ .10

2 @ 0.11BTC

How many of these do you plan on auctioning?
How about a mega auction thread where we can choose and bid on the available serials?

I believe he said there were 20 total?

True, but of the 20 how many does he plan on auctioning off on here? If OP will sell all 20 then maybe its worth hating one mega auction over listing 2 at a time? Just my thoughts two satoshi.

Hi AT101ET

I am committed to auctioning more than 1/2 of them over the next two weeks. I worry too many at a time will just make things unnecessarily complicated at the end - esp with the last auction going two hours beyond the finish time. If two at a time goes well I will consider auctioning 4, 5, 6, then maybe 7, 8, 9, then 10, 11, 12, etc.

Instead of a week-long auction this one is just a few days. I'm not in a rush but I don't want to spread it out over two months either.   :)

3 @ 0.101 BTC

3@ 0.11BTC

2 @ 0.12

3 @ 0.15

2 @ 0.18 BTC
3 @ 0.18 BTC

#3 @ 0.25

Putting my bidding stick away...placing my feet on the stool and eating some popcorn to watch another great auction at play...Munch munch :)

#2 0.25 btc

#2 - .29
#3 - .26

#2 - 0.33BTC

2 @ .35
3 @ .30

#2 @ 0.37

#3 @ 0.32

Cheers everyone!

Have permission via email from Max to participate in bid ::

#2 @ .38
#3 @ .34

Same user as Wryghteous, who is not a newbie and bid previously on this auction. I know this customer and he emailed to explain the reason for the new account.

#2 @ 0.4BTC

#2 @0.42
#3@ 0.38

#2 - .43
#3 - .4

2 @ .45
3 @ .41

2 @ .47
3 @ .43

#2 - .51

#3 - 0.46BTC  ;D

MJ won almost both of #2 & #3 !!
I misread about auction end time and did a bidding after the end of an auction .. my bad.

Congratulation for the winning, Mr. Minerjones! :)

Seems like You won #2, sir.
Congratulations! :))

Even though I lost this auction,
I have a number in my mind..
Will be waiting for the next auction. ;)

Just imagine what it would be like if all 20 where auctioned at once!!

It looks like these have no signs of giving up their sell point.

I can't wait to see what the cheapest one goes for 🤥

Winning Bids:

02: Wryghteous2 @ 0.51 BTC

03: minerjones @ 0.45 BTC

Thank you! Will pm shortly.

You’re doing it wrong..the object of the game is to get the balls in the top circle! You can just send that bar to me and I’ll show ya how it’s done    ;D

If memory serves me correctly didn’t Max have a contest to see who could win the game the quickest? Or am I making that up?

& yes yet another another sweet Kialara

Nice low number MJ congrats on winning 03/20!

the bar looks really cool MJ :O

yeah play the game and get all the ruby balls in middle

Thank you, MJ! And I just wanted to publicly thank you for your generous donation of 0.05 BTC to my brothers project, Haven: https://deepecologyproject.com (https://deepecologyproject.com)

It will go a long ways towards funding new hives & the new wireless hive sensors he's developing... he was thrilled. 

just a heads up that the eBay auctions for serials 12 & 14 are set to start @ 1pm and 2pm Monday Pacific time and run for 1 week. Seller: kialara_projects or just search kialara. I've locked the other related threads. Thank you & have a great week everyone  8)