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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
Rhys, you have been helpful to me personally. And I appreciated it.
I’m not looking to fight with anyone. I honestly just don’t understand the argument that as collectors all of our allegiances should be with a potential buyer about to get a breathtaking deal and not with a seller about to lose something at an uniformed price.
If I listed a photo somewhere and forgot to say it was a Conlon rarity or if the AH didn’t recognize it, I’d hope someone on the board would reach out to me and tell me I’m making a huge error. But maybe that’s not how the game is played.
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I understand your point-- there are two legitimate perspectives. Reminds me a bit like when Net54ers decry shill bidding, but tell their friends not to bid on lots they want to suppress bids.
Invoking 'unwritten rule' never particularly impressed me-- especially since it's usually a rule seven people agreed to and decided to impose on everyone.
Here is an interesting case where people decry that a consigner is getting enough exposure for his lot, and that someone gave it exposure.