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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7723029, member: 110226&quot;]This is an interesting thread, providing a window on another level of auction bidding. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never employed the services of an agent/dealer bidder for a live auction, but then I participate in a scant number of these auctions.&nbsp; Virtually all of my auction bidding activity is focused on e-sales or internet auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is now, but back in the old days, before the Internet made its appearance, for better or for worse, auction bidding was done by non-attendees through bidding forms that needed to be mailed to the auction house before the auction&#039;s date, for both live and mail-bid auctions.&nbsp; I did have my local coin dealer, who was attending, say, the Long Beach Auction, in conjunction with the show, to take a look at lots and place bids on lots I was interested in.&nbsp; There was no contract involved and no fee charged for his assistance.&nbsp; I must say that I was not successful in those few instances.&nbsp; I guess back then, there was less formality involved and the intense speed of auctions, as we have these days, driven by nano-seconds of bidding time was not a factor. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, in retirement, with a fixed income, my budget dictates my bids, and it acts as a breaker when my impulses, such as they are, urge me to hit that button! hit that button!&nbsp; Just like playing the slots in Reno or Vegas. </p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose that if I were to employ the services of an agent, he would be along the lines of this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]6iaR3WO71j4[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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