Industry analysts said an acceptable bid still might come through.

I'm going to wait and see what her bid comes in at.

But by the time they decided to bid the asking price, higher bids had come in.

But when final bids on the project came in, none were under $50 million.

And some analysts today held out hope that bids would still come in.

Her bid, for $325,000, came in nearly $100,000 less than the house's previous value.

I was certain that the first few bids had not come from any of the three against the wall.

And if the bid came in too low, the merchant could always hold out for the proper market value.

Other bids were coming in, so they decided to try $395,000.

The lowest bid, which was also accepted, came in at $22.1 million.