Auction — Milo

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Milo was meant for a life by the sea. There’s not a fish he can’t name, and his favorite sound in the world is the distant cry of gulls over waves. He daydreams of tide pools, salt spray, and hauling in nets at sunrise. His bookshelves are full of oceanography texts and well-worn sea tales. But somehow—thanks to a job, a twist of fate, and love—he’s landlocked in Montana. Surrounded by mountains and meadows, he’s making the best of it… but every now and then, he swears he can smell the ocean on the wind.

X-Large Scary Monster
13.25" x 8.5" x 8.25"

gloss glaze finish, gold luster, matte sealant finish
* starfish

One of a kind scary monster sculpture made with cone 6 white stoneware clay. Scary monsters are made from slabs of clay that are pushed and manipulated into their monster shapes. They are all fired in a kiln for 3 firings (thats 3 trips into the abyss of 2000+ degrees) depending on the final finish.

IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS:
- setting up an auction page:
  - duplicate this page
  - edit monster's name at the top of the page
  - edit form to set monster's slug asinput[type=hidden][name="SQF_ITEM"][value=SLUG>]
  - edit form to update submit CTA with monster's name
  - connect form to google sheet
  - add monster's slug, label, and reserve price to SlugMap in Google Sheet
  - rename first tab to FormRaw
  - change formatting for FormRaw:$D (BidAmount) from Number -> Automatic to Number -> Plain text
  - copy SlugMap from "Scary Monsters Auction" sheet into the new auction sheet, rename from Copy of SlugMap to SlugMap
  - copy Normalized from "Scary Monsters Auction" sheet into the new auction sheet, rename from Copy of Normalized to Normalized
  - copy PublicSummary from "Scary Monsters Auction" sheet into the new auction sheet, rename from Copy of PublicSummary to PublicSummary
  - IF CELLS ARE NOT CONNECTED: ensure tab names have "Copy of" removed and the formulas in row 2 have been refreshed (navigate to cell, hit ENTER key twice, then navigate to next column)
  - publish PublicSummary tab as TSV (Google Sheet -> File -> Share -> Publish to Web)
  - update script block with URL for TSV

TODOs:
- [x]: handle starting bid
- [x]: handle lastUpdated with no updates
- [ ]: update top bid on successful submission
- [x]: remove static content
- [x]: test multiple auctions running on same spreadsheet
- [x]: prettify page and UI
- [x]: clean up/comment out console.logging
- [ ]: test on small device/mobile

NICE_TO_HAVES:
- [ ]: user-friendly copy for error state when fail to fetch the auction bids (currently "Error loading data.")
- [ ]: prepoulate form with the current bid + increment
- [ ]: "remember" user by storing form values in a cookie
- [ ]: placeholder text/value for Current Bid while we're fetching

NOTES:
- form must be exactly the same to share a google sheet