#shill

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Oct 11, 20192 min read

The habitual backup bidders

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...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Feb 27, 20192 min read

When is a seller’s bid a shill bid?

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

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Dec 22, 20163 min read

Should the auctioneer start the bid?

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...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Nov 25, 20103 min read

What is shill bidding?

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

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer

Jan 12, 20104 min read

Live auctions disappear?

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