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Type of Auctions

Type of auction where an initial price is set and made known to all attendees. Who is interested in selling the item at the displayed price they enter the auction arena and express their consent to the displayed price.
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C.1 Types of Auction 

An Auction can be Forward or Reverse. 

Forward AuctionBuyers compete to obtain goods or services by offering increasingly higher prices.
Reverse AuctionThe suppliers compete to obtain business from the buyer and prices will typically decrease as the suppliers underbid each other.
English AuctionType of auction wherein the bidding price is raised until only one bidder remains.
Dutch AuctionType of auction wherein the party conducting the auction begins with a price which changes (either increased/decreased).
Japanese Auction