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An open auction is one where everyone's bids are public and visible to everyone hence allowing price discovery, contrasted with a closed auction, one where the
by diziet 14y ago
An open auction is one where everyone's bids are public and visible to everyone hence allowing price discovery, contrasted with a closed auction, one where the bids are sealed and not disclosed to any other parties. It seemed from the article that the bids were submitted over the phone and known to the broker ahead of the conclusion of the auction, as opposed to a sealed first-price auction.
- luser001 14y agoJust to be clear, telling the broker their bid instead of just sending it sealed is exactly the corruption that's being discussed in the article. AFAIK, it wasn't legal for the bidders to tell the auctioneer what their bid was.