What the Auction Statuses on Elimar Pigeons Mean

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Elimar Pigeons organises its auction listings into status tabs — Recently Listed, Featured Listings, Ending Soon, Popular, Top Bids, Buy Now, Sold, UnSold, and Latest Bids. Each tab answers a different question: what's new, what's closing, what's drawing attention, and what has already finished. Reading them together tells you where a lot sits in its selling cycle, which is what determines whether you should watch, bid, or move on.

The status tabs and what each one signals

Tab What it groups How to use it
Recently Listed Newest lots added to the site Check first if you want the widest choice before bidding pushes prices up
Featured Listings Lots the site has chosen to highlight Often higher-profile birds or sellers; useful for browsing quality stock
Ending Soon Auctions closest to closing Your shortlist for acting now — bids here are time-sensitive
Popular Lots attracting the most attention A signal of demand, not of value; popular lots may also be the most contested
Top Bids Lots ranked by bid activity or bid level Shows where competition is concentrated
Buy Now Lots with an immediate purchase option Lets you skip the bidding process entirely on those listings
Sold Auctions that completed with a buyer Use to gauge what actually sells and at what level
UnSold Auctions that closed without a buyer Often worth revisiting — the seller may relist
Latest Bids The most recent bid activity across the site A live view of where money is moving right now

Reading a listing: the fields that matter

Each lot in the excerpt shows the same structure, and the status tabs only make sense alongside it:

  • Seller handle and feedback count — for example, ALPainter 60 or Gazjen 8. The number reflects that seller's activity or rating history on the site.
  • Location — county and country, such as West Midlands, United Kingdom or Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Relevant if you're arranging collection or transport.
  • Description — pedigree, breeding lines, and performance claims. For instance, one lot describes a Mealy Cock as a direct son of a breeding cock "widely regarded as the No.1 Breeding son of 'BLIZZARD' in the UK," with the dam described as dam and grand-dam of winners.
  • Price and bid count — shown as GBP 500.00 with 0 bids, or GBP 130.00 with 0 bids. A price with zero bids is the current asking or opening level, not a completed sale.
  • Action link — Place Bid on open lots.

Buy Now, Sold, and UnSold explained

These three are the clearest signals of a lot's state:

  • Buy Now marks lots where a direct purchase is offered instead of, or alongside, bidding. If a lot you want appears here, you can secure it without waiting for the auction to close.
  • Sold means the auction finished with a buyer. These listings are your best reference for realistic closing levels on comparable birds.
  • UnSold means the auction closed without a sale. The bird did not meet its reserve or drew no buyer. Unsold lots sometimes reappear, so it's worth checking back.

A practical example: if you're hunting a Willem de Bruijn stock cock and see several listed at GBP 60.00 with 0 bids, those are opening prices on open auctions. Checking the Sold tab for similar de Bruijn birds tells you whether GBP 60 is a realistic entry point or whether comparable lots have been closing higher.

How to use the statuses to time your bidding

  1. Start with Ending Soon to build a shortlist of lots closing imminently. These are the ones where inaction costs you the bird.
  2. Cross-check against Top Bids and Popular to see which of your shortlisted lots are contested. Heavy bid activity means you'll need to bid above the current level.
  3. Use Latest Bids as a live feed — it shows where bidding is happening right now, so you can judge whether a lot is heating up or sitting quiet.
  4. Check Sold and UnSold for the same bloodlines or sellers before you commit. Sold lots give you a realistic price benchmark; UnSold lots tell you which sellers may be motivated to relist or negotiate.
  5. Consider Buy Now if a lot you want offers it and you'd rather avoid a bidding war.

The key distinction: Recently Listed, Featured Listings, and Popular describe attention and freshness, while Ending Soon, Top Bids, and Latest Bids describe timing and competition. Buy Now, Sold, and UnSold describe the transaction outcome. A lot can appear in several of these at once — a Featured Listing can also be Ending Soon and drawing Top Bids.

Common points of confusion

  • A price with 0 bids is not a sale price. It's the current level on an open auction. The final figure depends on what bidders do before it closes.
  • Popular does not mean good value. It means many people are looking. High attention often means a higher closing price.
  • UnSold is not the same as withdrawn. The auction ran and closed without a buyer, which is different from a lot being pulled.
  • Feedback numbers are seller-level, not per-lot. A seller with a high count has more history on the site; it doesn't describe the individual bird.

If your goal is simply to understand the site, the tabs are a navigation system for the auction cycle: new lots enter under Recently Listed, gather attention under Popular and Top Bids, close under Ending Soon, and land in Sold or UnSold. Once you can read that flow, you can decide whether to watch a lot, bid on it, or wait for the next one.