[meteorite-list] Tuscon auction question

From: Howard Wu <freewu2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:04:37 -0800
Message-ID: <155262AC-03DC-41A5-B456-7C6E99FA7E42_at_yahoo.com>

I could see that happening only if there were more than one competing absentee bids. That is where the auction would begin. I hope this was the case.

Howard

On Feb 6, 2011, at 3:42 PM, fallingfusion at wi.rr.com wrote:

> That is incorrect. There were several occasions where the max. absentee was announced as live floor bidders were actively bidding.
> Ryan
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> From: Don Edwards <icedance at swbell.net>
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> I was there and as I heard it, absentee MAX bids were NOT announced in advance but were treated as regular bids. Sometimes it was said that the current bid was an absentee bid but that was the extent of the information. All winning bidders were announced on each auction (by bidder number, never by name) so were not identified enless we were watching who was holding up the bidder cards as the bids were made.
>
> I think there may have been some problems last year (not certain, but ...) however this year it is my impression that absentee bids were treated as regular bids. At most, it would have been said that the current bid was absentee but the next bid would win 'in house.'
>
> Again, I do NOT remember any absentee MAX bids being given out early. There were a couple of cases where absentee entry bids were announced as in "I have an absentee beginning bid of $$$, so will anyone bid $$$$?"
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> Don Edwards
> Houston, TX
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