Dutch auction the bid, and pays $10,000 for the car. Dutch auctions are a competitive alternative to a traditional auction, in which customers make bids of increasing value until nobody is willing to bid higher. Some financial commentators and some third-party auction sites use "Dutch auction" to refer to second-price auctions, which work differently from Dutch auctions. The United States Department of the Treasury, through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), raises funds for the U.S. Government using a Dutch auction. The FRBNY interacts with primary dealers, including large banks and broker-dealers who submit bids on behalf of themselves and
Alternative versions of the Punisher for over three decades. The earliest examples of those alternative versions can be found within the monthly "What If" series. Using existing Marvel stories as a starting point, the series examined scenarios in which, for example, Frank Castle's family has not died or he had killed Daredevil in their first encounter. Other "what if" stories looked at his adventures as a new Captain America or as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Garth Ennis wrote a one-off special entitled "Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe" where Frank Castle kills every superhero and supervillain in the Marvel Universe after his family are caught in