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  Silver Satoshi Mood Masks - Clay Cast X Lucho Poletti  

  Hello everyone,

  These are the last five Silver Satoshi Mood Masks available of a series of 21. Left over from a Twitter sale / reservation list.
  All custom and handmade, each with unique artwork by Lucho Poletti.
  
  Took a long time to create and finish these, but the result is special:

  https://i.imgur.com/D1mnpXam.jpg  https://i.imgur.com/5qdEseIm.jpg  https://i.imgur.com/qWBgMGYm.jpg

  https://i.imgur.com/pz4CMiQm.jpg  https://i.imgur.com/dUymZMJm.jpg  https://i.imgur.com/GM6byR2m.jpg

  I am very thankful Lucho agreed to this collab. Thank you.

  Based on Lucho's work: https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/mood-mask-7877

  "Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."
  Hiding & revealing personalities or moods is an essential characteristic for all masks. A mask can be used to hide ones identity. BTCy its features it establishes another BTCeing. Masks have been used as cultural objects
  throughout history, varying widely in appearance, use, & symbolism. The colors and gradients used in this satoshi mask represent a wide range of possibilities, perspectives, and beliefs about what the truth is. A wide
  spectrum to explore, and much to be learned on each end and every where in-between.

  The numbers you can bid on are:

  #1. https://verisart.com/works/e1d2245e-75b3-4630-94ba-a8d6e6a9d5d2?qrCode=xcREVSnKFx2J2dFjgYEkww
  #2. https://verisart.com/works/309f4352-0035-4f97-a9e8-d3ee3370bd34?qrCode=3yd-67N2MwNFvwKpNHNkaA
  #6. https://verisart.com/works/34880af3-fe70-40d5-abe7-18bd41c14c9e?qrCode=-QPkeMfbCrfP6ip7VlH_6g
  #13. https://verisart.com/works/7920395c-3362-47ca-a2cb-c38cf35c30de?qrCode=Z27GPfjOU_LsVbbIhyWmUg
  #17. https://verisart.com/works/849f781b-8250-4e7c-903b-b3bb56b3bd62?qrCode=nLX1w3P15m3GTGygad6Pkw

  The package contains:

  - Handmade Silver Satoshi Mood Mask (all above 4 OZT .999 Fine Silver).
  - Art designs by Lucho Poletti, printed on transparent metallic vinyl.
  - Silver Satoshi Mood Mask is funded with 0.0021 BTC.
  - Private key lasered on a titanium plate, protected with a tamper evident holo.
  - Custom plexiglass casing, protected with foam in a custom wooden box. Tight fit.
  - Beneath the plexiglass casing, is a small certificate with a QR code to the Verisart certificate.
  - A display kit; A4 size U-shape plexiglass and square plexiglass holder.
  - A signed certificate by Lucho Poletti, protected by a plastic sleeve with flap (A4 size), with the Verisart QR code.

  https://i.imgur.com/GpN94tDh.jpg

  You will need a Verisart account to receive the digital certificate.

  See https://verisart.com

  - Digital Verisart certificate will be transferred a.s.a.p. after sale.

  Bidding rules

  Starting price: 0.0141 BTC, this includes shipping (worldwide) and 0.0021 BTC funding.
  Minimum bid increment: 0.0001 BTC.
  Bid format example: #1 - 0.0141 BTC (you can bid on multiple items; #1 - 0.0141 BTC, #2 - 0.0141 BTC).
  Start time: Starting now.
  End time: Monday November 22th, 2021, 22:00:00 GMT+1.
  Sniping: Bids within the last 5 minutes will extend the auction with 5 minutes, until there are no more bids.
  Payment: BTC.
  Shipping: Standard with track and trace. Ships from the Netherlands.

  Countdown Timer:
  https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20211122T22&p0=1314&msg=Silver+Satoshi+Mood+Masks+-+Clay+Cast+X+Lucho+Poletti&font=cursive&csz=1

  Value needs to be stated in some cases due to customs (US for example). Sent as a gift (Art).
  Value will be marked as $21, this might lead to extra custom charges; cost for the winner(s).

  BTC Payment address (use only this address):
  bc1qdwygz48gqc9r8nha7uyxq2g3crc5na39jax5p5

  If you have any questions or feedback, please let me know.
  Happy to be here again.

