[meteorite-list] Tuscon auction question

From: R N Hartman <rhartman04_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 11:18:23 -0800
Message-ID: <AF7D9A9242C54671ABB573E0A924C999_at_DBZC5NB1>

Did the Meteorite Collecting magazine extras show up?
Ron Hartman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Witt" <stelor96 at yahoo.com>
To: "Don Edwards" <icedance at swbell.net>;
<meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <fallingfusion at wi.rr.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tuscon auction question


Greetings List,

I must concur with Ryan. (Iwas not there, but watched the live feed) There
were several occasions where it was announced that the current bid was the
maximum of an absentee bid.

Respectfully,
Steve

Steve Witt
IMCA #9020
http://imca.cc/


--- On Sun, 2/6/11, fallingfusion at wi.rr.com <fallingfusion at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> From: fallingfusion at wi.rr.com <fallingfusion at wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tuscon auction question
> To: "Don Edwards" <icedance at swbell.net>,
> meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com,
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 5:42 PM
> That is incorrect. There were several
> occasions where the max. absentee was announced as live
> floor bidders were actively bidding.
> Ryan
> Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Edwards <icedance at swbell.net>
> Sender: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 15:34:28
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tuscon auction question
>
> 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 $$$, so will anyone bid $$$$?"
>
> Don Edwards
> Houston, TX
> IMCA 6527
>
>
>
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