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, fallingfus...@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 > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Edwards <iceda...@swbell.net> > Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 15:34:28 > To: <meteorite-list@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 > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
