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Jeff Christner wrote in message <37e498b8.3746738@lu...et.com>... (...) or (...) mattdm@mattdm.org (...) (URL) (...) Why pull them? Why not let others respond to the bid? Frank (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I actually did offer that to those who already bid on them. I didn't feel that naming the exact amount of the cash offer would be fair to the person who made it, so I simply stated that the current offer was well over $50 per lot. Even though (...) (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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You're welcome to run your auction as you see fit, it's your stuff after all. But I wonder if actually seeing the bids and who was making them might not shake out some other sellers. (1) I am (2) NOT trying to start a brawl, just wondering. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Note carefully that I am NOT advocating that you reveal the bids at this point if you set the expectation with bidders that it would be anonymous, I am referring to the "future"... whatever that means. However in reading your initial info I don't (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) offered me a cash to pull the items that I should indeed pull them from the auction. I felt at this point, it ceased to be an auction and became more of a sale, or perhaps blind auction, if thats the right word for it. It did occur to me that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Sorry if I'm not being very clear. Let me try again. One NEVER reveals the amount of proxy bids, because they are supposed to be secret. That's the idea. Even when you reveal that "Larry has the lot of Duplo Giraffes at 12.00 and it is G1" you never (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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