Bob - Now THAT makes sense. I hope this is true with all auction houses because I've long been suspicious of such "huge bidding leaps" on the floor, with no increments accepted in between.
** If auctioneers simply added one line -- "we have two competing absentee bids that begin with $2500," well, I think it'd give me less reason to be suspicious. -koose. ----Original Message Follows---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bonham's - Absentee Bidders Treated Unfairly? Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:04:34 -0800 I've seen that sort of thing happen a lot before... Sometimes it looks shady (and maybe it is). But, other times it just means that there were 2 (or more) absentee bidders. For instance, one absentee bidder bid $2,400, the other bid $3,000 - so the auctioneer immediately jumps to $2,500, then starts taking floor bids (that get immediately outbid by the second absentee bidder)... Cheers, Bob Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
