TAKE BLM'S AUCTION 'AS IS'

摘要

The bidding began unceremoniously at the suggested $2 per acre, the pop of a firecracker as heavy artillery moved within range. The target: a parcel of 901.2 net acres in Eddy County, N.M., about 30 miles southeast of Carlsbad Caverns. Less than nine minutes later, a second bid sucked the air-or whatever equivalent fills the internet-out of the online auction room: $30,000 per acre.