AUCTION: 1912 PC742-1 Boston Amer. Series-Stahl,Red Sox -AUCTION CLOSED

[Matt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Just curious- if someone topped the $250 bid and it came in at 9:01 Net54 time, would it have been disqualified? Unlike ebay, there are several sets of clocks in play here. Could get tricky.

My assumption is that we go by the board clock and since the auction ended at 9 PM EST, any bid after 9:00:00 would not have counted.

[barrysloate]

Is there a running board clock that bidders can see?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Is there a running board clock that bidders can see?

Not that I know of, but when you submit a post, it gets stamped with the official board time.

edited to add: Of course, as any member may use their own set of auction rules, one could indicate that the auction closes by the clock in the naval observatory or on their own wristwatch if they wanted. My presumption though is that when unspecified, people intend to use the clock of the forum.

[barrysloate]

Thanks Matt.

[Leon]

The board clock is, not coincidentally, set at CST time. So if someone says an auction ends in EST then it is obvious we will be an hour behind........the clock is easy on single minutes but doesn't do "seconds".....I still think the "up to" bid by the Group is the best of all....kind of like sniping in a major auction where the whole auction resets on each bid....

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Leon

The board clock is, not coincidentally, set at CST time. So if someone says an auction ends in EST then it is obvious we will be an hour behind........

By default the board is set to display CST, but everyone has the ability (and choses during setup) to display it locally in their own timezone, so most of us do not see it as CST.

[Leon]

And I thought I had some superior control over this thing...shows ya' how much I know.....