I saw this one person bidding just below $1,300 not to go over my bid — like this person knew how much my max bid amount was … It’s not...

What is shill bidding? Shill bidding is generally any bidding which lacks the “genuine intent to purchase” and rather bidding in order...

For example, an auctioneer might say, “Start me out at $15,000 …” [the invitation to bid $15,000] and then a bidder might bid $5,000 [the...

So what is shill bidding? Let’s look first at the word, “shill.” Shill means basically to falsely advocate a position in attempts to...

Scott Musser, current National Auctioneer Association President, said recently:“I think in five years that 50 percent of auctions will be...