A couple of the larger lots I saw seemed to have have gone for more of a wholesale cost per BDFT which is why asked if they were linear or BDFT.
I've bid on a couple of tools in online auctions. In both cases the bidders got in a frenzy and drove the bid up over the current new price for the same tools. They had to pay the auction house premium on top of that which was between 10 and 15 percent and had to arrange pickup within 7 days. One thing that I noticed in that lumber auction is that you had to load the pallets yourself which implies you might have to bring a fork lift with you or load them one board at a time.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.