TONIGHT! B-J Auction

I work in the sales and acquisition of antiques, mostly furniture. Each year a group of us antiquers pack our sh*t and head up to Crumpton ,Maryland where we buy and sell. As a group we cover each other so that if what we are selling doesn`t make what we want, one of the group will buy it. That way we are only out of 10% of the sale price ,(the auctioneers commission) not the deficit in what we wanted for the item and what it sold for. I understand protecting your investment. In the BJ case if their not screwing anybody and they want a tax write-off or truely are giving all of it to charity ,then more power to them. One of those philanthropic tycoons of old once said that a man should never die rich.