  Regards,

  Clay

  * For the people who originally reserved these #'s eighteen months ago:

  If by chance you see this, please check your Twitter messages for the offer I made a couple of weeks ago.
  You can contact me to see if we can work something out with regard to a plated AP or such. Am working on 21 plated Satoshi Mood Masks.
  Sorry, I tried contacting you.
  

#1 - 0.0141 BTC
#17 - 0.0141 BTC

shipping from EU?

#13 - 0.0141 BTC

Ah, sorry
Yes. Shipping from Eu: City of Jan Vermeer; Delft, Netherlands

#2 - 0.0141 BTC

#6 @ 0.0141

These are truly outstanding.

Am a very pleased owner and the workmanship IS superb. Great job well done.

Good luck with the sale.

Viz

Hi all,

Very nice piece of art

I bid for the
#1 - 0.0145 BTC

Current high bids.

#2 - 0.0145BTC

#1    - .015BTC
#2.   - .015BTC
#6.   - .015BTC
#13. - .015BTC
#17. - .015BTC

#13 - 0.021 BTC

#17 - 0.021 BTC

#1 0.016

#1

0.017

#1 @ 0.02 BTC

#1 - 0.021BTC

Current high bids:


Thank you.

2 @ 0.016 BTC

#1    - .022BTC
#2.   - .022BTC
#6.   - .022BTC
#13. - .022BTC
#17. - .022BTC

#1 - .0222
#2 - .0222
#13 - .0222

I am also a fortunate owner of #15 and I can attest to the absolute greatness of this/these pieces. The craftsmanship is top notch along with the packaging and presentation. Thanks to Lucho and Clay, I’m simply ecstatic to own one of these!

#1    - .025 BTC
#2.   - .025 BTC
#6.   - .025 BTC

Current high bids:



Wow.
Thank you. This is way beyond expectations...

Lucho sent me some cool stuff at the start of this project.
Amongst the items; 6 key chain pendants.
I have five left; fit for purpose.

As a token of gratitude, we will add one of these to each Silver Mood Mask winning bid:

  https://i.imgur.com/CtuK3ohm.jpg

Is my bid of .0222 on #13 eligible?
Thanks

#13 - 0.025 BTC

I am on New York time..someone could tell me what time is the end of the auction Monday..?

13. - .0255BTC
17. - .0225BTC

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20211122T22&p0=1314&msg=Silver+Satoshi+Mood+Masks+-+Clay+Cast+X+Lucho+Poletti&font=cursive&csz=1

Does this help?

1600 EST, 4pm

finally a humane time for the europeans here among us ;D ;)

#1 - .0275BTC
#6 - .0275BTC
#13 - .0275BTC

1 - 0.0277BTC
2 - 0.0257BTC

#1  0.0285 BTC

#2 0.0265 Btc

Current high bids:





Thank you.

#6    0.028 BTC

#1 - 0.0288
#2 - 0.0266

#1 0.0293

#2  0.028 Btc

#2 0.0282BTC
#6 0.0282BTC

#13 - 0.028BTC

#1.    - 0.035
#2.   - 0.032
#6.   - 0.031

#1 0.036

#6 - .035BTC
#13 - .035BTC

#17. -  0.031

#2 0.036
#6 0.036

#17 - 0.0311

#2.   - 0.039
#17. -  0.035

1 - 0.04
2 - 0.04
17 - 0.33

#13 - 0.036BTC

#1 0.041

#17 - 0.0351

#13 - .045

#2.   - 0.043
# 17.  0.042

1 - 0.42

#6 0.03

6 - 0.0361

#13 - 0.046BTC

#1 0.042 BTC
#17 0.04 BTC

#13 - .055

#1 0.05

have i already won #6 and you were a few seconds too slow? ::)

1 - 0.055

 ;DSo I win

2
17

#1 0.06

#13 - 0.056BTC

#6 0.0362

#13 - .06BTC

17. - 0.044

#6 - 0.0363

#6 - 0.037

per item

My interpretation is that the auction is extended for everything for 5 minutes. It does not specify per item/lot

#17. -  0.045

This is correct. Am sorry this was not stated more clearly.

2 - 0.045
6 - 0.038

6. - 0.039

#6 - .055BTC

I wanted to bid on this!
This auction format is awful

#1 0.07 BTC
#2 0.039 BTC

more than 5 minutes have passed since number 2

#6 0.0552

how do you interpret these offers?

01 - 0.061
013 - 0.057
017 - 0.047

#13 - 0.061BTC

#1 0.062

1. - .071

#17 0.0485

Yup

#1    - .075
#2.   - .075
#6.   - .075
#13. - .075
#17. - .075

#13 - 0.076BTC

So are they all still open?

