Dear Members,
Have any of you guys ever had strong reason to believe you have been shill bidded in a major auction house (not Ebay)?
If so how did you guys proceed?
I feel like I have been a victim recently where my bid was raised from $3300 to my exact ceiling winning bid of over $6000 with 3 consecutive bids over a span of 3 minutes in the final minutes of auction close. There were no bids for 2.5 hours prior to closing. I find it hard to believe I got bidded up exactly to my ceiling bid with 3 bids when there were many increments between $3300 and my ceiling bid.
I don't necessarily mind the closing price since it's the most I would have paid for it but I'm not going to just roll over and pay without at least speaking with one of the owners. I know for a fact I was a victim of shilling bidding at Mastro and other auctions, which I won't name, in the past.
To this date Goldin, Hunts, Heritage are the only auction houses where I continue to win items below my ceiling bid.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Goh Nishiyama
Have any of you guys ever had strong reason to believe you have been shill bidded in a major auction house (not Ebay)?
If so how did you guys proceed?
I feel like I have been a victim recently where my bid was raised from $3300 to my exact ceiling winning bid of over $6000 with 3 consecutive bids over a span of 3 minutes in the final minutes of auction close. There were no bids for 2.5 hours prior to closing. I find it hard to believe I got bidded up exactly to my ceiling bid with 3 bids when there were many increments between $3300 and my ceiling bid.
I don't necessarily mind the closing price since it's the most I would have paid for it but I'm not going to just roll over and pay without at least speaking with one of the owners. I know for a fact I was a victim of shilling bidding at Mastro and other auctions, which I won't name, in the past.
To this date Goldin, Hunts, Heritage are the only auction houses where I continue to win items below my ceiling bid.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Goh Nishiyama
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