Is this questionable behavior by an auctioneer?

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Do the main auction houses allow people (that have consigned material to them) to bid on their own items? I would think that this is a poor practice but then again all the person has to do is enlist someone else to do the bidding and nobody would know unless of course the item went back to auction and the auction house saw that the original consignor was again trying to sell/pedal the item in question. I couldn't imagine that a large auction house would track this type of activity.