The base at Neatishead, Norfolk, was put up for auction last week and received one anonymous bid.

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He is tall and trim, with wispy white hair, and on the day we met (reluctantly, on his part his bid, after all, had been anonymous) he had on khakis, Topsiders, a checked shirt, and a brown leather belt studded with silver fish.

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Like the real auction, the mock auction will have anonymous bidding, which means companies will know the amount of the highest bid and whether they submitted it, but not who they're bidding against.

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