Hi lists, I would like to share my book auction experience. Hopefully this will benefit some of you. This week is the first time I have bid at an auction for genealogy and history books. After losing a couple of bids that I really wanted, I checked out this site that was recommended on one of these lists. http://www.bookradar.com/ I found the books I lost the bids on at less than what the high bid went for. This is not to say that the auctions are not good, since after armed with my educated maximum bid I did get two bargains. My new plan of attack: I copy the bid info, then check availability and price before bidding. Then I can make an educated maximum bid (1 time)or no bid at all, and feel at ease that I am not going to overpay or bid against myself just to raise my maximum (which I did twice). >From watching the bids go crazy this week (a $40.00 book auctioned at $109.50..... which is what prompted this email) I'm sure some of you can benefit by this info, especially if you are new at it like I am. Norma