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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1198094, member: 66&quot;]Not if he does so openly, and usually the auction rules will state that the auctioneer reserves the right to bid on items in the auction for their own account. (Check the terms of sale for any of the major coin auction houses and you&#039;ll find that clause.)&nbsp; But the use of covert shill bidders just to run up the sale price often is illegal.&nbsp; As long as the auctioneer pays the consignor for the items he wins, it is legal.&nbsp; The problem comes when the auctioneer is also the consignor.&nbsp; Then he is bidding on his own items and in effect shilling them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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