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Re: Re: Re: Could this be IMPERIAL???

Posted By: Gman
Posted Date: Oct 01, 2010 (01:14 PM)

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Quote Tim:
"Hey....I think you are being a bit unfair to me to suggest that I am shell bidding my own auction. I sell a lot of great Chinese pieces, including in the past year an 18th c. jade screen for $20k, 18th/19th 100 birds embroidery for $2500, and dozens of items from $1500-2000."

Hey,.... I don't recall "suggesting" that you are shell bidding your own auction, but now that YOU have brought it up, I suppose that would explain my concerns about why the (conveniently) unidentified bidders would unnecessarily raise their bids so far beyond what is logically needed to take over the highest bid position.

Your claims regarding the prices you have allegedly been paid for other "Great Chinese pieces", are unsubstantiable, just like the ridiculously high bids at the above auction, so go ahead and tell me another story,...I like stories.

I suppose I could claim that other online auctioneers have paid me thousands of dollars to refrain from commenting in their auction related posts, but that would also be unsubstantiable.

And my comments may be quite constructive for those readers who may not understand the workings of online auctions, and auctions in general, where the auctioneer (in this case, you) is there for one purpose, to keep the price moving upwards.

If a piece fails to sell because he has moved the price beyond what someone will pay, the object is simply recycled to the next auction, either because the item did not reach the minimum, or because the winning bidder failed to pay for the item, quite convenient, and quite difficult for the underbidders to question.

The Asian Art Forum has long been used by online auctioneers to advertise their auctions, and that is likely why the moderators dumped this post into the Message Board, which in effect placed it in the area where readers should apply a healthy amount of caveat emptor to whatever they are being presented with.

Cheers
Gman

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