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Jim VBCorey said: "...this is business, American style."
I don't find that to be an acceptable excuse for a practice that is ethically lax.
I do agree that it is relatively minor compared to things we see from some other auction houses. This isn't a deal breaker for me. Failure to pay consignors, card tampering, shill bidding, fake sales, and many more common practices are much worse.