Auction Houses and blind bidding

[aquarius31]

Paul, if you have legitimate concerns on AH's bidding policies then simply continue to use eBay. I have purchased items from both AH and eBay and have always been comfortable with what I paid for an item. You put up your max bid and hope that you're the high bidder...if not then someone else wanted it more than you.

Yes, there are instances where people may bid up their own auctions or have others do it for them but I truly believe that those instances are rare. More transparency doesn't necessarily help here and I don't think this is isolated to baseball cards and memorabilia.

Bottom line imho is to bid where you feel comfortable.