He actually deals in phonographs on the side. He is a very nice guy. As for if there were shilling in the auction who knows.
I once watched an oak upright 11 sell for $1500 on Ebay. I listed one on Ebay that was nicer the following week and it only hit $325. Sometimes is just takes two nuts to run the price up. We constantly see price differences on Ebay. A beautiful Vic V with Spear tip sold not too long ago for $4,000, while one just ended yesterday in the same condition for only $3200. I would find it hard to believe that if someone shilled it they would continue until they won something. I would guess they would shill it up to the reserve and let the next bidder meet reserve. As for emailing the under bidders, especially when you are not the person selling the original item. I can see why people would not answer the emails. Too many scams going on these days. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob" <rvu...@comcast.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] I smell a rat..................... > He does buy and sell a lot of phonographs. > RMV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mgraziano1" <mgrazia...@o-lite.com> > To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] I smell a rat..................... > > >> If this was a shill auction, I'd be surprised. None of the bidders had >> any >> previous relation with the seller, unless it was more than 30 days ago, >> and >> the seller has a wide variety of interests including Van Halen, Fiats, >> Vespa, and tons more. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ron L'Herault [mailto:lhera...@bu.edu] >> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 11:28 AM >> To: 'Antique Phonograph List' >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] I smell a rat..................... >> >> Well, the seller and highest bidder are both in PA, I didn't bother to >> see >> how close though. > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > Phono-L@oldcrank.org > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
