people could just freely pm him through bitcointalk to buy at market price imstead of an auction and keep the sale of 135 odd stakes off the market and thus not effect the price with many sells. Alls he gota do is send the buyer of "auction" stakes a nem stake asset to buyers nxt account. Job done. Saves the hassle of originising an auction too. It will give the dumpers a good chance to dump at much lower prices to those who may hold the coin long term, as i will. People dont know what to pay at auction as a price hasnt been set yet. The price would be much better set on the open market then at auction, as many will with hold from bidding in the hope of getting cheaper stakes on the open market. I say no auction. Issue assets. Set base price on open market. Then utopian sells the "auction" stakes off the market. Job done and best price got for them. He can also hold some stakes for later sale after alpha and beta when he will get a much higher price.