We had already lost out on four houses with multiple sealed bids.

"There are different types of sealed bids wherever you go."

There were competing offers on the house and it went to sealed bids.

"There's no way, even if you wanted to, that a public sale with sealed bids could be fixed," he said in an interview.

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"They're reviewing sealed bids" taken a week or two ago, he said.

Interested buyers must submit sealed bids, which will be opened the second week in May.

In July 1996, the city asked for sealed bids from interested buyers.

The sealed bids will not be opened until Wednesday.

"We went to sealed bids and sold it over the asking price by $150,000."