stackyFACTSThe most common auction format relies entirely on ego and public spectacle. An English auction starts low and uses open ascending bids to create a frantic bidding war. The transparency actively encourages participants to get aggressively swept up in the emotional heat of the moment, vastly inflating the final payout.
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