thanks for your support @deerjay.. Since the many symbols that one associates with a traditional auction like a wooden gavel, a time-limit and such are really not the critical part of modern online week-long auctions, I choose to stay clear of those images. With all do respect to the entries that feature gavels - any many of them are excellent designs - as an 18-year eBay auction buyer-seller I NEVER think of a gavel hammering down on a circular piece of wood! that's like "horse and buggy" symbolism in my humble few. The bidding is open for a full week... peeps can conveniently and without hurry place their best bids and the ending of the auction is just incidental... not a big moment of truth. Of course snipers may disagree with me on this latter point, but i think the SteemBay logo should be a general positive confidence-inspiring image rather than a literal symbol of what a traditional auction represents.