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Originally Posted by oldjudge
Powell--Regardless of what your HA page said, how could you ever have won the lot? The auction indicates that the cards will either go to the individual bidders or the aggregate bidder, whichever yields a higher total. These would have to be compared when the auction is closed and if I understand the facts correctly when the auction closed the individual bids exceeded your bid.
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This would be Heritage's position if they want to defend the outcome -- that regardless of whether the mechanics of the close were unfair to Powell and titled the auction to the individual bidders, the auction remained open after the set closed and at the end of the day the individual bids were higher. It's a weak position from a common sense and fairness standpoint, but it's not indefensible hypertechnically.