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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Barry is an honest guy and probably the only small auction house I would trust not to shill me to the moon. Al is right that the small auction houses are, in my mind, prone to nasty behavior when it comes to shilling (some large houses too as we've all learned as well).

I've learned that placing ceiling bids is just asking for trouble. Why do it? Stay up late! At least with Rob's auction you didn't even have to stay up late -- you could have gone to bed at 8 pm, woken up, had breakfast, gone to the gym -- and the extended bidding was still going on!