Antiques & Collecting Magazine, December 1st, 2003
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL summer day in Charlottesville, Virginia; the kind that auctioneers pray for, especially when they have a massive consignment. The year was 1989 and Harlow had landed a big one, big enough to keep several auctioneers busy calling under three tents simultaneously, with enough variety to attract many buyers.
The multiple calling cuts the total selling time and enables the auction company to move all of the consigned merchandise within a two-day span. For the bidding public, there is one serious drawback to this system. A lone buyer can't be everywhere at once so there is frant...
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