Absolutely. There is no way to stop a consignor from calling a friend and having them enter a bid on their item. But my consignors *ALWAYS *pay the full commissions, no matter what, so it is an incredibly costly move to have a "friend" bid on an item if they then get "stuck" with it, because they pay my commission and shipping to their "friend", and they are still stuck with the item, which has a wonderful deterrent effect. I also don't allow people to "retract" bids, so that they can pull the scurvy eBay trick of using a fake bidder to expose the current high bidder's high bid, and then "withdraw" it, and later have someone else bid just under the max bid.
My goal is to always have 100% honest auctions, where all of the items actually change hands after the auctions end. Bruce On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Kevin Conway <[email protected]>wrote: > And, that is the case in ANY auction, including yours. There really is no > way to stop shill bidding > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Hershenson > Sent: Jul 17, 2010 9:04 PM > To: Kevin Conway > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage Auction at Halfway point > > Of course, that assumes they actually changed hands the first time. > Remember that consignors can bid on their own items and may have been the > high bidder the first time (and may be again this time, for all we will ever > know). We will likely have an idea they actually changed hands when they > finally disappear for at least a couple of auctions. > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Kevin Conway <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This was the auction to have some extra cash, because definitely some >> steals on some real choice material....... As a matter of fact some of the >> SAME items that sold in their March auction sold this time on a number of >> items I tracked, for 50-75% LESS.....from just THREE MONTHS AGO! >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jeffrey Meyer >> Sent: Jul 17, 2010 3:19 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage Auction at Halfway point >> >> Nice King Kong insert. Wish I had the extra cash :( >> >> websites: >> >> http://www.myspace.com/shaunluuhorrorfest >> >> http://www.myspace.com/jeffrey_meyer >> >> www.myspace.com/35mmbrewandview >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:40:25 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage Auction at Halfway point >> To: [email protected] >> >> Wow Bruce! Impressive!!! >> >> Toochis >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sat, July 17, 2010 4:52:34 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Heritage Auction at Halfway point >> >> Maybe some of them are waiting for our Summer 2010 Mini/Major Auction: >> >> http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20100709_minimajor_insert_preview.jpg >> >> http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20100709_minimajor_windowcard_preview.jpg >> http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20100709_minimajor_kingkong_preview.jpg >> >> Remember that there won't be any problems with "reserves being too high" >> in *THIS *auction, because there are *NO *reserves on any item! >> >> It all starts on the 27th, which is just around the corner. >> >> Bruce >> >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Phillip W. Ayling <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >> I am puzzled that at this juncture, touchstone pieces like one sheets >> for *This Gun for Hire; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; 2001;* *The >> Bride of Frankenstein* insert; and the Jumbo LC for *Dracula *were all >> passed. 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