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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2778912, member: 56859&quot;]You&#039;re right... the name effect can cut both ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the most dramatic example of a bidder identity negatively affecting that bidder is that of &quot;the Sheikh&quot;.&nbsp; Supposedly, after dealers understood that he would bid unceasingly until he won, without regard to price (shutting out those dealers and their clients), they began bidding against him just to drive the price up and make him suffer.&nbsp; This is from the rumor mill, although you can certainly Google for more information about this infamous and relatively recent chapter in ancient numismatics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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