If you check the websites the only common employee is the primary owner.
And I would think both are incorporated.
While some may not like it that's not necessarily shilling.
The employees of one business are bidding in an auction run by a second business is generally not shilling. I can own stock in Sothebys, and at the same time consign items from an antique business and bid on items from that same business in sothebys auctions.
If the two businesses had the exact same employees and location then yes it would probably be improper.
By some of the defenitions I've seen here any bidding that isn't the winning bid is shilling. (Yes, it's possible to shill bid and not be either the seller or auctioneer.)
Steve B
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