By the time they saw it, the buyers knew the place had been on the market for a while.

A potential buyer would never know how many photographs had once hung there.

No matter how much hype was used, buyers knew the score.

Open Edition series, where buyers know what figure they are getting.

When buyers know their neighborhood and want to stay within it, decisions can be reached more quickly.

Still, few buyers know to ask about coverage when they look at new construction.

The buyer of a bronze often does not know what he is buying.

"We do this so buyers know they are going getting real dollars at the end of the road," she said.

The simple answer is that wealthy buyers know what they want and are willing to pay for it.

And buyers know they won't be living on a construction site for two or three years, he said.