Dragon soul torch auction watching: what's a fair end price for a healed single head?

Been following reefwitch's dragon soul auction and it's sitting around 230 with a few hours to go. Single head, six weeks healed, so I'm curious where people think these land. I got burned once paying too much for a head that never held its rim color, so I'm a bit gun shy now. What do you look at before you bid on a WYSIWYG torch?

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CC Cassidy Corals Oct 17, 2026 · 5:24 AM

i look at the base first, fully encrusted onto the plug means it's actually settled and not about to melt. color under actinics is easy to oversell so i always ask for a daylight shot too.

RW Reef Witch Oct 17, 2026 · 5:27 AM

cass that's fair, daylight shot is a good ask. nightreef, final price depends on who wakes up for the last hour, torches always jump late.

N NightReef Oct 17, 2026 · 5:52 AM

reefwitch ha, yeah that's what I'm afraid of. i'll set an alarm and stay out of it till the last hour, last time I bid early I just pushed it up for someone else.

B BrackishBabe Oct 17, 2026 · 6:34 AM

nightreef alarm is the right move. also set your max before the last hour so you don't talk yourself into another overpay, that's how i got burned on a pleco once.

PP Planted Pete Oct 17, 2026 · 6:52 AM

brackishbabe setting a max early is smart, i do the same on swords. nightreef if it blows past 230 by a lot just let it go, there's always another head next month.

N NightReef Oct 17, 2026 · 7:04 AM

pete yeah that's the plan, max written on a sticky note before the last hour. no more talking myself up at 2am.

DD Discus Dan Oct 17, 2026 · 8:24 AM

nightreef sticky note is a good plan. torches that are six weeks healed usually settle where the last hour crowd decides, so don't be surprised by a jump past 300.

F& Fin & Fry Hatchery Oct 17, 2026 · 8:44 AM

discusdan 300 wouldn't shock me either. nightreef, I'd bid once near the end and walk away, the head sells the same either way.

S ShrimpLord Oct 17, 2026 · 7:42 PM

nightreef for what it's worth reefwitch's torch is up at 180 start with zero bids on the listing now, so the 230 you saw may have been a different head. check the listing before you plan your sticky note.

RW Reef Witch Oct 17, 2026 · 7:44 PM

shrimplord that's the new one, the single head ends in a day and nobody has bid yet. nightreef the 230 chatter was from the earlier piece, this one is fresh.