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Posted By: Hal Lewis

No, because there is usually no way of knowing the Reserve amount, so you couldn't do it even if you wanted to.

Then again, I guess someone devious could "overbid" and learn the reserve, and then do it.

But that can ONLY happen on EBAY... and therein lies the fallacy of this logic.

More specifically... it could only happen on a PRIVATE auction with a HIGH reserve on EBay.

And HOW OFTEN do you see true high dollar rare cards like this on Ebay?

Maybe once or twice a year.


I guess someone could "bid up" a lower-graded item on Mastro... but they have to be willing to BUY IT for that price if they win by accident.

BUT...

maybe THAT explains why we so often see the SAME CARDS being auctioned off in several DIFFERENT auctions.

Some cards make the circuit... so maybe it is because people are bidding on something they have no plans to keep.

That ain't me.