Auction exhaustion

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Does any major AH refuse to allow consignors to bid on their own items? Obviously you can work around that as a consignor, but does anyone have a policy against it?

[sb1]

Nearly all AH's have a policy against the consignor bidding, most of the platform's software will block them as well.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Does any major AH refuse to allow consignors to bid on their own items? Obviously you can work around that as a consignor, but does anyone have a policy against it?

The consignors I know who bid on their own lots use different names when they bid. Or have their friends bid. Or just bid themselves if they have a close relationship with the auction house owner.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by calvindog

The consignors I know who bid on their own lots use different names when they bid. Or have their friends bid. Or just bid themselves if they have a close relationship with the auction house owner.

As I said, there's obvious work-arounds, but I was wondering about actual policy.