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Six Corvettes Battle In The CorvSport Ring: Do No-Reserve Auctions Bring More Money?

In our 3rd bout, we pit 6 more Corvettes against each other in our virtual ring as CorvSport attempts to answer: Do no-reserve auctions really matter?

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Who will win today's battle? Photo Credit: BaT

For the third installment of our new series, In The CorvSport Ring, we head back to Bring a Trailer and find six more Corvettes to duke it out in our virtual ring. Our methodology is straightforward: Find 3 pairs of near-identical Vettes, one with a reserve, one without, and pit each duo against each other for a three-round bout. Today’s feature, along with the majority of CorvSport’s digital content, is FREE and not behind a paywall. If/when any pop-ups appear, please click to dismiss them and continue enjoying the article.

Through this series, CorvSport will hopefully answer these pertinent questions:

  1. Do no-reserve auctions with no bottom dollar floor garner more bids?
  2. Will a no-reserve auction generate more views and excitement?
  3. And most importantly, do no-reserve auctions bring more money?!?

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Our results after the first two installments have proved to be interesting. We have the full running tally below today’s bout, but so far, the reserve Corvettes are bringing more money! Now, let’s get this heavyweight fight started.

In The CorvSport Ring: Bout #3

The No-Reserve vs. Reserve Corvette Battle

ROUND ONE

♦ In The No-Reserve Corner:

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VS

♦ In The Reserve Corner:

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