[Saco River Auction]

The ownership has declined to do anything further or to enter into any side contracts or agreements with the buyer. As we said in our post yesterday, this has ramifications beyond this one item and we are not willing to set a precedence on this item, which could involve us entering into side agreements for additional forensic testing on thousands of items every year. Yes this is a unique item and very valuable, but we sell lots of valuable items. It is up to the buyer to know what he or she is buying. Most auctions have the same rules. We have invited all of you to Maine to look at the thing yourselves....bring an expert, spend as long as you need with it, this is work that is your responsibility as buyers, to ensure that you feel good about your purchase. It is still available for viewing anytime. We suggest that if your are going to bid on this, it is worth the drive or flight to do this. Also for my signed up bidders, Paul Messier is going to be available for phone calls, through me, next week. He will be delighted to answer any questions you may have. This is all we are willing to do on this. Despite what has been written, we have in fact taken extreme measures on this and have logged hundreds of man hours on this project. We have done our part.

Troy