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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Tasc Grab Bag Auction Takes A BIzarre Turn..

Author: Clive Munro

Date: 00:00:56 04/08/05

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>
>Good analysis - I never thought of that.  However, why then would the "newbie"
>stop short of topping the lower of the two bids by the German bidder?
>
>You are probably correct in your analysis, but I cannot understand why anybody
>would bid *two* high bids early in the auction.  They are just setting
>themselves up for getting bumped up, up and away.  I can't understand a single
>early high bid.....but two???
>
>Thanks for the thoughful analysis.
>
>Dick Schneiders

Hi All

It could be a shill bidder as the bidding stops as soon as the increment of $20
a bid ends. The bidder can safely do this as there is still another bid by the
German bidder but now he is sure to sell high. We saw this in a recent auction
for a Phantom or CC1 did we not?

Best Clive



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