Some schools are trying to tone down the auction fever.

While Alaskans may be getting auction fever, some dealers are not.

Though the two companies have adopted different strategies, both moves throw more cold water on the auction fever that has been building.

Auction fever characterized the bidding for other works, too.

But as online auction fever grows, bidding fraud could get worse.

Prices soared way above their estimates throughout the evening, and auction fever seemed contagious.

There's always somebody who catches auction fever and bids too high because they feel like they're winning something instead of buying it.

Since the house is taking its usual commission—about 15 to 20 percent—on the Astor sale, auction fever kicking in would certainly help.

While there are buyers with money to spend, most of them were careful lastnight not to get carried away by auction fever.

This is also known as "auction fever".

Some of the highest prices for decoys were paid in 1986, when auction fever raged over a three-month period.

That can lead to auction fever.

And suddenly the auction fever became contagious.

Most buyers seem to be well informed, she said, not unwary buyers caught up in auction fever.

"Everyone loves the auction fever," she said.

Don’t cave in to auction fever.

Auction fever is reaching new heights.

IN 1988, auction fever reigned at antiques and collectibles sales everywhere, defying earlier predictions of a market collapse.

"Auction fever strikes again," said Martin Zimet, a New York dealer.

Carried away by auction fever, some successful bidders will not have enough money to make deposits on the houses - and they will be re-auctioned immediately.

It’s an easy time to get auction fever, letting emotions overcome common sense – something auctioneers are counting on as they work a crowd to fever pitch.

Auction fever flared briefly last Friday during an afternoon sale of 19th-century furnishings and bric-a-brac at Sotheby's in New York.

Auction fever - an emotional state elicited in the course of one or more auctions that causes a bidder to deviate from an initially chosen bidding strategy.

For starters, Mr. Pione said he got carried away by auction fever in August 1984 and bid too much for the tiny house filled with oil sludge.

He has a Web page called AUCTION FEVER.