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At an auction, Why do you bid the way you do?
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Oliver1
Posted 1/22/2010 00:01 (#1035067 - in reply to #1035048)
Subject: RE: At an auction, Why do you bid the way you do?



Alton, Ia		"here", when you take something to a consignment, you may have to bid on it to 'protect' it, ie reserve price. One auctioneer will protect for you, another one, who has a really big sale couple times a year, will not. They run 3 auctioneers for 7-8 hours, just way too much stuff to keep track of themselves. So you go and bid until your'e happy and hopefully two other guys keep at it for awhile. Anyway the kid may have been just 'protecting' by himself.

Was at the big sale back in Sept (Aug?), kept noticing the iron jockey around, never saw him bid. Until I was across from him, looking straight at him. Noticed one eyebrow raise (had dark shades on too), that's all. Coincided with auctioneer raising the bid. Wondered if an eyebrow muscle could get tired, as long as that auction is. :)

Nothing pisses me off more than an auctioneer who doesn't know what he's doing though.

Edited by Oliver1 1/22/2010 00:05
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