Re: [CR]concerning that Rene Herse frame recently concluded

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]concerning that Rene Herse frame recently concluded
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 23:57:02 -0700
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Charles Andrews wrote: (snip)
> No hanky-panky implied, rather,
> why in the name of sanity do Japanese collectors bid up the price
> of these things
> way before the auction closes? It makes absolutely no sense, and,
> as an on-topic
> matter, it drives up the prices for things beyond what they might
> otherwise be if
> these bidders used the sane way of bidding, and sniped stuff. (snip)
> Do these guys get into some kind of shooting contest? Who wants to
> waste money in
> that way? If I'm a seller, I love it, of course, but if I'm a
> buyer, it's nuts. (snip)

From what I've heard over the years, bidding the item up instead of sniping at the end of the auction is a matter of honor amongst the Japanese; the honorable thing to do.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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