Research Article

An Investigation of Value Updating Bidders in Simultaneous Online Art Auctions

Table 1

Data description.

No. of lots sold199

No. of bids3080
Average no. of bids per lot (range)15.47 (2, 48)
Average value of the lots (range)$56,282 ($2,850, $1,351,000)
Average first bid of the lots (range)$19,343 ($650, $300,000)
Average no. of bidders per lot (range)6.35 (2, 14)
Average time of bids (scaled 0-1)0.4998
Average time of entry to the auction0.5386
Average time of exit to the auction0.8397