Once again this weekend I was frustrated at being narrowly beaten on a
couple of posters at auction, and had I been able to bid live at or near
the closing time maybe I could have won them. The fact is, though, that
many auctions are based in USA and the closing times are 3 or 4 in the
morning in the UK (and within an hour of that elsewhere in Europe), so who
can stay up for that? When I have raised this matter in the past I have
been told to make sure to bid my maximum amount, but we all know that if
you appear to be within 5 or 10 dollars of winning then you would very
often increase that amount. Furthermore, if you are bidding on several
posters you would have an overall budget, and if losing out on some then
you would feel able to bid more on others, or even start bidding on one or
two from your watched list. I can appreciate that probably the biggest
proportion of bidders are in USA, so on weekdays I can understand why
timings should be in the evening, but on a Sunday surely it is possible to
have an earlier closing time. To his credit, Bruce does, so why can't the
others?
Tommy Barr
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