Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
I bet he thought he was on to a 'winner' when the hammer first went down, then the auctioneer 're-auctioned' it as he had 'missed' a bidder - then it made more than twice the price.
I spoke to him after the auction and have been in touch by Email since - nice chap.
I think there is a bit of a cartel operating at that auction site; I twice lost lots due to my bid being ignored and the lots being knocked down to someone else - even though in each case I'd had several bids acknowledged and was still clearly holding up my card....