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[Rod Sage <rsage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr.T wrote:
>I am sure the word "rare" had nothing to do with it :-)
>Timing is a big factor in eBay auctions.  If two (wealthy) people
>happen to want the same item at the same time then the price can
>skyrocket.  Maybe these people had not noticed the projector listed
>in the first round.  But how can you tell that the reserve was $2500?
>I don't see how you can get this information from the bidding
>history.  Also, are you sure that the other Realist projector
>that you saw was the 82 and not the 81 model?

Here is a link to the 2 listings in question. I'm sure they are the
same. If this link is to long to fit on one line you can find them as
items #206595975 and 212465930 on ebay.
http://search-completed.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebaycomplete/results.html?query=realist+82&dest=&cobrandpartner=x&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&SortOrder=&maxRecordsPerPage=50&srchdesc=y&category0=&category1=625&category2=&category3=&textonly=n&tc=&ht=1

The reason I thought the reserve was $2500 is that the bidding took a
huge leap from $300 to $2500, which means that either the reserve was
$2500, or the bidder who was at $300 actually had placed a bid of $2450
or so, and then the next bidder took it up to the next increment of
$2500. If the latter is the case then the reserve would have been $300
or less which is doubtful.
RDS