The point you fail to understand is simple. If one of the two bidders did not participate in the auction as you put it, I’m saying there was someone else with a 1,600+ bid and the chip would NOT have gone for a lot less as you stated would. It has nothing to do with my friend whom didn’t get his auction in earlier, late or in-between. My friend would have not won the auction because both auction participants had a higher bid than my friend did.

If your not going to address my disagreement as to how high the auction would have realized and keep trying defraying my point, I see no reason for my repeated explanation and statements. If you don’t get the point, ask someone else to explain it to you. I don’t have the time to repeatedly explain the point I’m trying to convey to you. If you want to have the last word, be my guest

Very simple Archie, The auction would have realized 1,600+ and that’s NOT a lot less than 1825.
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