I haven't heard a final $ amount for the auction yesterday, but the preliminary total was higher than last year IIRC. In general, there were more top-end items that attracted higher bids.

Speaking personally, I was chasing the laptop computer and made several bids which were approaching my personal limit for that particular item. My concerned friend Bruce Condello pulled me aside and inquired how much higher I might go for it. I named a figure.

5 minutes later Bruce made his first bid on the laptop, at an amount that happened to be just above the limit I had mentioned. Sheer coincidence, I think.














I ran the (descriptive expletive) up another few bucks before letting it go.

-Theo