Re: Mastro Shilling?

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Posted By: barrysloate

I agree with Doug here. I'm sure many of the Mastro employees are active collectors, and if they see something in their auction that they would like to have, who loses by it? Jeez, they probably work day and night to get the catalog and sale together, why can't they at least treat themselves to something to reward all that hard work? I worked a thousand hours on the Halper sale, and I made sure I didn't go home empty handed.

As long as there is a system in place that assures it's done fairly, I think nearly all auctions houses will permit it. And it's just as silly to ban it, because any employee can just ask a friend to bid for him. And the end result is the same.