Sell Orders

Hey folks;

General rules:
Auctions end at 0400 UTC, 19th January.
Contracts will be put up in Jita station upon close of bidding.
Each lot is a separate auction.
Bid and minimum increment are listed for each lot.
Bids via mail will be accepted, and posted here with the timestamp of the mail.
Hidden reserve.
No buy-outs.
30 minute sniper rule; if someone tries to snipe a lot at the end of bidding, bidding remains open until 30 minutes after the last bid. Bids via mail will still be subject to the sniper rule, but will have the 30 minute sniper extension timed from when I posted the mail bid.


Lots:
Lot 1: 5 Drifter Hive Element sets, composed of 5 each Barbican, Conflux, Redoubt, Sentinel and Vidette Elements for a total of 25 Drifter Hive Elements. 1.25b starting bid; 50m minimum increment.

Lot 2: 4 Drifter Hive Element sets, composed of 4 each Barbican, Conflux, Redoubt, Sentinel and Vidette Elements for a total of 20 Drifter Hive Elements. 1b starting bid; 40m minimum increment.

Lot 3: 4 Drifter Hive Element sets, composed of 4 each Barbican, Conflux, Redoubt, Sentinel and Vidette Elements for a total of 20 Drifter Hive Elements. 1b starting bid; 40m minimum increment.

Lot 4: Sentinel Element remainders, 4 Sentinel Elements. 200m bid, starting; 10m minimum increment.

Lot 5: Barbican Element remainders, 2 Barbican Elements. 100m bid, starting; 10m minimum increment.

Lot 6: Conflux Element remainders, 14 Conflux Elements. 700m bid, starting; 50m minimum increment.

FAQ:
Question: what are these even for?
Answer: to be honest, we don't know! They're acquired at great difficulty from the core of the Drifter Hives, and we suspect these could be used for anything from new Doomsday inputs to player-built stargates to the shiniest paperweights known to man. We just don't know. However, it seems likely they'll be useful for something strange, new, and interesting.

Question: how many of these are there circulating?
Answer: not many. This is the second ever public sale of complete sets of Drifter Hive Elements, the first of which we offered 20 sets of elements. Otherwise, aside from a small selection of dedicated Drifter hunters, there are no sets known to be in the hands of major powers or players. Needless to say, that it's over a month later and we're only providing 13 this time should indicate something about the rarity of these.

Question: if you don't know what these are for, how do you know they'll be valuable?
Answer: I don't, not necessarily. However, CCP has started playing very coy indeed with some of their new systems. We didn't necessarily know that Antikythera Elements would be an input for Entosis Links until rather after AKE started appearing. However, while Circadian Seekers and to a limited degree Drifter Battleships are farmable, the Drifter Hive Elements are not easily farmed. If or when CCP uses these Hive Elements as an input for something new, it will likely be without much warning, and with very few indeed available. Consider this a way to get ahead of the game.

Question: if these are so valuable, why are you selling them?
Answer: fighting Drifters is expensive. To provide for SRP and to make it worthwhile to pilots, some portion of our element reserves will need to be sold. Trust me, the Consortium and IKAME retain significant reserves of elements for our own use.

I'll start you off with 1b for lot 3. Good luck with your auction :)

An a friendly EU TZ bump. :)

Let's try this :

Lot 2 : 1b.

Lot1 1.25b

Lot 5, 100m

Mail bid from Zaul Nex for 1.1b for lots 2 and 3, timestamped 0314hrs.

Current bids;
Lot 1, 1.25b.
Lot 2, 1.1b.
Lot 3, 1.1b.
Lot 5, 100m.

Mail bid from Zaul Nex at 0351 for lot 3, 1.3b. Sniper rule active as of this posting at 0351 for lot 3.

Current bids;
Lot 1, 1.25b.
Lot 2, 1.1b.
Lot 3, 1.3b.
Lot 5, 100m.

Received via Zaul Nex at 0358, 1.4b lot 2.

Current bids;
Lot 1, 1.25b, Mr. Yakudza.
Lot 2, 1.4b, Zaul Nex.
Lot 3, 1.3b, Zaul Nex.
Lot 5, 100m, Ruby Gnollo.

Advising Zaul to come direct. Sniper rule active, lots 2 and 3.

Which is why I've advised Zaul to come direct.

Frankly, I'm not sure why either of you didn't respond by going for lot 1, which has a higher element count anyway.