This is the 3rd auction I have tried to enter into negotiations on. He is a very hard man to deal with. His last auction,he refused to open boxes and take pics for me. He had some 4 million cards and a MASSIVE amount of memorabilia. He wanted me to make an offer on what he had showing,which a lot of it was hit or miss speculation for value. Made an offer of 12,000 he countered with 35,000. Told him unless there were gold bars in the box, he was crazy.
Buying from him is up in the air,so buyer beware He seems too be into misdirection and over-information to overwhelm a potential buyer and be able to push them towards a higher ceiling.