1.   The buyer did not attend the auction, but sent a representative to place the bids.

2.   At Atlantic City, dealers and collectors were working the vast floor with walkie-talkies and cell phones, placing bids like Wall Street traders.

3.   At first, the Rockies executive who took the call was reluctant to interrupt the session, perhaps fearing that Steinbrenner wanted to place a bid on Brown.

4.   Auctioneers who usually place the bid they are taking may skip the location of a fake bid.

5.   Bids can be placed at the same sites.

6.   Bids will be placed on many of the items during a silent auction at Lenox Square Mall.

7.   Both travelers and travel agents can place bids.

8.   A bid will be placed by May, while the subscription period is expected to be completed in June.

9.   A member can place absentee bids on items before the auction begins or enter bids during the auction.

10.   After folks began placing bids, the California Labor Commission intervened.