the CFTBL poster should have sold for at least $100 more. In Bruce's venue it most definitely would have. Maybe in Heritage as well as you never know what it will bring from one day to the next. But it was a bargain price, especially considering what some of Claude's other items went for. Claude has nice stuff & is a great guy.
Are you still trying to prop up your strawman? You are contradicting yourself...
the point is: no one here has any empirical data to back up any such claim
You were saying that there is no empirical evidence to back up my claim that there was a "minuscule" chance that someone's bid might be affected from outing an auction. However, you say with all certainty and a straight face that this poster "should have sold for
at least $100 more"? You claim the data is not reliable, but then try to use it in your defense.
I'm not even claiming that we need data. I'm just saying there is a chance, however small, that bids could be affected and that means I won't take the chance of screwing someone over. We clearly disagree, but don't try to claim gallery prices should be used for comparisons or that you can predict the price of one of Bruce's auctions. That's just madness.
