You’re organizing a popular and well-attended charity auction. A company has donated an item that you’ve learned is likely to have consistently high valuations amongst potential bidders. Attendees have also indicated that they would like for their bids to be private. How would you structure the auction in order to try to get the highest possible profit?

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