11.   Or perhaps, everyone hopes, the sellers simply want to trade up to better, more expensive works.

12.   The basic philosophy at the company is to try to split the difference between what the seller wants and the buyer wants to pay.

13.   The sellers want to cash out while they can.

14.   The seller wanted no conditions on the sale.

15.   While the results have clear ramifications for how sellers might want to order items on the auction block, the implications are much more far-reaching.

16.   The seller also wanted to remain anonymous.