Auction Thread Disapeared

[oZoneRanger]

Yesterday in the evening Europe time, there was an Auction held for 1 hour for a Docking Module. My last Bid was 72 Million credits, when there was 1 minute left on the auction. The original poster had been updating the time and the standing winning bid while the auction was going on.

I checked back a couple of time last night and saw that other people had posted more bids, but after the time limit for the auction had passed, according to the time stamps on the individual bids. I check back today, and I cannot find the thread anywhere, not in my post history or in the Equipment Vendor section.

This seems rather STRANGE. Can anyone clear it up for me. If I had the winning bid with one minute to go in the bidding process, how does the thread just disapear from the Forums the next day?

One could suspect that, the winning bid was to low in the original posters mind and that he/she decided to sell the Item to one of the late biders directly. But that would require making the thread disappear......uhmmm....

Anyone have any input on this?

Thanks.