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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2648991, member: 71510&quot;]This has all been great reading and has helped me put my strategy together.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a distinct advantage to live bidding.&nbsp; There are a lot of times where value can be had, and someone else&#039;s threshold is so close to yours, that sometimes you need to move beyond by a bid or two to win.&nbsp; Beyond the value, sometimes what you are chasing just isn&#039;t easily found and you gotta make that shot when the opportunity is there.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I have done for many years, I &quot;fund&quot; my hobby with auctions and estate sales as a part time business.&nbsp; Absentee and online can be done, but there is true strategy in being there and it can yield huge rewards.&nbsp; Bid timing, approach and attitude.&nbsp; And if the other bidder is in the room, sometimes (I hate to say it) a little bit of eyeball intimidation.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not that I&#039;d turn evil or anything or truly bully someone - but there are many that just think going to an auction can deliver cheap goods, and they will get it.&nbsp; Sometimes you gotta make your mark and show them who owns this auction.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure some of you have watched Storage Wars.&nbsp; These tactics do work, although some of the lowbrow antics are really childish.&nbsp; I have literally driven bidders far beyond an item&#039;s value just to drop it on them, watch them spend all of their money - only because I know that they will also be chasing another auction lot further down the catalog and leave them without funding for it, or have them realize that I just drove their bidding up, and hope they will &quot;try&quot; do drop the item on me without realizing what my highest bid will be.</p><p><br /></p><p>And to me, part of this is just simply the game at the auction.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a bit more difficult with a specialized auction as with coins.&nbsp; There are many more knowledgeable collectors - and fewer wildcatters looking for an easy buck.&nbsp; But I still enjoy the game.&nbsp; It&#039;s just tougher when your up against others that have the same *or better* understanding than you do.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is all very helpful everyone, thank you.&nbsp; I think my strategy is going to be to setup a couple laptops and screens in front of me like a stock broker and make sure I have a phone number and name handy just in case for that final kill shot.</p><p><br /></p><p>To all others that are headed to long beach - HAPPY HUNTING TO YOU!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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