Less than 2 hours after we wrote about the domain name auction for Hobby.com on SnapNames.com we got notice the auction was cancelled.

The auction which had a high bid of $26,000 when we wrote our post.

Here is the notice we received as a bidder in the auction:

“”I am sending this email today to you because you were a bidder in an auction on Snapnames.com for the domain hobby.com.  ”

“Unfortunately, this auction has been canceled.  ”

“This domain entered our system thru one of our partners by mistake.  ”

“The name was actually not expired, and does not expire until August 15th, 2013.  ”

“I apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.”

” We value your business, and look forward to your continued participation in our auctions.”

According to the whois record the domain name did in fact expire in August:

“Registrars.
Registrant:
Domain Privacy Group
70 Blanchard Road
Burlington, MA 01803
US

Domain name: HOBBY.COM

Administrative Contact:
Privacy Group, Domain  hobby.com@domainprivacygroup.com
70 Blanchard Road
Burlington, MA 01803
US
+1.6027165339
Technical Contact:
Privacy Group, Domain  hobby.com@domainprivacygroup.com
70 Blanchard Road
Burlington, MA 01803
US
+1.6027165339

Registration Service Provider:
Dotster.com, support@dotster-inc.com
+1.8004015250
This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords,
DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions.

Registrar of Record: Domain.com
Record last updated on 15-Jun-2012.
Record expires on 15-Aug-2012.”””

We have likewise now closed our poll on how much the domain will sell for.