Koose, great question. Bob, excellent answer. Thanks, I needed that.
Koose, good suggestion, but I won't hold my breath for its implementation. Congrats to Suez Sue Best, Zeev ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kusumoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:12 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Bonham's - Absentee Bidders Treated Unfairly? > 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. > 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.