#1 0.076

1. - 0.777

This is dumb. I would be willing to pay so much for one of these, but this is the WORST format for auctions. wtf....

The time has passed to be the bid of number # 2, if they have a word, they are already 5 more than minutes

We need a moderator here lmfao

---

This is from our seller

#1 0.078

13 - 0.0777

2. - 077

i am out and i think i won #6 according to these rules:


coin_stackz was a few seconds too late...


but if i am wrong, then please correct me ::)

So I won the number # 2 on page 3 I was the one who bid the most and it took more than 10 minutes after someone else made a bid.

17. 0.076

Auction ends five minutes after the last bid, see comment above (is extended for everything for 5 minutes. It does not specify per item/lot).
Feedback is noted.

I’m out sweeteye, #1 is yours this is madness.

#13 - 0.078BTC

ALL auctions end 5 minutes after the last bid for any one?

1 0.08 BTC

Yes, auction ends 5 min after the last bid.
Did not foresee this interest and bidding.

I agree

#6 - 0.0777

Edit: I'm out. No idea if my bids are even still valid or not, this is too confusing.

what do you say to my point of view?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5371872.msg58506505#msg58506505 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5371872.msg58506505#msg58506505)

look on page 3 clearly specify what was the number that was giving bid.



https://i.ibb.co/DWC0kgV/C46-EEA27-2-B35-4321-992-E-002-FD1553307.jpg (https://ibb.co/h9W3H17)

#13 - .08BTC

@ClayCastCrypto would be helpful for tracking if you could announce every 5 minutes that the auction has been extended by 5 minutes.

#13 - 0.09BTC

#1 0.08 BTC
#2 0.078 BTC

Yes, I am trying to keep track of each bid and response...

@ClayCastCrypto - please let us know the current top bid for each!

Each time I try the forum system gives me an error because somebody posted...

Gimme a sec

The whole bidding is messed up. It shouldn't be like this, and it's not fair.

I think it's over now (???)

So are you advocating for a do over since you are high bid in 1 and 2?

My take as well

I think the OP genuinely did their best here -- looking forward to the next auction taking place on scarce.city!

Auction has ended.

I am sorry this turned out the way it did, I looked for the highest bids. One moment.

Just went to check the prices... it's the full circus ahahah
Maybe a better place would have been raretoshi or scarcecity ?

Agreed. If I end up with more than one of these (I think I have 2 and 17) I'll part with one of them if someone at the high bid still wants it

I think if he lives up to his word I have number # 2 you can check how long it has been since someone else bid and there it is you can look, but this shit is about money and surely the right thing will not be done ..

I disagree. It was a shitshow, but you interpreted the rules to mean "per item" - I read it as the auction was extended for 5 minutes. Like I said, I'm willing to part with one of these if I'm determined a winner.

I looked through all bids.

Again, I am sorry I chose the format of ending the auction five minutes after the last bid.
I hoped this would be more cleanly. Sorry if some of you viewed this as a shitshow.
Maybe best thing is to ask Scarce City to host next time, they do a far better job than I ever could, but I thought Bitcointalk would be appropriate.
The selling part is not what I like most.

I did try my best, and honestly this is not about money. I really did not expect such bidding.

Feedback on the highest bids is welcome, but to my account and bidding format, these are the highest bids:






Clay

That's what I thought... "per item", but the reply feature of this site didn't work for a number of people (including Clay). We'll see what he says, but this was ridiculous...I'm still having trouble replying to these because this site won't let me.

Where is #2?

Again, sorry.

Who won #2, please?

FWIW, I never bid on #1, but at one point it was going for 0.1 BTC.

Maybe some of the responses got edited ... just want to make sure nobody gets robbed! :)

Thought I saw that, but hey...

That's absolutely correct.
Commited3d, when you scratched your #2 bid, did you change your #1 bid from 0.10 to 0.08?

Result

Winning bids:






What now?

I will contact the winners a.s.a.p. via PM.
Believe all buyers will receive something special, which will fit nicely in their collection.

The Format shitshow

Okay, I will traverse each post and see what I can do, I am not promising Mood Masks to people who feel dicked, but I feel responsible.
Feedback is welcome, I am human and can learn from my mistakes. So, will see if I can make this somewhat better for  the people who noted their disappointment (in the future, as a small IOU).

What next?

