FirstMerit Bank asked for sealed bids on property owned by a judgment debtor as part of supplementary proceedings under Section 2-1402 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and a Will County judge ruled that William Wendt’s “sharp bid” — set at $3,500 over the highest amount offered by any other bidder — trumped James Torrence’s $41,100 bid. But the Illinois Appellate Court reversed, with one justice dissenting and the majority declaring that “the practice of accepting a bid that was not …