[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Leaky's Sotheby's Bid

[heidi tandy]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Regan [mailto:timregan at microsoft.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 3:09 PM
> To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Leaky's Sotheby's Bid
> 
> 
> Real-To:  "Tim Regan" <timregan at microsoft.com>
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Any chance of a regular posting from TLC showing how much we have 
> all contributed?
> 
> On the one hand this may be a bad thing. If Sotheby's are taking a 
> percentage as a fee we don't want our auction competitors to know 
> how much we've got, since that may force up the bidding. If 
> Sotheby's aren't taking a fee it doesn't matter.

Well, there would still be a concern that people (like publishers of
evil tabloids in the UK, for example) would see how much we had on tap,
and outbid us. I think we're going to post and tell when we've reached a
certain number of donors, but we won't give out the dollar figure until
we actually bid. 

Heidi
Editor, TLC