The plated series will consist of seven gold plated, seven white rhodium & seven black rhodium plated Satoshi Mood Masks.
These will be auctioned, no reservations, no Twitter sale (though the personal contact was great). Best I ask Scarce City...
I think we will keep it at two series and some specials, another series would only water down the uniqueness.

 https://i.imgur.com/TVSrS1Hl.jpg

Thank you, forum guests and members, people who supported this.

All I can do as a return on your investment, is try to surpass this creation with another.

Clay

I'd like to offer #2 to @TheNovemberMan followed by @thiago007 if that's good by you, Clay (for my .077 bid). If not, I'm trading it for another of your creations that's been offered to me.
sweeteye

That's okay with me.

Still sticking with #17?

If others want to do the same, please do so via PM, then PM me.

Thx.

I'll hold on to both until I hear from either of the two bros...

BTW, in thinking further about this action, EDIT: it is a MAJOR scratch and further puts into question the integrity of this auction and devalues the pieces that were bid on. For anyone paying attention in the heat of the moment and seeing 0.10 as a bid, and then shifting their focus to another item number or upping their bid because they knew a competitive bidder was willing to pay 1500 or more USD than the next highest final bids is a huge flaw. I understand that this may not have been a gaming tactic and perhaps even due to bidding inexperience, but edits in the moment are evidently not flagged to the top of anyone’s feed when we’re in the frenzy of bidding, so nobody even caught this until the auction was over. Bottom line is that anyone that is, should rightfully be bummed.

EDIT: I also realize that Commited scratched their bid because they upped their own high bid from .08 to .10, another miss in the moment, but going forward, if someone is revising or editing a bid further down in a thread with a shit ton of action and commentary, it’s probably doing the right thing to announce that. Also, it’s really a pain to have bidders calling out wins, that should be left to the seller and if seller goes silent for whatever reason, it’s probably better to let it play out and sort it afterward instead of add to the confusion. I learned more from this auction than any other I’ve participated in. Question sellers early in the auction if something in the rules is unclear or needs looked at. Collectibles members are the coolest on the forum  and want to help and keep the vibe. There’s a lot of history here from OG’s that are more than willing to dive in to help. Ask questions and you’ll see how willing this community is to dive in and answer from experience! My two sats :)

can someone here explain to me why I did not win #6 ??? ???
or have i misunderstood the rules this time - actually not... was not my first auction here ::)

Seller determined that the entire auction should be extended by 5 minutes irrelevant of which number was last bid on. As there were bids that came in for other items besides #6 in those last 5 minutes, it automatically extended the auction on all items. That’s my understanding

okay...... :P
would also be nice if ClayCastCrypto would comment as well

I just cannot imagine that anyone who has ever participated in an auction would think that a bid on one item would extend the time for bidding on other items. Never seen that in my life.

Of course the bidding on one item should only pertain to that item. I don't know the seller/creator, but from an outsider looking in, this just looks like a greedy dishonest move.

'Seller determined that the entire auction should be extended by 5 minutes irrelevant of which number was last bid on. As there were bids that came in for other items besides #6 in those last 5 minutes, it automatically extended the auction on all items. That’s my understanding'

This is correct. Again, sorry I chose this format.

I did not expect this kind of attention or bidding. I truly did not.
Knew the end result of eighteen months hard work is pretty awesome. But this...
I was adamant as doing as much of the entire process myself, this is a lesson.

Am currently working, so sorry if this is somewhat short response now.
Obviously, I cannot change how things went or the sour feeling some of you have.
I will think about this and see how I can do a bit about the sour feeling in the future.

Am sorry I made this impression. 
I just wanted to make these...

Hi,

After some thoughts, I can propose the following to try to take away the disappointment created with the bidding format.

I cannot give away Mood Masks, those are not mine to give away.
I can, however, offer up my own AP.

  https://i.imgur.com/IFRLOYFl.jpg

I have to think this through and appreciate feedback from each bidder / winner on how to approach this:

- Would it ease the disappointment if I were to ask someone else to hold a raffle for this AP?  (OG forum member)
- Everyone who made a bid (also winners), gets a raffle ticket (just one ticket, no cost).  
- Price of 0.01 BTC for the winner, proceedings go to a yet to be determined charity. (or no charity and no cost?)
- Shipping is on me, as is the cost for arranging the raffle.
- I won't make another silver AP, but will make an extra special (alloy) for myself.

Edit: The AP is unfunded

I hope this is a good gesture, it's the least I can do, can arrange and feel comfortable with.
Again, feedback or suggestions to this solution would be appreciated.

