19 Dec
2000
19 Dec
'00
7:19 p.m.
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, John Tinker wrote:
Well, it actually was an online auction. All the bids were taken over the
net using the website auction mechanism I set up. Nnobody called in a
bid.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
Or do like I
did for the Apple-1 auction at VCF 4.0: keep extending the
auction for fifteen more minutes after each new bid came in within 15
minutes of the planned closing time. The bidding actually went on another
50 minutes or so before no more bids came in.
Excellent idea. On-line it could be a shorter period, like 5 minutes,
but it would let the price develop to its full potential.