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Agree About the HUGE Single Photos

In Response To: Creating the event, and its value ()

Good point re the photos.
The average EBay seller will get out the point-and-shoot camera, the shop lights and the frosted trash can, find the button for the Macro focus, and mange to show us six or eight decent photos.
The major auction houses often seem to get by with a single, huge, high resolution "head-shot". Yes, these images are big, and show a lot of detail, but I would sacrifice some of these pixels, for a few photos from different angles. This often seems to be the case with the auction houses and even some high-end dealers.
Many of these photos had a strange look . . . maybe the lighting; maybe the photoshop; maybe some strange paint on the dials. I am guessing that this contributed to some people -- who could not view the watches in the metal -- staying away from the action. Yes, we need the Omegamania-style "world tour"!
Using your "blind date" analogy: most of these photos did not make the girl look her best. did she have something to hide, or merely poor photography?
Jeff
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: I don't think there's anything bad if you sell well a bunch of
: decent Heuers (with some outstanding lots) having done a good PR
: with your auction. I was only surprised by the prices: they were
: maybe 20% higher than expected, and that 20% is the value
: generated by Patrizzi that created an "event":
: customers that were not too familiar with vintage Heuers bought
: at a premium some watches that were on average, say..
: average.

: Before the auction I was convinced that it would have created a
: positive environment for vintage Heuers: having seen the buyers
: behave this way now I am not so sure. Maybe Mark is right in
: saying that probably its good result will fade away fairly
: quickly.

: P.S. You had to be there to judge the real quality of the
: pieces. You can't judge by a single picture, even if it is a
: high definition one. As you probably need to see your next
: internet date in the flesh to tell if you like her that much.