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Old 07-12-2017, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Griffins View Post
I think a lot of us have woken up the next morning after an auction and realized we should've bid more, or just missed the end of the auction. I know I've done both.
A few years ago a friend was the underbidder on a big dollar card in a high profile auction, and was offered it by the auction house for his top bid a week later. As the story goes the high bidder reneged, but the auction house went after the high bidder and recovered the difference between my friends bid and the high bidders.
Exactly my thoughts as well. I know I've both regretted not bidding more during an auction and have been offered (and I accepted) a card at my top bid from the auction house about a week after the auction ended, and this wasn't really a high dollar card for this particular auction house.

I could also see the winning bidder immediately trying to flip the card. If Neshek had accepted the offer (whatever it was), the winning bidder would have made several thousand without ever having to actual pay for or take possession of the card.

I don't believe The Own It Now is offered continuously. I believe it is more of a set sale period. I know I've gotten catalogs for these sales and I believe they also start on a specific day and end on a specific day (if the card doesn't sell). My guess this was more of a 1 off with the auction house just acting as a broker for a private sale for the winning bidder.

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