Clay

Hi community, bidders and watchers. I was bidding at the auction, although i already have a Mood mask.

It's a lovely piece of art to say this at first. The auction has be a bit confusing, cause of the many comments of bidders. The rules were stated pretty clearly. Every bid extends the complete auction for 5 minutes. Surely, there are better formats to auction this (especially with 5 items) but i don't think Clay Cast is greedy here...

Simply take a look to auctions in the past. I simply think he really didn't expect that much interest.

By the way as a hobby handcrafter. These pieces take 100s of hours of work and love to do. Keep this in mind. Gratulations to the winners... All the best and stay healthy

First time checking the thread after yesterdays chaos.
...I would still love to get my hands on one of these pieces.
I wanted to put this comment here to show my interest in a Mood Mask to anybody who reads this.
Looking forward to seeing how the rest of this transpires.

Thank you, means a lot.

My apologies for the chaos.

I'll honor my word and will try to get someone else to host a raffle for AP #2
Feedback on my suggestion(s) / approach are welcome.

All Mood Mask from the auction seem to have found their new owners, due to the time difference with some of the winners, will have it sorted (and hopefully shipped) tomorrow.

I don't have the time to make a list of all people who made a bid, but can do so this weekend and will reach out to a trustworthy host for the auction.
If you made a bid, please keep posted.

Hope this helps (and works for the people who feel bummed),

Clay

Everyone runs their auction in different ways and mostly in all my auctions, the time gets extended for all items even if one of them gets the bids..

From someone who has been following this piece of art from its initial concept, progress as it was worked on & the final creation. I must say that this piece will go down in history, especially after this auction.

The project did take much longer than expected… the subsequent  Btc price increase chased away some people who initially reserved one leaving these ones up for auction…and we all know how that turned out.

Claycast is a true crasftman and his work is stellar on this piece.
Nice to see fine/scarce collectibles admired and coveted by collectors. It’s a good sign of things to come.

Congrats to the auction winners and an even bigger congrats to those who reserved their pieces and paid.

Sel

I wish I was able to have been bidding here. After reading through the thread it's easy to see where things went awry. Having multiple lots in a single auction adds a little complexity to the description needed. People run their auctions differently, but logically it would makes sense that all lots would extend after any additional bid to any lot, otherwise there could potentially be a large disparity among the winning bids, robbing the artist of funds and robbing opportunity from other potential bidders. Ultimately unfair on all fronts unless all lots are extended.

My two sats also come from a mistake making the assumption that each lot was exclusive... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5332708.msg56891483#msg56891483

If multiple lots are in one auction it should be assumed they are all extended unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Congrats to ClayCast and auction winners!

Has anyone heard from Clay? I emailed and have been waiting since day of the auction.

Hi Committed3d,

Please check your mail (spam folder?). I replied to your mail. Will pm you here as well.
All other packages have been shipped.

Regards,

Clay

It is a very nice gesture, but IMHO not necessary ... I agree with the other commenters that the structure of this auction was fairly standard.

The biggest pain was simply the bulletin-board format of BitcoinTalk, combined with the posting limits imposed on newbies (I had to create 2 separate accounts to keep up with the bids).

Although it might not be necessary, this also seems a bit of a tradition, if I think about my previous auctions.
So, would like to do this raffle of AP2 as a thank you & gesture to all 21 people who made a bid.

Verisart certificate AP2: https://verisart.com/works/baf9fba4-f088-4ffd-8a2f-de63f7026556?qrCode=7fykv0XEPRwQXM-SI8LvNA

* Not funded & 3.9 OZT .999 FS.

Here is the list of all bidders, each should get one spot for the raffle:

1.tweetious
2.domulys
3.toffoo
4.Lesbian Cow
5.Vizique
6.poprawa
7.minerjones
8.TheNovemberMan
9.mortare
10.xSlyy
11.CryptoNinja11
12.comit
13.sweeteye
14.Bergh44
15.chronicsky
16.thiago007
17.cygan
18.Humble Bitcoiners
19.Verndog
20.coin_stackz
21.Committed3d

Please let me know if I am missing your bid.
Still need to see who could arrange / host the raffle.
Hope to get this done next weekend, please check next Sunday.

Would anyone be interested in starting a DAO around the mood masks? Thinking we should setup a group somewhere that we can all chat more efficiently than here, as well 😎 lmk your thoughts! P.s. mood mask #1 arrives today. So excited!