Only two buyers bid on the painting, which ended up selling for $15.4 million.
Two buyers have bid more than the asking price, he said.
Three buyers were bidding on one house, two on the other.
And if they put these operations on the block, other would-be buyers would bid on the properties.
To be the winning bidder, buyer 1 must bid higher than all the other bidders.
It is not known when potential buyers must bid for Fokker or parts of it.
Japanese buyers bid upwards of $450 per thousand board feet.
The difference is that not so long ago a house could be falling down and buyers were bidding over the asking price.
Last month, when a buyer bid $275,000, the amount of the mortgage, the sale went through.
Most brokers suggest that buyers bid at or above the asking price.