For me, it wasn't a question of whether I could afford to keep bidding. It simply didn't seem worth it (to me) to continue to bid. Prior auctions for the same item/quality were averaging $100-120 in the recent past, and it isn't a rare item - though it's certainly a nice quality specimen. I stopped at $126, but he and one other guy got it up to $158. I was also going for the lightsaber style ROTJ poster, but it went (slightly) above the limit I had set for myself, which I've been trying to keep better control over
. When that happened and I stopped bidding on the other poster, I did contemplate pulling the trigger at one more bid attempt on the Style B, but figured that I would hold off since Holiday kept bidding more on it, and it seemed like he wanted it more then I.
Plus, there are a few posters I want in the upcoming Cinemasterpieces eBay auction that I'm sure will cost a pretty penny, so I wanted to reserve my funds for Sunday.