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David McDonaldOn the plus side they had some absolutely great stuff. On the minus side the cluttered and confusing bid pages and that useless liquid pixel imaging were discouraging, and the Live Auction action, at least from where I'm sitting, was a crock. I was the penultimate bidder on the autographed Mathewson photo. I had put in a placemark bid during the pre-Live Auction bidding so was qualified to bid on Friday. I placed a substantial proxy bid prior to the opening of the Live Auction. When it was exceeded I placed another bid, or so I thought, by hitting the big red "Bid" button. The next thing I knew the lot was closed for bidding. My bid didn't register! I was logged on, no question. Somewhere in Heritage's fine print it says that there might be "latent software delays" or words to that effect. Why bother having live on-line bidding in the first place if the software is hit-and-miss? As it was the consignor lost out on at least $2500 and maybe a lot more.