auctions - bidding against the auctioneer

[oldrectorydo]

at a car auction is it legal to bounce bids against the wall up to a reserve price? Where can you find the rules/legality that covers all auction practises?

[NORMANTHEDOG]

not really and the auctioneers are not stupid,they will suss it out.

[Ethel]

Ha! It's usually auctioneers that do it! That is how they make their money after all- the more it sells for, the more they earn.

Highly dubious practice, illegal and notoriously difficult to prove.

[furrycheeky]

Auctioneers do this all the time up to the reserve.