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Posted By: barrysloate

After our original discussion on this topic I put an asterisk next to all lots I owned. It barely registered a whimper, and I stopped doing it. Nobody really seemed to care.

In the auction I closed last week I owned exactly two lots: the E107 Waddell and the WG1 Fogarty. Would anyone have bid differently if they knew this? However, I agree there is no harm in disclosure.

When I bid in an auction it makes no difference to me who owns any given lot. If I found out that one I was interested in belonged to one of the employees of the auction house, it wouldn't affect my bid at all.