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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

To say that "the auction houses have nothing to lose by [openly listing all bidders]" is a ridiculously naive statement. To publicly disclose who is bidding in their auctions would rank the ire of all privacy-minded customers, both the big players and the smaller bidders. Following that logic, I suppose auction houses may as well simply send an address list of their entire clientele to every dealer out there, along with an attached post-it note reading, "Here! Take our business away from us! It's not as if we have families to feed! Sincerely, Auctioneer & Co.".