One very visible difference between taper and fade is the visibility of a hairline at the sides and back of the head in a taper and the absence of such in a fade.
Entering your Maximum Bid. To place a bid on an item on eBay, click the Place Bid item on the auction listing and enter the maximum amount you're prepared to pay. This puts you into a binding contract to pay up to this amount for the item.
Further discussion about proxy bidding. With eBay's proxy bidding system, the bid that you make just sets an upper bound on the bid that the proxy can make for you. What the proxy will do is keep raising its bid for you, either until its bid is just above the second highest bid or until its bid hits the upper bound.