Folks. I have an interesting update. Again, I'm hearing this second hand because I didn't attend the entire auction. But folks that I talked to that stayed to the end found out the following thing peculiar.
It appears that at the end, some of the auctions ended up being sold to the second highest bidder. It appears that when some of the auctions ended, the highest bidder's failed ID checks, and so there they ended up in the second highest bidder.
Second, in the auctions, it appears the prices quicly shot up to in the first few seconds of opening bid. So…
A few of us were just speculating. What if all the bidders weren't real buyers, but in fact people that either worked for the auction house and/or the Heights? I mean, the concept would be no different from say an ebay seller that also doubles up as a buyer and bids up the price of his/her own auction.
Anyway, I don't have proof, and perhaps this is more conspiracy theory-ish. But it just seemed unusual that the auction prices shot up so quickly, and then a some of the auctions failed to close to the highest bidder because out of all things, the ID of the bidder didn't match what was one file.
I was also told a fire marshal came in and say there isn't enough room for everyone and that non-serious bidders should leave, but I missed that.
