Even if the site is no secret, you really should 
mail auction URLs privately. (Which incidentally, 
was what I was going to do, thus proving the 
auction had been seen by others.) It has nothing 
to do with it being "secret" and everything to do 
with consideration for other bidders.

I'm not saying I think bidding on this cel would 
have stayed low. However, there's no saying for 
sure it *wouldn't* have stayed low. Every once in 
a great while, it *IS* possible to get cels from 
rare series for (relatively) cheap. . . But not 
when auction URLs are announced on public Forums.

That's just always been my take on it. Many others
feel the same way.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac