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=dE275I3p8LUThese can appear red in the right lighting, but the color is more pink than anything.
This auction is for serials 07, 09 and 11
(08 and 10 will not be available, as I have future plans for them. Only four more bars will be auctioned following this: 12, 13, 14, 15) Please bid on each or multiple items individually. 09 auction ends one hour after the 07 auction. 11 ends one hour after 09 auction.
Bidding Format:
07 @ 0.15 btc
Images:
https://imgur.com/rHk9eMnhttps://imgur.com/ps7odNmhttps://imgur.com/YQDUhDthttps://imgur.com/OVB2PFlhttps://imgur.com/NKdY9i7My receipt to show these were acquired in 2015:
https://imgur.com/5ARr2n6Auction Terms:Starting Bid: 0.01 BTC
Bid Incremeents: 0.01 BTC
07 Auction Ends: Monday, April 2nd 2018, 1PM Pacific (California) [8pm forum time]
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https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180402T13&p0=770&font=cursive09 Auction Ends: Monday, April 2nd 2018, 2PM Pacific (California) [9pm forum time]
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https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180402T14&p0=770&font=cursive11 Auction Ends: Monday, April 2nd 2018, 3PM Pacific (California) [10pm forum time]
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https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180402T15&p0=770&font=cursiveThe auction end times, i.e. 1pm Pacific, 2pm Pacific and 3pm Pacific will coordinate with the official bitcointalk clocks hour/second hand, and not the countdown timers.
Sniping: No, any 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: 3Pf29rLr3gbuCULpX2TnLhSxZxa44tKrjTPaypal 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.
