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Originally Posted by bnorth
Wasn't it extended bidding and it didn't last very long. I think it was around 2000.
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It was a live auction platform in tandem with EBay auctions. Auction houses would sign up and take bids both through eBay and on-site. So yeah, it would have extended bidding controlled by the auction house.
I believe similar to what LiveAuctioneers does now, but using the EBay platform instead.
Turned into a huge clusterfudge.
I remember attending a live auction in the Albany, NY area that was also accepting EBay bids….a large boxing collection was involved including a ton of original Dana photos. Nearly every winning bid was an in person bid…..and I will say, I got a ton of bargains in the process. So did another boxing guy I knew (who I was secretly hoping wouldn’t show
) who showed up. Stuff went for way lower than if they had just run straight EBay auctions.
The program ended up creating a lot of confusion and not really working out for anyone involved outside of a few savvy/lucky bidders.