Adam: Just to let you know that the Stahl postcard arrived safe and sound today. In hand it is a real beauty. Thanks for the auction.
For the record, my last gasp bid was not planned as a snipe but rather was a reaction to a snipe. I hastily put in a fat bid in case there were other snipes forthcoming and then prepared to sweat out the next sixty or so seconds because it wasn't clear precisely when the auction was supposed to end. I am glad there has been the subsequent discussion to refine the specifics of the end-of-auction time. Fortunately, for me anyway, it was a moot point in this auction but I think we've all seen how it could've gotten problematic.