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Originally Posted by barrysloate
However, noone seems to care, and nobody is going to change the way they close these things.
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Barry- if auction houses get more money for their consignors then please explain why they would want to change it? Maybe I am not understanding. And if they lose a bidder then there will be others that make up for it....You know as well as anyone that the "stuff" trumps everything. If you consigned something wouldn't you want everyone to get a chance to bid, regardless of when it is? If I were going to bid on one of your books, or sheet music, and the auction suddenly closed, would you enjoy that? It's a good debate but I am still not convinced there is a better way to do it than having a very open auction. Now, I do think a good argument could be made to have higher opening bids, earlier extended starting times and smaller auctions, but otherwise, I think consignors should be happy. I bet MEARS consignors aren't very unhappy either. best regards