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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3013571, member: 76086&quot;]A number of things occurred to me while reading this thread.&nbsp; First I suppose is that it is true, I dont know precisely who &#039;Clio&#039; may be.&nbsp; I have never asked (nor will I) anyone what bidder handle or alias they use.&nbsp; Not my business.&nbsp; So, as such, no, I dont really know.&nbsp; I can guess of course, and as a dealer I suppose I know just a tad more than others might.&nbsp; I do have many stories about people dropping a few hundred thousand dollars at a coin show (each show, for years on end totaling many countless millions), but again, not my place to talk about them (well, perhaps.&nbsp; The &#039;Sheik&#039; is no longer among us, so I assume its OK to talk about the departed).</p><p><br /></p><p>But then I also wonder, why does anyone care?&nbsp; It&#039;s not like any one of us (or maybe a few) are in the same league.&nbsp; It&#039;s not like we could win if another bidder has the resources and interest to pay more.&nbsp; That&#039;s what an auction is and how it works.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also points out to me that perhaps many more people are waiting to snipe at auctions than they let on.&nbsp; CNG is the most prominent in this discussion.&nbsp; And knowing how their auctions work it shows us that the only way to know who the bidder might be is if you are bidding in the last few seconds.&nbsp; With their auction process you have to be watching to see who has outbid you.&nbsp; A second after the close of the lot the archives revert to just a price realized, with no bidder information retained.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, does any of it matter?&nbsp; Does anyone know what my bidder ID might be and should I care?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These are all just rhetorical questions, though to be perfectly honest I always love reading the threads![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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