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Originally Posted by Snowman
I'm just relaying my experiences as an observer and a bidder. Whenever I'm bidding on a card that has been run up early, it is almost always a card with remarkable eye appeal or something otherwise very difficult to find.
I'm sure there are other circumstances where cards get bid up quickly, but I don't pay attention to the modern side of the hobby much, so I don't encounter most of the shill bidding and other shenanigans. Though surely some of that exists in vintage as well, just not nearly as much IMO.
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Cards with great eye appeal do tend to set records but seen way too many vintage cards that are nothing special, out of certain houses, that consistently set records that make no sense. I do not follow modern so I cannot speak to whether or not there is shill bidding going on but I am pretty confident there are houses who are allowing consignors protect their vintage consignments. IMO, shilling is not limited to age of the card.