Unless an in house bidder is blind or not alert there is no way to escape that advantage. Plus being able to continue bidding if they chose. This is different than knowing a maximum bid in advance.
Howard J. Wu L.ac Bishop, CA On Feb 6, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Michael Gilmer <meteoritem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Regardless of whether the absentee bidder's actual amount was > announced - as I understand it, all bidders are announced as numbers - > there is no distinction between live bidders, absentee bidders, proxy > bidders, or house bidders. That the live audience knew the current > bid (or any bid) was an absentee bidder gives the live bidders who are > there in person an advantage. And this also goes against what was > stated in the auction rules on Mr. Blood's website that was quoted > earlier in this thread. > > That's my understanding of how live auctions work. Maybe I am wrong. > > > On 2/6/11, Howard Wu <freewu2...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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 >> > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites > > Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Meteorite Top List - http://meteorite.gotop100.com > EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ 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
