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As if the absentee bidder were part of the audience?

For the most part, absentee and proxy (online) bidders want to bid as if they were part of the audience. For example, someone bids $7,500, and then they can bid $7,600 and be the high bidder. If someone else bids $7,700, they can bid again at $7,800 and be the high bidder again. I found an interesting auctioneer policy that tends to suggest conflicting terms in this regard. On the one hand, the absentee bidder's maximum (limit) is known, but if the live bidder bids that same amount (first), […]

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