I'll speak for myself - I personally cringed (and probably cursed under my breath ) when i saw your post and the 700+ views that it garnered.

Sole reason is that I hope to participate in an auction that relatively few people know about and garner a good deal.

My assumption is that for active participants on this forum - we know of all the upcoming auctions, and when a post announcing all the upcoming auctions is put out - my guess is that my competition for any piece that i as a collector may have wanted to own has now quadrupled - now i am bidding against dealers, middlemen, and other people that probably would not have known otherwise.

If I was a person with a huge collection - economically i would be motivated to makes sure every auction had maximum exposure and liquidity - this drices prices up, as for myself (someone who is building their collection) - it is exactly the opposite.