The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 39, September 26, 2004, Article 19

AUCTION ETIQUETTE

  Steve Pellegrini writes: "I think that the recent discussion
  about auction bidding is perhaps the most important and
  potentially the most helpful subject we members have tackled
  in quite awhile. I hope that both our Dealers and Collectors
  will consider submitting their experiences, observations and
  advice about participating in numismatic auctions. This is a
  subject in which we all have a vested interest in fully
  understanding and mastering - and which, I believe, we've
  just begun to scratch the surface.

  Because travel has become difficult for me over the last few
  years I now exclusively participate in auctions as a Mail
  Bidder or as an On-line Bidder.  Even after years of bidding
  in this way I still have enough questions to fill the space of
  our Newsletter twice over. And I'm pretty sure that my
  questions fall into the category of Frequently Asked Questions.

   'Snaps' for Numsiguru Dick Johnson for providing his 10 Tips
  For Bidding. (I've recently noticed that the teens in my family
  are now using the term 'Snaps for' in the same way we might
  use the term 'Kudos for.' Don't ask me the origin of this new
  phrase. Any educated guesses out there?  I may not make it
  to the next edition of the OED and am curious."

  One tip offered to dealers by an anonymous reader is:
  "If you are upset by bidders always bidding the minimum
  prices, don't publish them!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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