Interesting observations! I too have wondered as these auctions progress how they are meeting one of the goals--"to make available some rare and treasured pieces to the Harbour Lights Collector family."

Like myself whose been a HL family member since 1995, I am sure most average or serious collectors don't have the funds or inclination to bid to win at these very high prices, especially when HL went out of business the way they did and made most of our collections practically worthless in terms of monetary value.

Max