Heritage Auctions - Boston Garters

[atx840]

HA discussed this live during the extended bidding, individual lots were less than 4k from the full set price with less than 30 minute to go.

Seems inevitable it would exceed the high bid on the full set

https://youtu.be/_tkRi0UHgZg?t=7351

[sb1]

which begs the question, if the singles were they bid up to over the current $525k and became the higher of the two, HOW was the high bidder of the group bid supposed to be able to top it? In a nutshell he could not have, even if he hit the bid button repeatedly, it would only raise his max bid and not his current high bid. He was handcuffed by the system.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by sb1

which begs the question, if the singles were they bid up to over the current $525k and became the higher of the two, HOW was the high bidder of the group bid supposed to be able to top it? In a nutshell he could not have, even if he hit the bid button repeatedly, it would only raise his max bid and not his current high bid. He was handcuffed by the system.

He could have called--that's why people are in the office during the auction

[Powell]

Why would I call? My account said I won. And the set lot was blocked so there was nothing I could do anyway. It was a fiasco

[notfast]

Have you tried to call since?

You can die on the “it said I won” hill but it might do some good to talk to someone at Heritage.

I also hope that if I ever get to the level of buying half a million dollar items, I’d have a direct line to someone to address my concerns before, during and after an auction.

[mrreality68]

I am surprised that HA is not on the phone with all involved trying to come to a resolution.
I am sure they are having internal discussions how to resolve.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

I am surprised that HA is not on the phone with all involved trying to come to a resolution.
I am sure they are having internal discussions how to resolve.

I took post 252 to mean they've already made that determination.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I took post 252 to mean they've already made that determination.

Misread that part.
Thanks for clarifying

Not what I expected at all.