Interesting notes on Second Market  in Forbes' Silk Road auction story.

"10-person team which spends most of its time doing Bitcoin sourcing, “banging down doors and networking.”

That's more guys than I would have guessed, they are trying to avoid exchanges; might even be paying more to do that.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/01/16/the-feds-are-ready-to-sell-the-silk-road-bitcoin-kind-of/