RE: All Auctions Schedule
There was another thread like this one earlier in the year. I saw it, but didn't respond because it was already running to several pages before I saw it. I'm not in any particular camp, I'm not an auctioneer. I do think auctions are tremendous fun and attend them when I have time and lindens.
I think there are 3 things that are true, all of which are factors that need to be kept in balance. Please read all three before screaming. :
1) Adults do not ask other adults (total strangers at that) for permission to engage in hobby activities that they enjoy; they just do it according to their own schedules.
2) Arts Councils in cities DO coordinate schedules so that the Opera and the Ballet and Symphonies are not running major performances on the same nights. Even so, there is inevitable overlap, and all theatre groups have performances on Fri. Sat, and often Sunday in direct competition with other theatre groups. They may talk to each other to minimize the blow and stagger openings, but ultimately, there's more than one thing running at any given time.
3) Warner Brothers and Disney and the other major movie studios DO look carefully at what the others are doing for release weekends for summer blockbusters more than a year in advance. They do not ask for permission. But they do craft opening strategies.
The fact that so many auctions have popped up suggests that people believe that the community can support and needs that many auctions. Either that, or it may be that more people just want to try their hands at being auctioneers. One would have to look at attendance and whether the cats get bought (a small attendance may just be the cat-sellers and not indicative of a truly healthy market). I don't have the data. Others who attend a lot of auctions will have a better idea of the actual state of play.
Charlotte asks if the community is falling apart. My first reaction to that is to look for the forum numbers... I think this forum has something like 20,000 members or something insanely high like that (correct me if I'm wrong). That's not a cohesive community, nor are all those people active forum members. But that is a very large number of people who need to be encouraged and mobilized to attend auctions at the times which are convenient for them.
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