I'm pretty sure it was less than ten years ago that hey went to the "Auction" format, vs. "Sealed Bids".
Probably half my shop was bought that way. Eg:, I bought an Acklands labeled (painted orange instead of blue) Miller 225D Bobcat Diesel welder, complete with cables, a Tig box, regs, and a torch (they had it listed as an "Air Compressor")and a grand total of 12 hours on the run meter, for under $1K, including my gas and ferry fees to get on and off the Island, out of a Coast Guard Station in Victoria. It was listed as "For Parts!" When I asked the guy said, "Oh we list them for parts so nobody can come back on us, if something doesn't work!" started and ran, when I turned the switch, after they slung it into my truck. Had to do a little troubleshooting, as it had power to the outlet plugs 110v/220v, but no arc. Turned out in the years it sat on the shop floor, the grease in the main power level selector switch had dried enough that it snot-balled and held the wipers out of contact. Net cost to repair, about three hours of internet research, an hour of troubleshooting and repair, and about 5 dollars worth of dielectric grease and a squirt of solvent to clean the old stuff away.
Some folk get really brain-locked into the idea that you have to bid in a perfect increment. In a sealed bids situation, adding a couple dollars and some loose change can often get you the prize, if you and the other guy are working around the same (in your case above) more or less $135 bid. You only had to bid a penny more than the next lowest guy, to get the item. So I almost always added some odd number of dollars and cents. Sometimes the guys at the payment place would tell you what the next lower bid was (but not who), and you could learn a little about the field you were playing in, so it paid off to do that, as well as paid to ask how much higher you were than the competing bids. About the only time I would play with large rounded off numbers, was when I REALLY wanted something, and was willing to put a large bid in. Then, it became all about who wanted to pay more for it. Some buys, some not...