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Old 12-16-2010, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469 View Post
To play devil's advocate, why would a consignor shill on his own auctions, say to drive up the price $500 when the average selling price is $100?? He knows it will never sell for that price and then he would be stuck having to buy his own item back for quintuple what it is worth. I just don't get it.....
Only way it would work is if the dealer was in on it and gave his blessing that he wouldn't try to collect on the items the consignor won.

I doubt Henry would risk his reputation for that type of arrangement.
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