Shilling is illegal, guy, in any jurisdiction. Regardless of whether collectors should expect to be run up if they leave max bids in an auction, they are not supposed to be defrauded by the auctioneer acting illegally.
FWIW, on the lot I won in yesterday's auction I won two increments below my max bid and the underbidder has already confirmed with me that he was the actual underbidder, so my lot wasn't shilled.
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