Someone was kind enough to send me a link to their rules. Here is rule #21. It does not seem fair to me. So I guess it is not just the auction house and its employees that can bid and modify bids with insider information, but anybody that they deem an "affiliate".
JimB
"21. The Auctioneer, its affiliates, or their employees consign items to be sold in the Auction, and may
bid on those lots or any other lots. Auctioneer or affiliates expressly reserve the right to modify
any such bids at any time prior to the hammer based upon data made known to the Auctioneer
or its affiliates. The Auctioneer may extend advances, guarantees, or loans to certain consignors."
Last edited by E93; 07-19-2012 at 12:18 AM.
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