so you tried it out.

It didnt' work

Its not that it didnt work. I just set the initial bidding time too low. Only 4 days :S

Ah.

Well least you learned something :B

Well it was a risk.
It didn't work like the other comment said.
Oh well..

As a suggestion, berhaps dictate a starting bid that you'd be happy with

Very good idea. The staring bid was too low.

Sorry to hear that what you got was too little, but you live and learn right?

You needed to learn this lesson on your own. And others can learn from it, too. This is moving forward, even if it's not pleasant right now.

Noone wanted to give more than this... the capitalism right of customers to decide how much they are ready to pay for something

I am not saying anyone is obligated to bit. I just expected more bidding activity considering the deal I am offering

I am actually surprised that you forgot the deal these auctions are made for =/! Their starting idea was that people could get expensive art in a way lower price. Just because alot of popular artists managed to bend the rule, the starting idea is that you are offering yar costumers a chance to get cheap art :o!

Also, on a commissioner side, the deal you offered was more than sweet. If I wasn't out of money for such a high budget, I'd have bidded. BUT : 240 sketches are chaotic. And alot for people are prefering quality over quantity! On yar next auction, if you decide to make one, offer a single full pic for a couple. It should go better!

Definitely! I think if I would have auctioned off a smaller sketchbook, it would have gone over better

Indeed, for many people it's not about having in a sketch a lot of sketches, but about having a sketchbook of a great artist like you. So sketchbook of 240 and for example 50 sketches could have a similar utility. Selling 5 sketchbooks of 50 sketches would be easier than one of 250 ^^ And suppose your income would be even bigger, because I think you could get like $80-100 for smaller sketchbook and selling few of them would give more total income than one big sketchbook ^^ Hope you understand what I meant xP

Totally! I was anxious to start the auction and I guess I didn't bother to think things through good enough

A learning experience for us all