I got my pitchfork out and agree it looked very shady but based on my investigation (with evidence I won't share publicly for privacy reasons), here's what I think happened:

1. Denarium sent an e-mail to all of their listservs which attracted some people who aren't regulars here. This also explains why they always show up here for just his auctions.
2. They are not regulars here so they screwed up the auction.
3. Denarium allowed them to screw up the auction with his weird rule change and takes the vast majority of the blame.
4. The bidders in the thread are not shills.

Obviously I have 0 tolerance for auction shenanigans and I think the auction should've been re-run. It's also important that we police these auctions because the possibility of scams/fraud is very real.

I'm just trying to warn against lambasting the newbie accounts because at least some of them are definitely real people. I don't think they really stand to gain from the issues with this auction and some of them could eventually become members of this community if we don't scare them off.

Very cool work!
Set #16 please.

0.023

Blockchain's Big Buzz/The Pennsylvania Gazette

Release Date: July/August 2018
Estimated Circulation: 268,000
Author: Trey Popp
Illustrations: Chris Gash
Article: https://thepenngazette.com/blockchain-fever/

PMed

Way before ERC-721s were even a thing there were blockchain collectibles on the Counterparty (XCP) chain.

The most notable would've been Spells of Genesis. The earliest cards are quite rare. The project launched in 2014 but I think the cards weren't distributed until August, 2015.


SATOSHICARD XCP Token

They were tradeable using a very early DEX on counterparty. (They still are tradable, though you'll have a hard time finding a 'full' SATOSHICARD).

DEX: https://sogassets.com/dex/SATOSHICARD

bump

0.013 BTC

Just get a proxy bidder and tell them your max?

lot 1: 0.064

lot 1: 0.062

lot 1 @ 0.05
Lot 3 @ 0.005

lot 2 @ 0.02 BTC

tricky tricky

1 CI BTC @ 0.016

CI DOGE 1 @ 0.005BTC

CI 0.01 #6: 0.015 BTC
CI Doge #2: 0.004 BTC
Satori #019624 @ 0.0035 BTC
CI Doge #5: 0.004 BTC

edit: if my CI 0.01#6 is invalid then up it to 0.0155 plz.

lot 1 @ 0.007

Satori #019624 @ 0.002 BTC

Technically it had to sell for over 0.1 btc. So 1 satoshi short.

I'd say 0.1 BTC warrants at least 1 day of kilt, though.